Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture WHAT was largely expected to be an insignificant event, the First National Fishery Producers Congress ended the occasion with a clear vision for the sector. As the organizers correctly pointed out, it is our fishery sector that will be most vulnerable when the ASEAN economic…
Beware of the CCTV cameras By Ermin Garcia Jr. THE news about the installation of 15 CCTV Cameras in strategic places in Dagupan City is a step in the right direction. It will help keep city safe and away from the clutches of criminal syndicates specializing in murder, robbery…
Martial Law, first press job remembered By Jun Velasco “If life is to be sustained, hope must remain even where confidence is wounded or trust impaired,” Erik H. Erikson LAST Friday, we were at the Commission on Human Rights particularly at the HR Victim’s Board at Virata Hall, U.P….
Rody Duterte, a human rights violator? Bah! By Gonzalo Duque IT’S disheartening, obscene, nauseating, to say the least that the New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) people want Mayor Rody Duterte investigated for alleged human rights violations. Why, may we ask, don’t they look first at their own backyard?…
Vios Cup smashing debut in Cebu By Al S. Mendoza CEBU CITY—For a change, I flew here during the weekend to cover the Vios Cup, now in its Season 2. After its smashingly successful launch last year, the Vios Cup went ambitious and gunned for an out-of-town endeavor that…
Bayanihan in our schools By Bebot Villar ON June 1, there will be no more postponement. It will be green-and-go for the opening of the country’s public elementary and high schools. This is why Department of Education (DepEd) launched this year’s edition of Brigada Eskwela in our schools to…
Shame in our local sports By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. I WAS shocked to learn that our Region 1 Athletic Association contingent majority of which were Pangasinenses (being the champion of this year’s Region 1 Athletic Association Meet), placed 17th and last in the just concluded 2015 Palarong Pambansa held…
Preparing for the worst By Hilda Austria AFTER the deadly earthquake in Nepal that killed thousands of lives, our Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Philvocs) was alarmed by the possibility of the “Big One”, a 7.2 magnitude earthquake that will originate from the West Valley Fault along the…
SILENCE OF THE LAMBS. When the provincial board of Pangasinan reorganized its committee chairmanships, it forgot to list one important committee where many board members can easily qualify to become its chairman. It’s the Committee on Silence. The current composition of the board is already one year and 11 months…
TIT-FOR-TAT LINGAYEN–The mayor of Bayambang filed an administrative complaint at the provincial board against the town’s vice mayor and five councilors for grave misconduct and dishonesty with prayer for preventive suspension. Accused in Mayor Ricardo Camacho’s complaint dated May 13 were Vice Mayor Mylvin Junio and Councilors Raul Sabangan, Allan…
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