Oscar dela Hoya: A good fighting blood By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. IT was the evening of November 25, 2006 when I personally met for the first time the illustrious and universally celebrated boxer Oscar dela Hoya, the top honcho of the well-known boxing promotion group called “Golden Boy Promotions.”…
Playground in my mind By Emmanuelle THEN our playground was gone. It didn’t disappear overnight. It took a long-time coming, like all things proverbial, slow but sure. We should have prepared ourselves for it, like waiting in dread for the next tooth to give-up its walls, exposing the nervy pulp…
Antisocial personality disorder By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. It is common knowledge among those who engage themselves in the judicial ministry of Ecclesiastical Matrimonial Tribunals that an Antisocial Personality Disorder on the side of either or both parties is a ground for marriage nullity declaration. Reason: They are not…
Accidental killing By Ermin Garcia Jr. Just as we feared, the suspects among the bodyguards of Tayug Mayor Carlos Mapili will never be charged for anything, not even for physical injuries, over the death of a lowly passenger dispatcher in that town. Leave it to people in the know about…
With fingers crossed, we’ll beat the odds under – Al By Gerry Garcia THE move of some administration stalwarts to push their bid for charter-change and eventually secure shift of governance style from presidential-bicameral to unicameral parliament (of the federal type) has at the moment been put on hold, for…
RP 30 years behind Malaysia? By Jun Velasco OUR weeklong visit of Malaysia (4 days) and Singapore (2 days) last week was an uncalled-for moment of melancholia. Neighbor columnist Gonz Duque was right. He cried while touring South Korea because he saw progress all around and remembered his hapless country….
Congrats, Madam Auring! By Gonzalo Duque CONGRATULATIONS! We felicitate the Dagupan City Schools Division headed by Supt. Dr. Aurora Domingo for placing First among the 13 school divisions in the recent National Career Assessment Test (NCAT) in the whole Ilocos Region. I used to annoy them for not scoring well…
Finding Padre Pio By Al S. Mendoza MAYOR Rey Velasco of Sta. Barbara and I see each other mostly on a Friday. Not a planned date, though. Just heeding a vow: Love God with all our heart. In fact, to Rey and I, TGIF does not only stand for “Thank…
Exploitation unlimited By Oscar V. Cruz D. D. Exploitation is a reality that leaves a foul taste in the mouth, a shameful thought in one’s sound value system. It generally connotes appropriating something while giving nothing back in due return. In more plain language, exploitation forwards the shameful phenomenon of…
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