DENR vs. the mayors By Ermin Garcia Jr. Last week, I thought DENR Sec. Lito Atienza said a mouthful. He declared his strategic policy this year to intensify the protection of the country’s environment and natural resources. The strategy — to ensure that the full force of the law is…
National Artist Frankie Sionil Jose at UPang’s 84th founding rites By Jun Velasco ANDA Mayor Nestor Pulido’s political saga — he was sacked for demonstrating a high level of pubic service — continues to annoy local officials and the public. A Pulido sympathizer sent us this letter: “The punishment (30-day…
Jimmy Licauco’s disturbing report By Gonzalo Duque ZAMBOANGA always excites us. Remember our grade school song, “don’t you go, don’t you go to far Zamboanga?” Well, we were here last week as part of our work in advancing the country’s educational system. It just occurred to us that this land…
My classmates did it all By Al S. Mendoza THERE was pakbet and igado. Menudo and adobo, too. There was also bisukol and balliba. And bagoong and agamang, swimming with chopped raw tomatoes, onion and cute, tiny clusters of arorosep. The sinigang na malaga – ahhh! Heaven! And, of course,…
Achievable targets in hybrid rice production program urged By Dr. Sosimo Ma. Pablico FROM ALL INDICATIONS, hybrid rice production can very well provide sufficient rice to feed the country’s burgeoning population, but the former coordinator of the national hybrid rice production program, Dr. Manuel G. Gaspar, urges officials to set…
Talking about public works By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. DPW and construction, constructors and bidding, collusion and corruption – not to mention special patronage sought from and given by individuals related to powerful public officials – are some of the talking points of recent Senate and House inquiries people…
Too good to be true By Jesus A Garcia Jr. I received a call last Wednesday from newly-elected PhilCycling president Rolando Hiso. Hiso, in high spirits, was glad to relate that he talked to Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president Jose “Peping” Cojuangco during the POC’s General Assembly last Wednesday and…
A youth’s letter to the elders By Divina Gracia Vidal Colegio de Dagupan It’s still a long wait before the next elections, and yet people already have their bets and are talking about the 2010 plebiscite. But what do we really wait for? Is it to know who would be…
Babes in BigBoysland! By Emmanuelle One does not get lost on the way to Nancapian Farm, silly. Nevertheless, we did so, easily. It was my sister’s first time to drive the shortcut through Manaoag, Mapandan, and Sta. Barbara. And naturally, as our usual ways, she or I or both of…
PROCESS UPHELD THE Pangasinan Mayors League (PML) is taking a hands-off stance on the one-month suspension ordered by the provincial board on one of its members, Mayor Nestor Pulido of Anda. Mayor Mojamito Libunao of San Fabian, PML secretary-general, said the league, headed by Mayor Ramon Guico Jr. of Binalonan,…
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