Pigging on pigs By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. The ways adopted and the means used to promote and specialized in graft and corrupt practices in the Country have been more deeply ingrained and pervasive in practically all agencies of the present leadership. Honesty and integrity among public officials have…
After Tour de France, it’s Beijing Olympics By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. THE 2008 Tour de France (TDF) just ended last Sunday (July 27). Spanish rider Carlos Sastre captured the crown, only 58 ticks ahead of Australia’s best cyclist Cadel Evans, also the first runner-up last year, which was won…
Crossings By Marifi Jara QUELIMANE, Mozambique–I could not be certain of the number but I’ve been told there are at least 100 Filipinos here in the country. Last June 12, in keeping with the celebration of Philippine Independence Day, a group of Filipinos in the capital Maputo, mostly networked through…
The watched pot By Emmanuelle This study was carried out by psychologists, just to make a point: Two groups of the same number of people were introduced to a pot sitting plumply on a hotplate. The pot was shown to be half-filled with water. Then the hotplate was switched on…
A WHITEWASH IN THE OFFING? The key person leading the investigation of the operation of the shabu laboratory in sitio Upper Binmotobot, Naguilian, La Union, recently raided by combined elements of the law enforcement agencies, has been relieved even before a major breakthrough in the investigation could be achieved.
LINGAYEN–Now not only is he governor, he is also Mother Nature’s special protector in the province. Gov. Amado Espino Jr. has been deputized by Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Jose Atienza Jr. as Special Environment and Natural Resources Officer of the province.
The Colegio de Dagupan (CdD) alumna who placed sixth in the recent nursing licensure examination has been rewarded with P100,000 cash by her school in recognition of her achievement. Rizza Armas Tamayo, daughter of radio broadcaster Francisco Tamayo Jr. k known as Macky Delgado of dwPR Dagupan City, is the…
Go in peace or be forcibly evicted. Unless Dagupan City Mayor Al Fernandez Jr. changes his mind, this is the choice facing residents of sitio Russiain barangay Bonuan Binloc after the Task Force on Housing and Urban Resettlement set August 8 as the final deadline for the clearing of the…
THE taste of milkfish produced in one area does not depend on where the fish fry is coming from. Consumers, therefore, need not worry that the hatchery-bred bangus fry from Sarangani province in Mindanao, which were dispersed to Dagupan fish farm operators last week, will change the quality of Dagupan…
THE proposed tri-city ferry service that will link three cities in the Ilocos Region is not dead in the water as critics want others to believe. In fact, it is proceeding according to its set timetable. This was pointed out by Dagupan Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr. as he confirmed that…
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