Ampatuan-like mentality By Jun Velasco ERMIN Garcia was for saying that kabayan Bebot Villar who is doing a great job as head of the Presidential Anti Smuggling Group should have been designated Dangerous Drugs Board chairman earlier. We should have started much earlier in giving peace a chance in this…
Advice to voters By Gonzalo Duque AMID the confusion of electors in choosing their bets in the 2010 polls, we suggest the following guidelines, to wit: If they go for the brainy, it’s Gibo. If candidate with a heart, Noynoy. If moneyed, Villar. If it’s macho-ism, it’s Erap. The other…
Maguindanao Massacre hits PAL Interclub By Al S. Mandoza I FIRST got wind of it from Jun Canton. I was to board my PAL flight at the Mactan International Airport when I bumped into Jun, a top gun at PAL Cebu. This was mid-December last year, after I had stood…
“the Best President the Country has ever had” By +Oscar V. Cruz JCD ”No law shall be passed abridging the freedom of speech, of expression…” (Phil. Constitution, Bill of Rights, Section 4). Although unwritten and unsaid, the freedom of speech may not but be premised on objective truth or anchored…
Giving them a break By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. I WAS surprised to learn that the province of Zambales has an abundant number of cyclists just like here in Pangasinan. I found that out during the 2nd Jun Ebdane Cup Tour of Zambales held last December 30, participated in by…
The PUNCH is guilty By Ermin Garcia Jr. OK 2010, here we go! In deference to our people’s wish to celebrate Jesus Christ’s birthday in a festive mood, I’ve held my peace over the past 2 weeks even as my favorite ex-mayor Benjie Lim ranted about his failed “landmark” projects….
Novel firecrackers By +Oscar V. Cruz JCD It is not a secret that Filipinos by and large have not only an innovative drive in doing things but also a creative spirit in redoing themselves – their outputs included. And this some kind of an in-born trait extends from the ingenious…
Random thoughts at the DCNHS alumni night By Jun Velasco WE were just discussing his TV program, “Kaagapay,” over UNTV a few weeks back. On Dec. 29, 2009, we received several text messages from Rotarian friends in Quezon City asking us to join a mass for Dr. Mandy Saquin, past…
Revive dress code in our baile By Gonzalo Duque UNIVERSITY of Luzon president Macky Samson and the unsinkable Boy Rayos of the old UPang were overheard expressing disgust over the low level protocol has plummeted into during the city’s observance of its annual fiesta. Unlike in the days of yore,…
The gift that restores Pinoy family tradition By Al S. Mendoza MY legman of many years, Valentin Dakuykoy, couldn’t believe his eyes. “Sir,” he said. “Look, what I’ve got.” He was flashing a big, brown envelope. “Inside this envelope are two tickets,” he said. “One for me. One for the…
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