The difference By Gonzalo Duque WE earlier thought of writing the head of this column article as “The truth and nothing but the truth.” But that would be overstating the obvious. Our readers know for a fact that in this paper, no one of its columnists or reporters is allowed…
Comparing Donaire to Pacquiao By Al S. Mendoza MOST boxers, like writers, are born. Few pugilists are made. Nonito Donaire Jr. is one example of one born to box. Manny Pacquiao is one example of one made to box. Don’t get me wrong. Both Donaire and Pacquiao are great fighters….
When good men do nothing By Bebot Villar NAGKA-ALAMAN na who are the candidates for various positions in the May 2013 elections. Pero, hindi pa ito final dahil pwede pa ang substitution by the party until December 21. Kaya there’s still a chance for someone to convince another to join…
Philippine Politics By +Oscar V. Cruz, JCD PHILIPPINE Politics is curious and intriguing, interesting and entertaining – and particularly detestable as well as disgusting. Philippine politics is not simply for the vicious but also for the avaricious, not merely for those wanting to serve but the more so, for those…
Hail to the Pangasinan team and Gov. Espino By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. FIRSTLY, my sincerest congratulations to our Pangasinan contingent that bagged the overall team championship in the just concluded Northern Luzon qualifying leg of the POC-PSC-backed Batang Pinoy Games. Of course, congratulations are also due to our sports-minded…
PEN conference tan arum ni’ra Nen Santiago Villafania NEN Disiembri 2010 kaiba tan sakey ak ed saray angiparungtal na papil a pankuritan para ed Philippine PEN International Conference ya agawa ed Cebu. Binasak ed saman a tulagan ono conference so salaysay kon “Pangasinan Anlong: Oral Tradition into the 21st Century”….
SURPRISE TURN AROUND LINGAYEN—Board Member Ranjit Shahani has once again taken a 180-degree political turn. Shahani, who is running for re-election in the May 2013 polls, announced he is now supporting the re-election bids of Governor Amado Espino Jr. and his running mate Jose Ferdinand Calimlim under the Nationalist People’s…
MAYOR Benjamin S. Lim has appealed to the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) to ratify the proposed framework for Dagupan’s Annual Investment Plan (AIP) covering the city’s budget for the next six years requiring a total investment of P1.473 billion. Lim’s letter to the SP dated September 27, 2012 outlined what he…
THE National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has recommended the prosecution for murder of an incumbent official in Malasiqui town in connection with the slaying of a barangay chairman at the town plaza in the morning of December 15, 2003. In a letter dated October 19, 2012 to the Provincial Prosecutor…
LINGAYEN—Follow the Local Government Code. This was the order given by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) to the Pangasinan State University on scholarship grants for children of incumbent barangay officials following complaints lodged by supposed beneficiaries. Sec. 393, Paragraph B, No. 4 of the Local Government Code provides that one of…
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