Let’s go ahead with the media advisory idea By Gonzalo Duque WE received a lot of encouraging reactions to our subject last week, which was about Senator Pimentel’s Right of Reply bill. As we said, to which many agreed, the bill was not anti press freedom; but anti media malpractices….
Chasing the squatters By Al S. Mendoza YOU are poor, Mayor Al doesn’t care. You are rich, Mayor Al doesn’t care. Poor or rich, the law doesn’t care. The poor is usually without power, the law doesn’t care. The rich is usually with power, the law doesn’t care. Squatters poor…
Priest-politician: an anomaly in the hierarchy and a dilemma for the laity By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. Universal Church Law No. 273: “Clerics have a special obligation to show reverence and obedience to the Supreme Pontiff and to their own Ordinary.” “Clerics” necessarily include Deacons, Priests and Bishops. “Obligation”…
PhilRice Deputy Director is Ilocos Region son By Dr. Sosimo Ma. Pablico FIRST, Dr. Leocadio S. Sebastian from Vigan City, Ilocos Sur was the PhilRice [Philippine Rice Research Institute] deputy executive director for research when Dr. Santiago R. Obien was the executive director then, Dr. Madonna C. Casimero of Balungao,…
My troubled Hizzoner By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. I WAS in Manila having a meeting with the Padyak Pinoy organizers when my cellphone buzzed. The call came from my balae (father-in-law of my first daughter Ruth) informing me that the grandson of Mangaldan hizzoner Herminio A. Romero was believed to…
Halo-halo season By Jennifer R. Gregorio Lyceum Northwestern University Summer comes once again. Here in our tropical country, particularly here in our province Pangasinan, that means preparing ourselves to feel the hot breezes from the sea. And preparing our swimwear and salbabidas for trips to the beach. I have always…
Go, Dana, go! By Emmanuelle Nowadays, the churches are seldom empty. People look up to heaven more. Eyes closed and hands clasped in fervent plea, they pray for the strength to persevere. For the simple daily miracle of finding resources within and without themselves. Most of all, for the safety…
MAYOR’S GRANDSON KIDNAPPING MANGALDAN–A driver and one former bodyguard of Mayor Herminio Romero were among the three suspects arrested and charged for the kidnapping of the town chief’s grandson last March 11. Cedric Chua Romero, 8, a grade 2 pupil of the Cinderella School here, was found unharmed in Barangay…
LINGAYEN–Governor Amado Espino Jr. and members of the provincial board are fighting for the retention of the province’s two schools division superintendents in their current posts amid reports of being transferred to a smaller unit, allegedly as a “punishment” by Education Secretary Jesli Lapus. Espino and the board members have…
The country’s most outstanding regional newspapers will again take the center stage on April 28, 2009 when the winners in the Philippine Press Institute’s Civic Journalism Community Press Awards are announced at the institute’s 13th Annual Membership Meeting. Celebrating 13 years of excellence in community journalism, the prestigious awards program…
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