Work on discipline THE meeting recently convened by Gov. Amado Espino III to assess community development plans was timely and definitely forward-looking. Between the COVID-19 crisis and the plan of the national government to defeat terrorism, a local government that will remain merely reactionary is tantamount to having a governance…
Police social, physical distancing violations By Ermin Garcia Jr. NOW that the Inter-Agency Task Force already decided that Pangasinan qualifies for Modified General Community Quarantine, being able to manage the contagion of COVID-19, we are seeing some redundancy if not some disconnect in supporting the objectives and purpose of…
Punchline
Remembering BOSS Danding By Al S. Mendoza I happen to have a ton of memories about Eduardo Cojuangco Jr., the San Miguel Corp. patriarch, who had passed on June 16 just two days after he turned 85 on June 14. He had been ailing for some time, having undergone…
General Admission
Anti-Terror Bill and the International Humanitarian Law By Farah Decano The State has no reason to sit and watch things go by as hundreds and hundreds of innocent people are killed due to terror attacks. It must shield itself from these violent elements that threaten the nation’s very existence….
Andromeda’s Vortex
Remembering basketball mentor Nic Jorge By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. I WAS stunned to hear a radio report last Sunday morning that one of the pillars in Philippine basketball Nic Jorge met his untimely demise in his sleep last Saturday (June 13) evening. Stunned because despite his 77 years, he…
Sports Eye
Philosophy of Life Unknown Author By Ashok G. Vasandani Here’s an article I read in The Meaning of Life’s page on Facebook that I’d like to share, something that we can all learn from. Distance yourself from the people who: Lie to you Disrespect you Use You Put you…
Learnings in Life
Life for Pinoys in USA By Leonardo Micua I got a call on my Messenger from my good friend Manny Zambrano who now lives and works in Chicago, USA who said Filipino immigrants like him and his family are being enticed to join the almost daily street marches that…
Random Thoughts
DRUG HVTS NABBED – PDEA operatives are on a roll arresting high-value targets in Pangasinan for the past weeks. Last week, it was the turn of Roscius Dadacay and Jim Resuello, both from San Carlos City, to be caught in the unrelenting campaign of PDEA. (Punchphoto by Ahikam Pasion)