Pangalatok no more! By Ermin Garcia Jr. I didn’t make it to the ASNA Awards…or to any celebration of Agew na Pangasinan. Somehow I feel I missed truly something very important. The staging of that affair made me feel nostalgic about being a Pangasinense…the pride of being one.
The LPs should seize the day By Jun Velasco IT should not be hard to see through the warps and then of the May 10 elections. Go back to the first public outcry, the outpouring of our people for a leadership that will end this unwanted regime. Isn’t the Liberal…
Think about it
Celebration or eulogy? By Gonzalo Duque THE recent Pangasinan Day now on April 5 (the change of date was based on scholarly study and research) was a big success. Hmmm… sikat la lamet si amigon Gobernador Amado “Spines” Espino Jr. Ay lalasi kayo ha, ompiano nonognonoten yon abayaran yay makter ya…
Playing with Fire
Tiger the sinner becoming the winner is big deal? By Al S. Mendoza THE sinner as winner? If you are rooting for Tiger Woods to win tomorrow (granting he made the cut in the Masters as this was written in advance), you chose a sinner. I chose the sinner as…
General Admission
The SUPREME COURT of the PHILIPPINES By +Oscar V. Cruz JCD “The Supreme Court shall have the following powers: Exercise original jurisdiction…over petitions for certiorari, prohibition, mandamus, quo warranto, and habeas corpus.” (Phil. Constitution: Art. VII, Sec. 5,1)
Viewpoints
Boxing champ Julaton, a Pangasinense By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. I HAD my Easter break last week so I was unable to write a piece. I’m back and this week I’m writing about the woman boxer Julaton. I believe sports aficionados, especially our kabaleyans, have heard about her being a…
Sports Eye
It’s partylist time By Marifi Jara QUELIMANE, Mozambique–It’s summer and it’s sizzling hot. So let’s imagine stepping into a big, specialty ice cream shop. All around there are glass-paneled open chest freezers containing tubs of ice cream in all the possible flavors and variations you can think of: chocolate, fruits,…
Roots
CAMPAIGN FRENZY TAKES A BACK SEAT ELECTION fever will have to give way in Dagupan starting this week as the Bangus Festival 2010 reels off on April 16 with preliminary events scheduled two days earlier. Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez, who is seeking re-election, said as chairman of the festivities she…
17-day Bangus Festival is on
“Today, we make history! At long last, Pangasinan has a birthday!” This was the pronouncement of Governor Amado T. Espino, Jr. to a large multi-sectoral crowd who gathered at the Capitol Plaza last April 5 during the Opening and Commemorative Program of the 430th Agew na Pangasinan.
History unfolds with “Agew na Pangasinan”
LINGAYEN–The provincial government opened another window of opportunity to Pangasinenses with the groundbreaking of a 300-hectare eco-tourism zone last April 5 in Barangay Estanza here, some 14 kilometers west of the provincial capitol. The groundbreaking rite was spearheaded by Governor Amado T. Espino, Jr., along with former President Fidel Ramos…