More drug cases filed in courts By Bebot Villar THERE had been an increase in the number of drug cases that the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) filed last year, compared to the number of cases that the agency filed in 2013. Sa report na tinanggap natin mula kay…
“Fistory” By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. FORTH WORTH, TEXAS —At last the much-awaited showdown of the world’s two boxing greats in this generation will finally clash on May 2 (May 3 PH time) at MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. Yes, the Floyd Mayweather, Jr.- Manny Pacquiao clash, both champions…
Threats to the nation’s peace By Hilda Austria THE ISIS, a religious extremist or terrorist group, recently released a video beheading 21 Egyptian Christians with a threat to shed more blood in the nations of the cross. Although the interpretation for the term ‘nations of the cross’ used is unclear,…
OFFICIAL WIFE’S USE? While the provincial government of Pangasinan was too generous to give our honorable bokals a brand new white Ford Everest each,for their official use. Most felt that the abuse would be seen sooner or later, and true enough, the wife of a bokal was seen using the…
NBI AGENTS BEHIND SCAM? REMEMBER the shooting rampage at the Lingayen National High School (LNHS) perpetrated by a policeman sometime in September last year for the failure of some teachers to pay their loan payments? A similar incident may have been averted in Dagupan City after some 300 defaulting borrowers, all…
PTA SAYS SCHOOL BUILDING UNSAFE BAYAMBANG—Parents and teachers of Bayambang Central School have asked Education Secretary Armin Luistro to send engineers to inspect the school building and certify if the building is still safe for occupancy after cracks on the walls and ceiling beams appeared in a number of classrooms…
NOT SIDING WITH RELATIVE PEPING NOT all Cojuangcos agree with Peping Cojuangco and his wife Tingting in their call for President Benigno Cojuangco Aquino III to resign. Former Fifth District Congressman Mark Cojuangco has distanced himself from his relatives Peping and Tingting demand for the President to resign from his post and give way to…
28-DAY PRAYER NOTING uneasy peace in southern Philippines and in other parts of the world, Archbishop Socrates Villegas of the Lingayen Dagupan archdiocese has enjoined all priests in the archdiocese to lead in praying the Oratio Imperata for Peace from March 1 to 28 as a post-communion prayer in all churches and chapels of the…
AT LONG LAST! –— Former Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr., the initiator behind the center’s establishment, happily reacts to a well-wishers’ remarks during the inauguration of R1MC Treatment and Rehabilitation Center in Dagupan City as his wife Rep. Gina de Venecia and Dagupan Mayor Belen Fernandez share in his jolly mood….
DRUG dependents in the region who need rehabilitation no longer need to seek help elsewhere. The country’s newest and modern drug treatment and rehabilitation center in Barangay Bonuan Binloc, Dagupan City officially opened last week after a seven-year wait. Costing P205 million, the bulk of which came from the Department of Health (DOH), the…
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