Editorial Cartoon
Barangay tanod, front-liner THERE has been a rash of rape and gruesome killings in communities. One cannot but wonder where the members of the barangay security, we know them as tanod, are or have been all these days. Are there no more tanod patrols of the old, they who enforce…
EDITORIAL
Duterte’s order to mayors, COPs, CENROs By Ermin Garcia Jr. I note with admiration President Duterte’s first order to newly re-elected and elected mayors under his watch for the next three years. “Clean your cities or I will force the government’s mindset on you,” he said pointing out that he…
Punchline
My next journey in public service By Gonzalo Duque AS I write this column, I was about to embark on a trip to New York to attend the opening of the SSS representative office at the Philippine Embassy there on June 20. You know, I have tendered my resignation as…
Playing with Fire
Scams & ‘ghosts’ galore By Al S. Mendoza THE Kapa and PhilHealth scams are one and the same. Two sides of the coin with exact con-clothed features. They both steal money. Kapa fleeces people’s hard-earned dough, PhilHealth raids government coffers. The Kapa is illegal business disguised as religion. In this…
General Admission
Faces of War By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo AT least 17 poets will be reading poems during the “Summer Solstice Poetry Reading” in celebration of the summer solstice dedicated to ending war and fostering peace to be held worldwide, simultaneously in at least 30 countries. The poetry reading in the Philippines…
G Spot
Pangasinan’s best bets struck out by illness in 2019 LTdF By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. TAIPEI – I always try to get out of the country if I need a respite, and if I have the means. This is why I’m here again in this dazzling and elegant capital city…
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 Wooden BowlAuthor Unknown A frail old man went to live with his son, daughter-in-law, and four-year-old grandson. The old man’s hands trembled, his eyesight was…
Learnings in Life
Dagupan is hot! By Leonardo Micua THE city of Dagupan continues to swelter under the punishing heat of the sun despite the announcement from PAGASA that the long summer season has gone and the rainy season has just set in. However, this could be a different rainy season as discomforting…
