Ethical principles By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. Reason alone when sound and wherefore rational, knows what is right or wrong, what is good or bad. This is true for people, irrespective of race, color and creed. While schooling might help them to make the distinction easier and better, the…
Up in boxing, down in basketball By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. UNLIKE in basketball where our national team lost badly in the FIBA Asia World Qualifying Championships held in Tianjin, China last week, our international boxers, two out of three, again showed their dexterity and brought honor anew to our…
August 21 stirring By Marifi Jara QUELIMANE, Mozambique—It would sound so romantic to say that August 21, 1983, the day Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr. was killed, was the day of my political awakening. But that would exactly be it, romanticizing my memory of that day 26 years ago. Although I…
Once a daughter, twice a doctor! By Emmanuelle THE results were out near midnight of Wednesday, exactly three working days from the last day of the August 8-9, 15-16 2009 Physician (Complete, Finals and Finals with Prelims) Licensure Examination given by the Board of Medicine in the cities of Manila,…
LINGAYEN–Mayor Armando Domantay of Malasiqui finds himself in bigger legal trouble as more cases have been filed against him. An administrative case against him has been filed before the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) and a separate complaint against him and others, mostly his relatives, was lodged before the Ombudsman.
SAN QUINTIN–“He will always be our hero.” These were the words of Diana for his younger brother, the late 1Lt. Dhell Jhun Evangelista, who was one of the 23 casualties on the government side in a clash with the Abu Sayyaf bandit group in Tipo-tipo, Basilan last August 12. The…
DAGUPAN forever lost its claim to a land ostensibly intended for a sanitary landfill so city hall is now looking into the possible use of the sanitary landfill that will be put up by Urdaneta City instead. This was revealed by Dagupan City Information Officer Ryan Ravanzo even as talks…
LINGAYEN–Finally, rules have been laid down for the future adoption of “sons and daughters of Pangasinan”. The Sangguniang Panlalawigan is now reviewing an ordinance for a set of adoption guidelines after the recent controversy over the adoption of Interior and Local Government Secretary Ronaldo Puno as ‘son of Pangasinan’. Some…
WHAT’S in a name? Not a big deal, if you ask Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr. And so despite admonition from three city councilors, the mayor is proceeding with his announced plan to call barangay chairmen who will be heading new community clusters within the city as “deputy mayors”. Fernandez stressed…
MAYOR Alipio Fernandez Jr. has signed into law the Health and Sanitation Code of Dagupan City enacted on January 29, 2009 by the Sangguniang Panlungsod presided over by Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez. The code, enacted by the SP on joint motion of Councilors Jesus Canto and Michael Fernandez, will serve…
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