Punchiteria
Editorial Cartoon
Transparency-accountability of outgoing-incoming WHETHER reelectionists won or lost in every election, local governments are expected to calibrate their governance to ensure transparency and accountability. If they won, they are expected to oversee the transition and turnover of duties, responsibilities and programs of officials mandated to vacate their offices to ensure…
EDITORIAL
A House Speaker for Pangasinan By Ermin Garcia Jr. THE speakership in the House of Representatives is now up for grabs. It is the only post in the national political hierarchy where the province can help itself introduce laws for its benefit, including fresh funds for passed laws. We have…
Punchline
The better general By Gonzalo Duque TO me, Mayor Belen Fernandez did not lose the last election. In fact, she won as she succeeded in putting eight members of her Team Belen in the Sangguniang Panglunsod. The eight of course includes Vice Mayor-elect Bryan Kua, the incoming presiding Officer who defeated Brian’s…
Playing with Fire
Why Villar emerged as No. 1 senator By Al S. Mendoza HERE are some secrets sprouting immediately after the May 13 elections. They come mostly from the senatorial derby. First, Cynthia Villar. What was her chief weapon in topping the Senate race in a big rebound from her No. 8…
General Admission
Millennial consciousness By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo THE Pew Research Center recently classified the generation of Millennials as those born between 1981-1996 (23-38 years old). Michael Dimock, the President of the Center clarified that these “cutoff points aren’t an exact science.” These are tools to analyze “the different shifts in how age…
G Spot
Mangaldan’s pride, volley belle Roselyn Doria By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. VOLLEYBALL diehard followers should know who Roselyn Doria is. Yes, she’s from Pangasinan but only few of them know that she’s from my town Mangaldan. Admittedly, I know that the lass was from Pangasinan taking it from the volleyball…
Sports Eye
By: Ashok G. Vasandani Here’s a story I read in a page on www.moralstories.org. I’d like to share, something we can all learn from. The kite without a threadAuthor Unknown ONCE a father and son went to the kite flying festival. The young son became very happy seeing the sky…
