The good and the bad WHAT President Aquino could not, and refused to do, the Ombudsman did – it sacked former PNP Chief Director-General Alan Purisima, himself a former provincial chief of Pangasinan! He was given his due after Malacanang thought it could arrange a deal that would allow the…
War vs. illegal drugs scorecard By Ermin Garcia Jr. THE public can now appreciate the progress of the provincial government’s war vs. illegal drugs as reported by the Pangasinan Provincial Police Office and shared by Guv Spines during the Pangasinan Peace and Order Council meeting last week. At least,…
Ashok Vasandani is Dagupan mayoral timber By Jun Velasco “A nation without a knowledge of its past and forbears will have an uncertain future,” – Anon THE tragic life of former child actor Jiro Manio, most everyone’s “idolo” who played the lead role in the award-winning “Magnifico” film…
Many politicians mean the opposite By Al S. Mendoza IN politics, stupidity is a virtue. In being stupid, many politicians aren’t aware. It is like writing: There is no dull topic, only dull writers. And dull writers do not know they are dull, or even dumb. I am not…
Abusive DepEd official By Bebot Villar THE Department of Education’s Secretary, Bro. Armin Luistro is known to be amiable and very approachable. Wherever he goes, people can see the ready smile on his face. I just wonder why one of his officers in the province, in contrast, appears to…
It’s not what you think By Virginia J. Pasalo THIS is not about the G-spot, as conceptualized by gynecologist Ernst Gräfenberg, whose existence continue to be the subject of debate to this day, and declared unproven and subjective by a 2009 British study based on questionnaires and personal experience….
A boxing referee’s blunder By Jeus A. Garcia Jr. ANOTHER two world title fights in different divisions last Sunday were marked by a blunder and poor officiating and consequently failed to end in convincing results. The first was the Timothy Bradley vs. Jessie Vargas in an interim WBO welterweight…
DAVID AND GOLIATH. A high school graduate trounced her supposed big time opponents, a former vice mayor, a councilor and a barangay captain, in the hotly contested presidency of the Parents Teachers Association (PTA) of the Bayambang Central School Tuesday in the presence of a dozen policemen to avert possible physical…
FOR SHARING EXPIRED CANDIES SAN CARLOS CITY–More than 100 students of Guelew Integrated School were rushed to Pangasinan Provincial Hospital (PPH) here last Thursday morning due to mass food poisoning allegedly from sharing boxes of candies sold by a store in front of the school. Dr. Policarpio Manuel, PPH director, said…
LINGAYEN—The war vs. illegal drugs is everyone’s battle. This was the terse message of Governor Amado Espino Jr. as he appealed to his constituents to help in the effort by reporting illegal drug activities in their neighborhood to the police during last week’s meeting of the Provincial Anti-Drug Abuse Council…
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