Drug lords’ main target: Children By Bebot Villar FIRST of all, I would like to thank my kumpadre, Gonz Duque, for greeting me “Merry Christmas.” He is such a good sport and understanding and he is a true kumpadre and friend. There are many whom I also worked with…
The Political Community By +Oscar V. Cruz, JCD IN few and simple words, the political community is the composite of individuals called politicians precisely by practicing politics. The politicians, in turn, as commonly known and repeatedly said, are public officials meant for public service for the good and welfare…
Tribute to Gerry Lacuesta By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. A ONE-DAY bicycle road race will be held in Bayambang on March 16 in honor of Atty. Geruncio Lacuesta as one of the activities to celebrate Bayambang’s quadricentennial anniversary.
Uni Berso Nen Santiago Villafania LIKUD ed awaran tan kultura na luyag, anto so napantotongtongan tan singbatan na sakey a pari, umaanlong, kulturati, tan urbai (inaon ed Urduja tan Babaylan) bilang komisioner na Pangasinan Historical and Cultural Commission (PHCC) kasumpla na miting da?
Here’s to our present-day heroes By Johanne Margarette R. Macob BANG went the gun and another hero was known. Well, we have been used to defining hero as a person who has sacrificed his life fighting for democracy, independence, freedom, liberation, or whatever you want to call it. Our national…
DISCONNECTION OF ELECTRIC METER MAYOR Belen Fernandez is not keen on meeting with officials of the Dagupan Electric Corporation to discuss her request to terminate the electric meter registered under the city’s name located at the former MC Adore building. In a telephone interview with The PUNCH Thursday, Fernandez hinted…
THE police in Pangasinan has been without a provincial director, a permanent commanding officer, for three weeks now. Members of the provincial board are enraged by the situation and are considering taking “drastic action”, including bringing the matter to President Benigno Aquino III. “Imagine a first class province with almost…
LINGAYEN—The Pangasinan Mayors League is set to craft a resolution asking the Philippine National Police (PNP) chief, the Interior and Local Government Secretary and President Benigno Aquino III to set into motion the process for appointing a provincial police director. Dasol Mayor Noel Nacar, the league president, said the 44…
TALKING HISTORY—Michael Connors, a naval officer of the Royal Australian Navy (2nd from left), points to a marker on the participation of the Australian Navy in the Lingayen Gulf landing as he goes around the Veterans’ Memorial Park in Lingayen with (from left) James Curtis Smith, President Returned Services League…
LINGAYEN—Heroes of World War II are not forgotten in Pangasinan. On January 9, 2014, coinciding with the observance of the 69th Lingayen Gulf Landings Anniversary, the provincial government led by Governor Amado Espino Jr. recognized anew the heroism and contributions of Pangasinan war veterans and of the allied forces towards…
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