DepEd’s drug-testing program THE scheduled random drug-testing of public schools students is long overdue, and should be welcomed by parents. In fact, many students themselves have already indicated support for it because they, more than the parents, are aware that a number of their classmates are either drug-users or peddlers…
Why oh why, VP Leni? By Ermin Garcia Jr. WELL, well, it looks like Veep Leni Robredo has again agreed to lend her voice to efforts to cut down President Duterte to size, particularly on the issue of drug peddlers being killed in legitimate police entrapment operations. Ms. Robredo…
Legal mechanism ensures quality of permanence By Gonzalo Duque OUR conversations with media Czar Martin Andanar during his visit to Pangasinan last week are turning in untold meaningful benefits that would translate to making mainstream and social media work in an ideal environment. Social media are not yet in…
Yasay, Lopez and Taguiwalo…who’s next? By Al S. Mendoza FIRST to be rejected was Foreign Affairs Secretary Jun Yasay. Second, Environment Secretary Gina Lopez. Third, Social Welfare Secretary Judy Taguiwalo. Fourth is…? Yasay was sacked for a valid reason. Not in the cases of Lopez and Taguiwalo. Yasay was…
How bad can you get? By Virginia J. Pasalo I just watched The Dark Knight, a 2008 American superhero film co-written and directed by Christopher Nolan. The film focuses on Batman’s fight against a new villain, the Joker (Heath Ledger) and his relationships with district attorney Harvey Dent (Aaron…
Usain Bolt’s sad farewell race By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. I WAS in my room for ten days, glued to the television in the evening watching the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championship Games held last August 3-13 in London. Of all the athletic games that were conducted…
WHIMSICAL VIOLATION OF HOUSE RULES — The Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) is perhaps the only legislative body in the Philippines and may be in all the democratic institutions that is holding its regular sessions on days depending on the convenience and availability of one or some of its members in gross…
WAR ON DRUGS SCOREBOARD THE Pangasinan Police is now focusing its time, energy and resources on 93 barangays in the province that remain still affected by illegal drugs as of August 15 this year. P/Chief Inspector Norman Florentino, chief of the Police Community Relations branch of the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office…
BIRD FLU? NO WORRIES! – Shoppers at the Malimgas Market in Dagupan City, pick out their preferred portions of fried chicken sold in an eatery unmindful of nationwide alert on bird flu over the week. (Contributed by Jojo Riñoza)
CHICKEN meat being sold in the markets of Pangasinan are safe since they are sourced from local poultry farms and dressing plants. Provincial Veterinarian Dr. Eric Perez and Dr. Cherrie Ann Javier, head of the consumer enforcement unit of the National Meat and Inspection Service (NMIS), made the assurance during…
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