Falling in line for Durabloom By Sosimo Ma. Pablico The spiraling prices of inorganic fertilizer could very well be the primary factor that pushes farmers to look for the best and most available organic fertilizer in the country today as a partial replacement for costly imported chemical fertilizer. However, the…
E-VAT is criminal By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. It is in consonance with the dictate of reason and in line with the necessity of societal living that the citizens pay taxes to the government to fund its work for the common good, to pay public officials for their service…
Where are we going? By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. MANY top leaders of our national sports associations are always at loggerheads on a number of issues ranging from power struggle, exploitation, selection of players, and maltreatment of our national athletes. I believe this is one of the main reasons why…
OCs! By Emmanuelle Everything must be just-so. This ten-year old child carefully rips-off a sheet of paper so as not displace the red glue keeping the rest of the pad intact. She pairs the paper with the soft cardboard of the pad removed just as carefully earlier. The cardboard-and-paper must…
RECONSTRUCTION IS ON FULL SWING BUGALLON–Chided for not bringing anything when she first came around, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo returned to Pangasinan on Wednesday to fulfill her promise to help rehabilitate and reconstruct the province in the aftermath of Typhoon Cosme. Accompanied by three of her cabinet members, Arroyo was quick…
SAN CARLOS CITY—Residents of more than 50 percent of the barangays being served by the Central Pangasinan Electric Cooperative (Cenpelcpo) are still groping in the dark 20 days after Typhoon ‘Cosme’. Of the 429 barangays whose electric lines were cut off or damaged by the typhoon, only 201 barangays have…
At the right time and at the right place. This was the latest vow made by former House Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. amidst growing calls and criticisms on his seeming reluctance to testify on the shelved ZTE-NBN deal and corruption in general despite his repeated pronouncements for a moral…
All public schools in Dagupan, save for two, are ready to open and start classes on June 10. According to Dr. Aurora Domingo, the city’s schools division superintendent, only East Central Elementary School and Pantal Elementary School, which are still undergoing major repairs of the damage suffered from Typhoon ‘Cosme’,…
FROM all appearances, the city of Dagupan is now back on its feet and business goes on as usual with one exception, there is no trace of Dagupan bangus in the market. According to City Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr., business activities are proceeding normally in spite of the reported heavy…
LINGAYEN–arely recovering from the devastation of Typhoon Cosme on May 17, parts of the province were again hit by a natural disaster on June 4. The capital town bore the brunt of what is believed to be an “ipo-ipo” tornado that knocked down five electric posts of the National Transmission…
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