Ashok, be a statesman, not politician! By Gonzalo T. Duque WE’RE back! Sorry for our unexpected long absence. We purposely did not give our esteemed publisher Ermin and confidant Jun V an idea where we had been. We just wanted to be “alone,” well, to do something different and…
Formula for election success By Al S. Mendoza I just don’t know if somebody had already proposed it. As far as I know, no one from either the Congress or Senate had done it. But if I’d been beaten to the draw, which I doubt it very much, I…
General Admission
Success depends on cooperation By Bebot Villar CONGRATULATIONS to the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-1 Regional Director, Adrian Alvarino, Pangasinan PPO OIC Provincial Director PS/SUPT Rollie M. Saltat and P/Chief Inspector, Abraham B. Hambon, OIC, Rosales Police Station, Rosales, Pangasinan for their successful operation last July 8, 2015. They…
Deretsahan
Missing the world title fight By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. IT WAS TWO months ago when I read about the WBO light flyweight title defense of our very own Donnie “Ahas” Nietes against former IBF-WBO minimum weight titleholder Francisco “Chihuas” Rodriguez of Mexico to be held on July 4 at…
Sports Eye
Ecotour Pangasinan! By Johanne Macob LAST weekend, my three “sisters” and I spent a two-day-one-night vacation in Bolinao. However, we were not able to pursue our plans to explore ‘the’ Patar Beach, spelunking the caves and experiencing any of the Bolinao Falls. We didn’t even get the chance to cruise…
Young Roots
INTIMIDATED BY CCTV CAMERAS. Education supervisors in one school division in Pangasinan let out howls of protest over what the perceive acts of intimidation of their superintendent intended to sow fear in their minds. Reason was the installation of 10 closed circuit television cameras in their building, placed in strategic…
Random Thoughts
2012 INFANTA MAYOR SLAY CASE LINGAYEN–The Department of Justice (DOJ) finally cleared Gov. Amado Espino Jr. and First District Rep. Jesus Celeste of charges that they allegedly masterminded the slaying of Infanta Mayor Ruperto Martinez on December 15, 2012 in Barangay Cato, Infanta. The two and another respondent Jaime Aquino…
DOJ clears Espino, Celeste
BOLINAO— First District Rep. Jesus Celeste who, together with Gov. Amado Espino, was recently cleared by the Department of Justice of any involvement in the killing of Infanta Mayor Ruperto Martinez in 2012, wants to teach investigators of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and some influential leaders for maliciously…
Celeste wants payback from NBI
THE head of the Bantay Ilog Task Force formed by Mayor Belen Fernandez said that the 50 fish pens mentioned by Kagawad Efren Bautista of Pugaro during a public hearing conducted in the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) last June 30 were not fish pens but actually fish cages. Maximo Solis, who…