Time for mayors, kapitans to step up AS the national and provincial government officials are doing all possible to contain the COVID-19 contagion at this critical stage when efforts are being balanced between restoring economic normalcy and minimizing the spread of infection, our citizens are visibly and grossly mistaking the…
Editorial July 19, 2020
Community transmission imminent By Ermin Garcia Jr. I’M afraid our provincial government may not see anytime soon the day when it can confidently proclaim that it has defeated COVID-19, or flattened the curve at the very least. Pangasinenses, no doubt, are aware that the provincial government is doing everything…
Punchline
Blow to both press freedom and the people By Al S. Mendoza THE hardest hit in the recent killing of the ABS-CBN franchise renewal are the 11,000 or so employees of the TV network. Anyone disputing that has a stone for a heart and deserves no place in a…
General Admission
NEW ROTARY LEADERSHIP — Normelito Quimo (center) takes his oath as President of Rotary Club of Dagupan East for RY 2020-2021 during the 49th Induction and Turn-over Ceremonies at Bedbox Hotel in Dagupan City on July 10. Behind him is his family and Immediate Past President Aguedo Sta. Maria (left). They…
NEW ROTARY LEADERSHIP
Garbage Contracts By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo EVERY Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday, the garbage truck passes by at odd hours of the day. There is no schedule that one can work with so that you can do other things. You cannot bring garbage out into the street because the…
G Spot
The indirect approach By Farah G. Decano ON July 12, 2016, the Philippines gained a favorable decision from the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) against a superpower, China. The latter’s nine-dash line claim over the West Philippine Sea was declared invalid for two reasons: 1) The United Nations Convention…
Andromeda’s Vortex
Remembering Shimano By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. I WAS a bit shocked upon learning that one of the original czars of the world’s famous bicycle component brands “Shimano” died last July 3. Yes, Yoshizo Shimano, the former president of Shimano Incorporated and third son of founder Shozaburo Shimano died due…
Sports Eye
God Will Never Let You Go Unknown Author Contributed by Ashok G. Vasandani Here’s a story I read in The Meaning of Life’s page on Facebook that I’d like to share, something that we can all learn from. Some years ago on a hot summer day in South Florida,…
Learnings in Life
I lost Chammy, my playmate By Leonardo Micua I am in grief. My whole family is in grief. Our beloved eight-year old granddaughter Chammy (Mary Therese Micua) died in a vehicular accident when a wayward semi-trailer truck invaded a Rest Area for vehicles along the Hume Highway, southeast of…
