Ping should do a Rizal By Jun Velasco BEING an admirer, we’d want Senator Ping Lacson do a Pepe Rizal. He should not have gone into hiding if he isn’t guilty at all. Probably he knows too well the cloak-and-dagger environment, but we’re no longer in an administration that created Garcillano and yes, unfortunately, the Ampatuans! We…
P’Noy acts on a shameful crime — state universities killing private counterparts By Gonzalo Duque OUR column last week about the town of Calasiao putting one over its neighbor Dagupan City in economic progress focuses attention on a group of Dagupenos who behave like “Calasiao converts.” This Dagupeno-Calasiao group religiously meets in a swanky Calasiao nook…
Third Pacquiao-Marquez fight not palatable anymore By Al S. Mendoza “SUGGEST you write about a third Pacquiao-Marquez fight.” Gladly, sir. But before proceeding, some introductions. The request for the Pacquiao piece came from Jun Velasco, the man above me here who opened doors for me to be at your service….
Bad signs of times By +Oscar V. Cruz JCD THESE are good times. These are bad times. These good times: As a people, the Filipinos are poor yet always hopeful. They may be helpless but remain resourceful. They have survived not only the martial law regime but the reign of…
Exasperating week By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. ORGANIZING a bicycle race and still cover a two-day basketball tourney within a week is much too hectic but it happened to me again last week, the second time in my life. And despite the seemingly endless exasperation doing both in the province,…
Let’s fly to Venus By Roselle P. Gale FILIPINOS have gone through many presidents – 15 precisely. Filipinos have gone through pains over the years with different presidents – 15 precisely. I wasn’t a qualified voter yet when I first heard about corruption, crimes, violence, and poverty. And I wasn’t…
The tale of the “fugitive” By Ermin Garcia Jr. WHAT’S going to happen to Senator Ping Lacson? After surviving the series of desperate attempts in the past to malign his person picturing him as a druglord, kidnapper, murderer, dollar hoarder who allegedly owned several mansions in the US and had…
100 Islands still bristles By Jun Velasco LESS than a year back, we took a group of vacationists to the world-famous l00 Islands in Lucap. You see, like many of you, whenever tourists or visitors are in town and look for a place to see and experience, we unthinkingly bring them…
Calasiao in, Dagupan out! By Gonzalo Duque DON’T get excited with our head. We are merely dramatizing a point. For several columns now, we have been harping on the merit of an SM Dagupan in opposition to those–a handful lang naman expectedly led by Mayor Benjie Lim and Vice Mayor…
What’s stopping Pacquiao from retiring? By Al S. Mendoza LET us not belabor the issue. Manny Pacquiao should retire. Now. For him, there’s nothing more to prove. He’s got everything: FF. That’s fame and fortune. It’s not just fame by any yardstick of standards.
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