The Aquinos of Mangaldan By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. MY subject for this issue was supposed to be the Brian Viloria-Jesus Iribe world light flyweight title fight scheduled in Hawaii today, August 30. It’s another Filipino-versus-Mexican blockbuster encounter inside the ring. Like in the past, I’m again being piqued by…
Fishpond conversion issue: Who’s in charge? By Sunshine Erfe-Mallary DAGUPAN City has become known as the Bangus Capital of the World. It was in the previous city administration that this title for Dagupan was propelled and has been carried on even until now, thanks to the continuous promotions given it….
What’s next after ‘Deputy Mayor’? By Ermin Garcia Jr. THE Dagupan City government is trailblazing in local governance in the province, or so it seems. The 31 barangays in the city will be formed into clusters to improve efficiency in the delivery of services to the barangays. That’s the good…
A grand salute to Mother Goose Special Science High for its ‘unusual’ record By Jun Velasco THIS special science high school that came out of the “womb” of a super nursery school — Mother Goose Playskool – has made a name for itself as the producer of great minds. We’re…
LP on the upswing By Gonzalo Duque DON’T get us wrong. Just because we wrote nice things about Manny Villar should not mean we were rooting for him as a presidential wannabe. We received some text messages, presumably from the Villar camp, expressing dismay over our last column which played…
Learn to live with our limits By Al S. Mendoza STOP whining, please? We were not only expected to lose. We were bound to lose. As Jesus A. Garcia Jr., the biking legend, said on the eve of the tournament, “How could we win against behemoths?” It’s a tired refrain. …
Ethical principles By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. Reason alone when sound and wherefore rational, knows what is right or wrong, what is good or bad. This is true for people, irrespective of race, color and creed. While schooling might help them to make the distinction easier and better, the…
Up in boxing, down in basketball By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. UNLIKE in basketball where our national team lost badly in the FIBA Asia World Qualifying Championships held in Tianjin, China last week, our international boxers, two out of three, again showed their dexterity and brought honor anew to our…
August 21 stirring By Marifi Jara QUELIMANE, Mozambique—It would sound so romantic to say that August 21, 1983, the day Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr. was killed, was the day of my political awakening. But that would exactly be it, romanticizing my memory of that day 26 years ago. Although I…
Once a daughter, twice a doctor! By Emmanuelle THE results were out near midnight of Wednesday, exactly three working days from the last day of the August 8-9, 15-16 2009 Physician (Complete, Finals and Finals with Prelims) Licensure Examination given by the Board of Medicine in the cities of Manila,…
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