Fire-prone crowded Dagupan

Posted on January 16, 2006 - Filed Under Editorial | Leave a Comment

In Metro Manila there is on-going inspection of public buildings, dormitories and boarding houses following a fire that killed eight students. As a consequence, DILG chief Angelo Reyes, who had issued the order, urged all local executives and the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) to strictly impose the provisions of the law, also noting on [...]

Joe DV memories

Posted on January 16, 2006 - Filed Under General Admission, Opinion, Uncategorized | Leave a Comment

JOE de Venecia is the wedding godfather of my favorite lawyer, Boni Sison.
You think Joe DV has done a lot to improve the lot of Boni?
No, not at all.
Boni is now living comfortably simply as a result of his own initiative.
A successful practitioner, Boni, who now mostly counsels pro bono especially to the [...]

This moralist bites more than he can chew

Posted on January 16, 2006 - Filed Under Opinion, Playing with Fire, Uncategorized | Leave a Comment

A self-styled moralist who has built a career questioning the legitimacy of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s election should have his head examined.
He often bites more than he can chew, nagkakalat tuloy. Politics is not his game, so I suggest he leave it to the worldly practitioners so that he won’t look tragically comic or comically [...]

Pangasinan Troika ruling RP politics?

Posted on January 16, 2006 - Filed Under Opinion, Think about It, Uncategorized | Leave a Comment

JOSE  Rizal admirers will be disturbed  by  this  poignant  letter from our partner in Beijing, former Philippine Graphic editor  Maning Almario, whose article has a built-in head, "It’s time we free Jose Rizal."
 Here’s Maning:
"Sometime ago, I went to the Luneta to proudly show off the Rizal monument to an American friend who was on [...]

Dare-devil motor bikers on our highways

Posted on January 16, 2006 - Filed Under Here and There, Opinion | Leave a Comment

The multi-billion  dollar remittances we’re getting yearly from our OFW has at least kept the  nation afloat  in the turbulent economic sea and is also a major factor behind the gradual rise of  the Philippine peso, dollar exchange wise.
And also more than merely matching the unsung heroism of the millions of our workers abroad, it’s [...]

Region I PRISAA 5 versus Malasiqui All-Star on Jan. 21

Posted on January 16, 2006 - Filed Under Sports | Leave a Comment

AIMING to size up the abilities of his boys, sharpen their skills and expose them to rid them of   fidgety, Region 1 PRISAA basketball team head coach Angel  Gumarang agreed to do an exhibition match with the Malasiqui All Stars on January 21 at 9:00 a.m.
This is to be held at Agno Valley  College gymnasium [...]

St. John Hi quintet wrests crown

Posted on January 16, 2006 - Filed Under Sports | Leave a Comment

THE Saint John Cathedral School would have been the dominant force in the Dagupan City Inter-School Basketball Championships and could have won two out of three titles at stake in the Dagupan City Inter-School Basketball Tournament, but because of over confidence and miscalculation at the homestretch, the infallible victory turned to  naught.
Leading by 12 [...]

AGE SEMINAR

Posted on January 16, 2006 - Filed Under Sports | Leave a Comment

The entire delegation of the basketball coaching seminar held on December 27-28 at the University of Pangasinan gymnasium. Former PBA Purefoods head coach Derick Pumaren (seated 4th from left) led and conducted the seminar and assisted by his younger brother former PBA  player Dindo (seated 5th from right) and chief organizer Angel Gumarang (seated 5th [...]

"Do your homework and stop bellyaching"

Posted on January 16, 2006 - Filed Under Business | Leave a Comment

It was a different House Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr who spoke with some local reporters in his recent visit to Dagupan City last Sunday.
Maybe he was fed up with Dagupan City Mayor Benjamin Lim constantly badmouthing him based on reports reaching him relayed no less by  Pangasinan officials in the fourth district, and who [...]

City padlocks 81 stalls at 'Malimgas'

Posted on January 16, 2006 - Filed Under Business | Leave a Comment

AT least 81 stalls in the Malimgas Public Market owned by delinquent stallholders had been padlocked by city hall last week while the operations of some others were cancelled. Most of the padlocked stalls were at the second floor of the market which, although fully-air-conditioned, is seldom  visited by buyers

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