PUNCHITERIA
Editorial Cartoon
3-G threats NEITHER the police nor the Commission on Elections (Comelec) seem alarmed by the inclusion of Pangasinan in the Department of Interior and Local Government’s (DILG) list of provinces considered as “areas of concern” – or “high risk” – in the May 2013 mid-term election. Provincial officials, for their…
Editorial
Drugs and the city By Ermin Garcia Jr. THE submission of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) of its list of narco-politicos in the country to Congress must be giving some local officials the shivers. Pangasinan, particularly Dagupan City, has long been tagged as a major transshipment point for illegal drug…
Punchline
Give peace a chance By Jun Velasco “Make the best use of your time,” Ephesians 5:16 WE have good news for journalists who want to “see the world.” Manila Bulletin’s Liezle Basa Inigo yesterday told us how she led four Pangasinan media people – Susan Yadao, Jimry Biosa, Frame Sabado and herself…
Think about it
Responsible press By Gonzalo Duque IT may not be proper to start our column with a dig on a stinking garbage along Amado Street directly behind Lyceum Northwestern University, but it’s so irritating and reflective of the city’s lousy approach to the garbage problem. The problem, if you look closely, would…
Playing with Fire
Dagupan golfers play at Fil-Am By Al S. Mendoza WE go golf this time. First off, cheers to Albert Balingit, Dr. Toto Juan, Dr. Rod Segui, Ping Catayong and Dennis C. Canto. Frankly, they deserve our warmest, lustiest, applause. No, they aren’t champs. N’yet. But to me, they are already.
General Admission
The few anti-drugs advocates By Bebot Villar THE talk about narco-politicians is unnerving many at mas lalong tumitindi pa because nanggagalaiti ang marami na malaman, agad-agad, who they are. It’s a hot topic sa mga coffee shops kung sino sa mga public officials ang posibleng involved sa illegal drug operations….
Deretsahan
Anti-political Dynasty Constitutional Provision By +Oscar V. Cruz, JCD WHY is it that nothing less than a basically ethical and patently reasonable provision of the 1986 Constitution of the Philippines against dynastic political rule remains but a stagnant jargon. To this day – more than two decades after the promulgation…
