Pangasinan is facing a crisis NOBODY seems to be aware that Pangasinan is facing a crisis, man-made calamity! As one of the country’s top rice-producing province, one does not have to make a physical count to determine how many rice farmers are affected by the unprecedented drop in the farmgate…
Cong. Toff de V and the SOGIE bill By Ermin Garcia Jr. NOTHING has been heard so far from the House of Representatives but we are told Fourth District Rep. Christopher De Venecia is staunch supporter of the Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity or Expression (SOGIE) Equality Bill SOGIE bill….
Prisoner corruption spin a national suspense theater By Al S. Mendoza THE ongoing Senate probe on the noise about corruption at the Bureau of Corrections has opened a Pandora’s Box. It has also unearthed a can of worms. Pandora’s Box? Can of worms? As my good friend, the LA-based Kuya Leony…
At the touch of a button By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo IN the movie, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”, the main character, Benjamin Button, is born as an elderly man, ages in reverse and dies an infant. He lives through this “aging” process, with the hope that during the course of his life,…
Gilas Pilipinas’ three bizarre losses By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. DAYS before the start of this year’s World Cup, President Rodrigo Duterte made a fearless forecast that our national basketball team Gilas Pilipinas will surely not beat the Italian squad in their opening game on August 31. The prediction of…
By: Ashok G. Vasandani Here’s a story I read in a page on Facebook from the WiseAnt Profile. I’d like to share, something that we can all learn from. The Country that had no onionsAuthor Unknown ONCE upon a time there lived a young man who was looking to grow…
A bad idea By Leonardo Micua THE call of Agriculture Secretary William Dar for provincial governments to take an active part in the procurement of palay directly from farmers gravely affected by the low farmgate price of their product, is not a well vetted proposition. We are not a pessimist but local governments going to…
MODERNIZATION OF FARMING – Gov. Amado Espino III and Agriculture Sec. William Dar board two of the farm machineries during the turnover ceremonies of P621-M of equipment and machineries from the national government for the ongoing modernization of farming in Pangasinan. (PUNCHphoto by Willie Lomibao)
NOT DUE TO RICE TARIFFICATION ACT LINGAYEN–Agriculture Secretary William Dar slammed critics of the Rice Tariffication Law who blame it for the unexpected drop in farmgate prices of palay across the country. He maintained that what caused the big drop in the price of palay was influenced by free market forces aggravated by the manipulation by big traders and…
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