Season for Sison By Emmanuelle Shhhhh. This is very confidential, my dear, just between you and me. And thousands of our readers, print or internet, here in the Philippines, and there in the USA, Canada, and the Middle East. There was just that one dance during those five hours I…
They are going down. . . down! By Ermin Garcia Jr. Something really rotten must have happened to the “transaction” for the planned P84- million Magsaysay Park Tourism Complex. Judging from his recent actuations, I cannot but sense a sense of desperation on the part of my favorite mayor Benjie…
Pichay to serve public’s need for strength By Gerry Garcia KEY amendments to the constitution being pushed by Speaker de Venecia to constitute what he says is the mother of all reforms, are two-fold: shift from the bicameral presidential system which has been cause for the nation’s being enmeshed in…
A Pechay story By Jun Velasco OUR man in Paoay, Ilocos Norte, ORG, sent a dispatch that says Butch Pichay of Mindanao has many blood relatives in Ilocandia. In that case, we have three northerners gunning for the senate: Pichay, Chavit Singson and Ping Lacson. We don’t believe in parochial…
JdV starts West Central school modernization By Gonzalo Duque LAST Sunday, I had a satisfying lunch at the People’s Cake house beside the old Polyclinic Hospital. I was with old friends, fellow columnist Jun Velasco, noted artist Jun Fiertes, who was recently featured in the select magazine “Literatti” (Jun is…
Rob & Rose By Al S. Mendoza ROB and Rose Dix is a couple of diverse cultures. But, as always, love finds a way to make the east meet the west. A Briton, Rob loves Mick Jagger and The Rolling Stones. A Cebuana, Rose loves “latu” and “nocos” (sea green…
Belen’s Sacrifice By Eva C. Visperas In life, we have to learn to sacrifice sometimes for a greater good. Take the case of Belen Fernandez, better known in Dagupan City and elsewhere in Pangasinan as the CSI driving force. The mall magnate. After she quit politics many years ago, she…
Canned rice now available in 3 varieties By Sosimo Ma. Pablico After two years of piloting the production of canned rice, Turris Philippines, Inc. has already come up with three varieties of the newly developed product that are affordable, flavorful, preservative-free and Muslim-friendly in addition to the original canned plain…
The Honasan and Trillanes phenomenon By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. It is a common public perception that the midterm elections of May 2007 constitute some kind of an implicit but real referendum on the acceptability—or otherwise—of the incumbent national leadership. This means that the recognized and official result of…
Pangasinan heroes, yesterday and tomorrow By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. UNKNOWN to many, especially the young ones, our beloved province of Pangasinan has already produced a lot of national and international sports celebrities, then and now. Forget about basketball and cycling, which this place is noted for producing numerous luminaries,…
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