Esperons & nip RP’s problems By Jun Velasco AN obvious edge of those who engage Secretary Hermogenes “Jun” Esperon in a dialogue is that they get a first-hand or ring-side view of things involving government’s development projects. In an Engkwentro forum, we observed that he is able to make gigantic…
GMA’s foreign trips By Gonzalo Duque WE were saddened by the passing of our friend, Games and Amusement Board Commissioner Ricardo Villamil at the age of 67. Ito, a former councilor of Dagupan City, was charter president of the Rotary Club of Dagupan East, which just held its induction of…
LeBron, Rafa & Tiger: Three for the road By Al S. Mendoza THREE athletic greats have just traveled identical roads that somehow became grist for sports copy. Basketball’s LeBron James, tennis’ Rafael “Rafa” Nadal and golf’s Tiger Woods, take a bow. Despite your recent debacles, defeats if you will, you…
Self- invitation By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. The mastery of self-invitation well learned and frequently practiced by the highest government official in the land is a source of big personal delight plus all the private agenda and perks that go therewith as a matter of course. When someone is…
Politics in sports getting worse By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. YOU and I are aware that on May 13, 2008 the world basketball governing body, FIBA (international basketball federation), already withdrew its recognition of the Basketball Association of the Philippines (BAP) and declared Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) as the…
Rich Squatter, Poor Squatter By Ermin Garcia Jr. The poor squatters in Sitio Russia are obviously being misled by the affluent making the former believe that they have every right to stay in the land they occupy. Granting for the sake of argument that they may have the right to…
Chinese and Pinoys, a study in contrast By Jun Velasco WE in Pangasinan are all too familiar a no-love-lost affair between President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and the country’s most outspoken Catholic prelate, Bishop Oscar Cruz. They are irreconcilable, these two clashing pillars of Philippine society.
Liu Ping will help RP sire Olympic champs By Gonzalo Duque BEIJING–People’s China today is certainly the most organized, most scientific, most modern society. It is probably the most powerful economy in the world now, what with the old world power, the United States, losing its grip of the title…
No doubt Kobe now a certified NBA star By Al S. Mendoza YOU have patience, you will succeed. You sacrifice good time, happiness is within an arm’s reach. You believe in yourself, there ain’t no mountain high. Those are lessons learned from the just-ended NBA Finals won by the Lakers…
Epic By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. It is good to point out that the word “epic” is used either as a noun or an adjective – with both saying essentially the same : Something is so legendary that it is history or historical, that it is a distinction or…
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