Why Christmas? By Jun Velasco CHRISTMAS Day is a few breaths away, but here we are catching our breath with many explosive news items descending on our very existence. The threat of martial law is still very real. You can be sure it would not be the same as that…
Another look at surveys or “sorbeteses” By Gonzalo Duque WE were caught in a spirited conversation in Dagupan last week. Many of our friends and known fiends alike told us sayang daw because brod Pingkoy, the secretary of health, did not run for senator. He should have made it easily…
Tiger Woods needs us in his hour of need By Al S. Mendoza FROM winning to womanizing to wastage. That is Tiger Woods. Right this minute. First, he kept on winning. Nobody knew about anything about Tiger Woods. Just winning. Then he figured in a car accident.
Antisocial Personality Disorder By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. Many abhorrent words, different sickening terms and various revolting expressions have been used and are still being heard in the attempt to describe a singularly aberrant event in the Country. Now better known under the title of the “Maguindanao Massacre”, this…
Dagupan kids shine in Asian tilt By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. TO WIN a medal in an Asian tilt is a gargantuan task. I, for example, was an athlete for three decades, 1963-1993, and in all those years I had to give my all before I was able to finally…
Recall the shotguns By Ermin Garcia Jr. With the incidence of political violence here expected to rise in the months ahead, I will not be surprised if one of the shotguns issued to the barangay kapitans in the province by his administration will be involved or be used by bodyguards…
Maki Pulido to restore 1st District’s political glory By Jun Velasco WHILE our beleaguered country is undergoing another political bath en route to a still debatable electoral process — what with the No El phenomenon refusing to die out — Mother Earth continues to grapple with global warming and climate…
My vote goes to Celia Lim By Gonzalo Duque THE Maguindanao massacre which resulted in the inhuman, bizarre and dastardly killing of 30 journalists has united the warring media organizations in Pangasinan. This is the refreshing note that came out of the tragedy. It is now clear that when their…
In golf, honesty is the name of the game By Al S. Mendoza BAGUIO CITY–I am still here holed up for the second straight week holding twin jobs: As rules man for and journalist covering the 60th Fil-Am Golf Invitational at both courses here. I said it before and I’ll…
Behind and beyond the Maguindanao massacre By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. It was brutal, atrocious, inhuman. It was a national curse, an international shame, a historical first in cruelty and bestiality. Innocent men and women were murdered, butchered and violated. Helpless media persons were slaughtered. Some of them were…
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