Man of the hour By Gonzalo Duque WE’VE been receiving text messages and calls by the hundreds everyday from all parts of the country. Why? You know it. Friends, allies, including fiends were asking or confirming a report that our man for president Davao City Mayor Rody Duterte has withdrawn…
Duterte & Poe: When is official official? By Al S. Mendoza UNTIL he has confirmed it, that is a lie. I refer to recently published reports, saying that Rodrigo Duterte is not running for president in May 2016. He may have said it, or our newspapers could be guilty of…
Raw marijuana not medicinal By Bebot Villar A FORUM aimed to generate scientific discussions on relevant health issues and policies to help support the decision-making processes of the Legislative Branch of government was held recently. The first issue of The 1st Academic Health Policy Forum was: “Compassionate Use of Medical…
Dancing with the crocodiles By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo HE approaches and she raises her head, then they tenderly kiss, and he rubs her head with his chin, smearing her with his scent, dips underneath and rubs her throat, breathing heavily. He rotates her legs on one side, extruding his penis,…
Gilas 2015 is not weak at all By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. WE watched how our national basketball squad called “Gilas” composed of all professional dribblers from PBA landed second in the prestigious annual international tourney the 37th William Jones Cup. We were defeated twice in the nine-nation tourney succumbing…
THE “EVAPORATING” BM — It’s not only in Congress where we don’t see congressmen in their seats. In case they are present, they usually suddenly disappear after their attendance is checked. In the provincial board, this member of that august body is doing a big disservice to his constituents. How?…
DAGUPAN TAKES WORLD CENTER STAGE — Dagupan City Mayor Belen T. Fernandez fields questions from APEC participants about the biggest challenge being faced by Dagupan as a growing urban city before the international community composed of 28 Asia Pacific Economies. She spoke on the solution adopted by the city government…
PROTOCOL NOT OBSERVED LINGAYEN–The Provincial Health Officer here strongly denied there is a dengue outbreak in Pangasinan and asked the Department of Health (DOH) to rectify its declaration and reveal the data used as basis for declaration. Dr. Anna Teresa de Guzman told The PUNCH on Sept. 10 that Pangasinan…
EASIER ANNULMENT OF MARRIAGES DAGUPAN CITY— Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas, as head of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines’ (CBCP), said Pope Francis “is reaching out tenderly to those who suffer from invalid marriages” but added that “the teaching about the indissolubility and unity of marriage remains”. He said…
FOR VIOLATING R.A. 9003 POZORRUBIO–Though the 40,000 dead chickens dumped in Barangay Nantalangan here last Sept. 6 were already torched last week, the owner of a poultry farm from Villasis town and his helpers are still accountable for violation of the Solid Wastes Management Act or Republic Act 9003 and other applicable laws. The burning…
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