Fast, total action needed By Jun Velasco “ Decision and perseverance are the noblest qualities of man,” Goethe YOU get a tug in the heart. And you can’t explain what’s it all about that stabbed you, like an old ache, a wound perhaps, or a memory whose sudden comeback conjures great feelings… yes,…
‘Rainbow Collision’ By Gonzalo Duque THE Pangasinan Press Club Media in Action forum last Wednesday had business executive and Calasiao mayoral aspirant Wilson de Vera and former Vice Mayor Ferdinand Galang as guest speakers. They were articulate and impressive speakers, according to Ashok. The duo spilled the beans on the Macanlalays. Nagmukha…
Playing with Fire
The Philippines is where the heart is By Al S. Mendoza AS I write this, the appointment of Ruben Reyes Jr., M.D./MS as a poison expert/toxicologist of the Pangasinan Provincial Hospital in San Carlos City remains unprocessed and, therefore, unsigned by Guv Spines. What’s crackin’, Guv? When I checked on…
General Admission
Biskeg’s mission and vision By Bebot Villar TWO national elections na din ang dumaan at ang Biskeg na Pangasinan ay nandiyan pa rin, nangunguna sa sa pagsuporta ng mga deserving candidates sa Pangasinan. Ang nagsimula sa simpleng barkadahan ng ilang mayors at congressmen and other officials who gathered in one place…
Deretsahan
Clerical Discipline By +Oscar V. Cruz, JCD THE Catholic Church is more than two thousand years old. She is a witness to human history especially so since the birth of Christ. Thus it is that She knows very long since that there are not only good and bad people in…
Viewpoints
Happy and sad for PH basketball By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. OUR national basketball team named “Smart Gilas Pilipinas” wrested the 2012 William Jones Cup championship through a 76-75 nail-biting victory over the United States team, UPG last month. It’s the fourth triumph of PH since 1977 when the first…
Sports Eye
Manang Inday By Marifi Jara FOR a country that has for decades been exporting labor as domestic helpers overseas and a government that banners them, among other Filipino workers abroad, as heroes for contributing significantly to the economy, it is ironic that a law for domestic helpers within the Philippines…
Roots
The farming of milkfish in sea cages By Roberto Garcia THE many problems besetting the culture of milkfish in ponds, particularly poor water quality, flooding and the high cost of development, have led many operators to find alternative solutions. The prospect of culturing bangus in offshore sea cages in Pangasinan waters…
Business Proposition
Tangay-tangay ed Pozorrubio By Mel V. Jovellanos AKIN et saray ombahley na Pozorrubio et tatawagen dara’n tangay-tangay? Walay maoges ya pakaawat ed itan a salita. Saray tangay – tangay singa ra toon arawi’y pogta na isip. Say pakatalus na arum ingen sakey kuno’n toon tangaw-tangaw odino alintaweng. Nen panaon ya…
Anto sirin, ey!
Freedom-oppressing cybercrime law By Johanne Margarette R. Macob ARE we having martial-law-cyberspace-edition now? I was surprised how fast the Cybercrime concept was put into law as RA 10175, taking into consideration the Freedom of Information (FOI) bill’s pending state. Did the President and the senators who voted actually mull the…