Renouncing friends and a relative By Ermin Garcia Jr. NOT a few have asked me for my secret list of preferred candidates for the senate. So just between us, here’s my secret list divided in two sets: First priority: Alan Cayetano, Jun Magsasay, Koko Pimentel, Dick Gordon, Riza Hontiveros, Cynthia…
Popoy de Vera, a man to watch By Jun Velasco ”For his courage, however, he (President Aquino) really should have the pet name the family gave his eldest sister Maria Elena Ballsy.” – Chua Eoan, Time’s news editor AFTER the elections, we expect things to return to normal….
A Mayor Belen Fernandez for Dagupan City’s progress By Gonzalo Duque YOU who watched our one-on-one with Gov. Spines and Mayor Nani had the best opportunity to evaluate the two. They were both good. Spines was cool, while Nani was fiery. We need not go into details. By now,…
My choice By Al S. Mendoza CHANCES are you are one of 52,014,648 Filipinos qualified to vote tomorrow, Monday. But historically, only about 75 percent of registered voters cast their vote since democratic elections returned to our country in 1986. So, if you decide to vote, you could be one…
Pre-and-post election day anxieties By Bebot Villar ILANG tulog na lang, election na. I’m sure candidates are experiencing a lot of anxiety right now while the clock is ticking onward to the judgment day. Siguradong perspiring na ng parang mga butil ng mais sa laki ang mga candidates, hindi…
Well-organized Pangasinan chess tilt By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. SELDOM do I watch a chess tournament because honestly it’s not really my sport. I don’t know much about this mental game, but I do enjoy watching it especially if there are grandmaster players participating in a tourney. And that’s…
Palikuer ed paliagan Nen Santiago Villafania IPAPANEKNEK kon lanang ed saray kaluyagan laut la’d saray wala ni’d kalangweran iran sumusulat ya say bilay na sakey a salita wala’d mabunan litiratura. Say kuritan ono litiratura so kamarerua na pinabli tin luyag. Tekep tonia so kulturan pakabirbiran na inka-Pangasinan tayo.
Election 101: The dos and don’ts By Johanne Margarette R. Macob INDEED, time has passed so fleetly that tomorrow (again, tomorrow) we – or at least more than 1.6 million of us Pangasinenses, among millions other Filipinos – will be exercising our rights to suffrage. Apart from a checklist of our chosen candidates,…
COMMAND VISIT—Philippine National Police Chief Alan LM. Purisima with PNP Region 1 Director Ricardo Marquez and other police officers on May 9th at the PRO 1, inspect the more than 200 loose firearms seized from provinces in Region 1, including Pangasinan. (Punchphoto by Johanne R. Macob) Back to Homepage
MAY 13 MID-TERM ELECTION AUGMENTATION forces from the Philippine Army and the Philippine National Police (PNP) deployed to Pangasinan effectively checkmated members of identified partisan armed groups (PAGs) capable of sowing terror in the May 13 election.
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