Macapagal – De Venecia merry-go-round By Gonzalo Duque SAN FRANCISCO, California- Color USA political, that’s it, as the presidential election campaign, is about to wind up. The US press says it’s Barack Obama leading John McCain by a few points in the surveys, but it has a way of keeping…
Heed Mayor Sam’s Formula By Al S. Mendoza THE war rages on. The shotgun issue seems to have blown out of proportion. The observation about ladies as kapitans not being able to handle the shotgun properly is valid. In truth and in fact, arming our lady-kapitans with shotguns could reap…
Ilocos Region farmers a lucky lot By Sosimo Ma. Pablico Farmers in the four Ilocos Region provinces have a lot to thank for, as no area serves as catch basin for flood water flowing from surrounding areas. In the non-irrigated areas, this condition enables the farmers to produce rice once…
Comparing… By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. SOMETIMES you can’t help but compare important and unforgettable events that happened in your life, especially if you are an athletic person or a die-hard sports fan. You can’t help but compare events many years ago to the latest happenings, like in the NBA,…
Postscript to poverty By Marifi Jara QUELIMANE, Mozambique–As I write this piece, the world is supposedly observing the UN’s International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. It is a day when we, meaning us people everywhere on the planet, are called to stand up to remind our leaders of their…
The House My Father Built By Ms. Ric Last August I had the opportunity to visit the house that my father built … for the last time. As I stood there in awe of its disrepair, its insignificance to decades of emptiness and neglect hit home. The corrugated bent tin…
DON’T VIOLATE FIREARMS LAW! POLICE Director General Jesus Verzosa, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), has backed up the distribution of shotguns by the provincial government to the province’s barangay chairmen (kapitans) but qualified that there should be no violation of the firearms law. Interviewed by newsmen when he…
PNP Chief Director General Jesus Verzosa vowed to make the Dagupan City Police station as one of the model stations in the country. “We hope that in the future, this police station would become a model station project,” he said as he led the laying of the cornerstone and ground-breaking…
TAYUG– Supporters of Vice Mayor Janet Zaragoza have been holding a 24-hour vigil outside her office to ensure that her opponent in the May 2007 election, former vice mayor Madelyn Cabotaje-Ramirez, does not take over the post. A Regional Trial Court (RTC), ruling on an election protest filed by Ramirez,…
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