A black eye at SEA Games By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. IN our October 25 issue, I wrote about the feud between our national cycling leaders Mike Romero and Tagaytay City Mayor Bambol Tolentino, each claiming to be the legitimate president of the national cycling body, PhilCycling. Romero’s group is…
Beauty and money in mud By Marlyn T. De Jesus TALK about mud and people’s initial and immediate reaction is one of disgust. I would, for example, ask: “Do you like to hold or experience playing in a muddy place?” The reply that comes as fast as a lighting is…
A new and improved Sual By Melody M. De Guzman OVER the last few years, the town of Sual has seen many concrete signs of improvements. There’s the new town plaza, the Rizal Park, and a Civic Center and Sports Complex where people can indulge is different sports like table…
Make way for the women By Ermin Garcia Jr. What a day of surprises the last day of filing of certificates of candidacy was! Topping the list was the surprise entry of an old friend Celia Chua-Lim, wife of former Dagupan City Mayor Benjie Lim in the 4th congressional race….
The May election and the Mindanao challenge By Jun Velasco ASIDE from the automation polls anxiety, the Filipino electorate will have to tackle the social volcano in Mindanao. We don’t see it easily, in concrete terms in this part of the country, but like the thief you already knew who…
Candilakos and Candilokos By Gonzalo Duque THE cat is out of the bag! After all, the guys (and a few gals) you had smelled as using the election season as the best opportunity to make a few bucks, some to the tune of millions, have been unmasked. Aha, we gotcha!
Tiger Woods: From legend to a weakling? By Al S. Mendoza (It’s a bit late but just the same, happy anniversary to Honda Cars-Ilocos in San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte (Nov. 28), headed by the super-friendly Mel Co, who was a chief architect of Honda Cars Dagupan’s surge to prominence and…
Happiness is a bowl of monggo By Marifi Jara QUELIMANE, Mozambique–I woke up at the start of the week thinking I need a breather from political news, the Maguindanao massacre, other crimes here and there, and climate change. We’re welcoming December, after all, my favorite month! Coming from a tropical…
Triple Philippine disaster By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. The Filipinos are basically good and kind people. Theirs is by and large a simple life with simple needs. They do not really demand much as much as they never really had anyway in the course of their relatively short history…
Upcoming world class billiard player By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. I RARELY play billiards (internationally called pool) because it’s not a physical sport. Similar to chess, it is more of a mental game. Every time I play this game, I don’t sweat and that doesn’t take away the cholesterol in…
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