Pangasinan ‘history committee’ at work By Gonzalo Duque FRIDAY morning, we had an engaging exchange with Pangasinan historians and scholars who have been busy locating exactly the historic founding day, month and year of our beloved province of Pangasinan. We thank Gov. Amado Espino Jr., alyas Spines, for all this…
Lakers will be NBA champ in 6 games By Al S. Mendoza AS I WRITE this, Game 1 (Friday, June 5) of the 2009 NBA Finals has yet to begin. The Los Angeles Lakers, the Western Conference champions, and Orlando Magic, the Eastern Conference titlists, are supposed to be playing…
Zero moral authority By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. If there is one very distinct socio-political liability now firmly appended to the present lead Malacanang resident, it is zero moral authority. And this is not in any way meant to offend the character concerned but merely to state the truth…
Gracias to my Mexican relatives and friends By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. KAPOLEI, HAWAII–After my stressful trips to Houston , Fort Worth-Dallas, McAllen in Texas, Los Angeles, and Santa Maria in California, I’m finally in Kapolei, the newest city of Hawaii for a one-week vacation. This is my fourth time…
What’s in a name? Teofilo By Erwin dela Rosa Teofilo is such a loving name. Teo is a contraction from “theo”, which means God. Filo is from “philos” meaning love of God. A couple of weeks ago, sis Melba, a blessed single from Bantog, Asingan, Pangasinan, who owns a prayer…
HB 4267 A GERRYMANDERING LINGAYEN–Governor Amado Espino Jr. has slammed the proposed redistricting of the province, saying House Bill 4267, which contains the move, is tinted with gerrymandering. The proposed law, authored jointly by Reps. Victor Agbayani of the second district and Rachel Arenas of the third district, is not…
SECOND District Rep. Victor Agbayani said selfish political motives torpedoed and blocked the approval of House Bill 4267, containing a proposed redistricting of the province which he authored. “This would have been the proper time to do it,” Agbayani told Pangasinan newsmen after the Senate committee chaired by Senator Benigno…
Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez said city council staff had unearthed an old ordinance passed by previous legislative council of Dagupan that can help settle boundary disputes between and among barangays. Fernandez earlier ordered her staff to conduct a research on archived ordinances even as the city council formed itself into…
BOLINAO–Classes went on as scheduled in areas devastated by Typhoon Emong, but students had to bear worse conditions as continuous rains last week poured down their makeshift school rooms, mainly tents or damaged classrooms covered with temporary roofing materials. Mayor Alfonso Celeste, who proposed to postpone the opening of classes…
MANGALDAN–The generals are coming home to Pangasinan, this time to try their try their luck in the game of politics. Several retired or soon-to-retire top military and police generals are eyeing various elective posts in local governments in the province or in congressional districts in the May 2010 election.
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