Espino’s pledge: A drug-free Pangasinan By Bebot Villar HAPPY ako na in-involved ni Gov. Amado Espino Jr ang mga kabataan, mainly the provincial government scholars, sa laban contra illegal drugs. There were speeches, lectures from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), kantahan, candle lighting ceremony, manifesto signing, sa ginanap…
Anti-Reproductive and Unhealthy Law By +Oscar V. Cruz, JCD SO sad yet so true: The so-called – now infamous – “REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH LAW” is in fact a pitiful yet deliberate misrepresentation of the prime mover thereof in the Palace plus his closely allied and much favored legislators plus his…
Filipino pro boxers’ jinx continues By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. OUR Filipino world-rated professional boxers’ jinx continues to roll in world title fights. The latest victim was Milan Melindo who failed to seize the WBA and WBO flyweight crowns of Mexican ring gladiator Juan Francisco Estrada last July 27…
Piaet ed Kuritan Nen Santiago Villafania BURAREG a tuldek so Pangasinan ed malayug a kuritan na Filipinas angga ni’d natan. Naemel so musia da’ra’y kuan ya umaanlong tan sumusulat, naepel so pluma ra, tan apa so pililikna ra ed rinasimiento na litiratura ed pinablin luyag. the will of…
Mr. Gani By Noel Cabobos PORING over the pages of Sunday Punch got into the sentimental side of me as I try to recall the story of life and those “moving” personal letters of this paper’s founder, Ermin Garcia, Sr. The feeling was even exacerbated by the thought of…
When getting high brings you down By Johanne Margarette R. Macob LET’S lay out this article’s theme right away. What’s with illegal drugs? What’s with these drugs that make people want them? Is it because of it’s being illegal? Or is it for that kind of — as how they…
BUSINESS PLATES TO WASTE—A Dagupan city hall employees digs out some 5,300 unusable business plates produced by two suppliers for issuance by the One Stop Shop Business Center for the anticipated 2013-2015 Lim administration. The plates would have cost the city P.709 million or P.407 million more if the anomaly had…
MORE OF THE SAME ANOTHER anomalous transaction involving officials of the past city administration over a P.4 million deal for the supply of business permit plates was uncovered last week. The anomalous transaction came to light after the company ElJohn, the company that produced the plates ordered by a company called…
THOU shall not ask. Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas told his Catholic flock that this should be their guiding principle when relating to politicians as a major scandal hounds Congress over the use of the pork barrel, formally known as the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF).
TAKING THE VOTE SERIOUSLY—Adult and youth voters patiently await their turn outside the Dagupan City Astrodome on July 31, 2013, the last day of the 10-day registration for the synchronized Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections. The registration that day lasted up to past 10 p.m. The Comelec reported a voter…
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