General Admission
Posted on January 31, 2012 - Filed Under General Admission, Opinion | Comments Off
Pacquiao-Mayweather fight still no go By Al S. Mendoza AGAIN, there is no clear opponent yet for Manny Pacquiao. As we go to press, talks of a Pacquiao-Mayweather fight are off. That was supposed to be held May 5, the date Mayweather reserved at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. The weirdness [...]
Viewpoints
Posted on January 31, 2012 - Filed Under Opinion, Viewpoints | Comments Off
Psychological Incapacity 1/3 By +Oscar V. Cruz, JCD "IT’S more fun in the Philippines!" Everybody is getting married. From the mere commoners to the members of quasi local royalty, from simple and plain citizens to high and distinguished public officials, from those counted among the general public to big personalities in government – they are [...]
Sports Eye
Posted on January 31, 2012 - Filed Under Opinion, Sports Eye | Comments Off
Cycling, chess and basketball By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. AFTER my brief meeting with Palarong Media overall chairman Andy Estrada last January 21 about the format of the table tennis event that I have to handle on February 11, I quickly motored to San Fabian to catch the start of the 3rd San Fabian Mountain [...]
Business Proposition
Posted on January 31, 2012 - Filed Under Business Proposition, Opinion | Comments Off
Farming Malaga, a good alternative to bangus culture By Roberto Garcia MALAGA, a species of rabbitfish caught in the wild or cultured in ponds or pens, is an excellent food fish especially savored as grilled or as “sinigang”. This fish commands a relatively high market price and thus favorable for culture. However, farming this fish [...]
Young Roots
Posted on January 31, 2012 - Filed Under Opinion, Young Roots | Comments Off
Wasting Time segregating wastes By Beatrice Marie S. Basi MY GRANDMOTHER, whom I call Nanay, is always complaining about this and that whenever I visit her. I would just nod in agreement to express my empathy. Recently, she was telling me this story about how annoyed she was towards the basureros (garbage collectors, or [...]
Awai land title was never transferred to city
Posted on January 30, 2012 - Filed Under Headlines, News | Comments Off
THE controversial 30-hectare land bought by the city government in Barangay Awai, San Jacinto was resurrected in the budget hearing being conducted by the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP). The city council noted that the purchased lot intended for a sanitary landfill is one of the P200- million worth of properties procured by the city that was [...]
3 Binloc beach resorts continue operation
Posted on January 30, 2012 - Filed Under Headlines, News | Comments Off
NO DEMOLITION ORDER FROM MAYOR IS the Dagupan City government out to legalize the illegal? This question was raised after the three beach resorts squatting on public land in Barangay Bonuan Binloc and whose owners presented falsified waivers are still very much in operation.
NO SIGN OF MR. MATA
Posted on January 30, 2012 - Filed Under Headlines, News, Photo Gallery | Comments Off
NO SIGN OF MR. MATA—The seat reserved for City Administrator Vlad Mata budget remains unoccupied for two consecutive days of the budget hearing of the Sangguniang Panlungsod, after he failed to attend as scheduled further delaying the passage of the budget for 2012. He is expected to clarify items related to the proposed P581 million budget [...]
City Administrator Mata a no-show in budget hearing
Posted on January 30, 2012 - Filed Under Headlines, News | Comments Off
WHO’S delaying the approval of the Dagupan budget for 2012? Not us, said members of the Sangguniang Panlungsod who adjourned their session sine die Friday afternoon after City Administrator Vladimir Mata did not show up for two consecutive days, further delaying the proceedings for the passage of the 2012 budget. Mata, as acting city planning and [...]
Baraan hits lies about provincial hospitals
Posted on January 30, 2012 - Filed Under Headlines, News | Comments Off
LINGAYEN— Not true! This was the angry reaction of the provincial government to a news report published in a national daily last week that labeled the province’s hospitals as “in very bad shape” and went on with the conclusion that “if you are sick, don’t go to a hospital in Pangasinan”. So when Governor Amado Espino Jr. [...]
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