Public accountability is key THE information shared by Dr. Anna de Guzman, provincial heath officer, during the last session of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan has underscored anew the need to make both the barangay kapitan and the mayor directly accountable in efforts to check the COVID-19 contagion in the province. After…
Social media stops profiteering in LTO By Ermin Garcia Jr. THE senate hearing last week on the implementation of the Private Motor Vehicle Inspection Center dealt DOTr and LTO a serious blow to their unchecked hubris, arrogance and greed for decades. They were made to eat humble pie, with…
Sen. Go needed in Pacquiao’s off-the-ring fight By Al S. Mendoza IT was unfair that the World Boxing Association (WBA) removed Manny Pacquiao as its world super welterweight champion. That was more than a knockout blow. It was immoral. It was unfair. It was against the grain of sports itself. The…
Babaylan Feminism: An Imperative for Women Now By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo IT is a fact that we owe the advancement of women to those who have worked towards women empowerment through the years. What we owe to ourselves is to retain whatever gains they have made and to contribute…
Illegal cellular phone searches By Atty. Farah G. Decano THE advent of digital age ushered in the decline of privacy. Nowadays, we don’t just use the cellular phones to call others. We use these gadgets to purchase items online, do research, listen to music, and check our emails. The…
Remembering Leon Spinks and Muhammad Ali By Jesus A, Garcia Jr. I felt sad upon learning last week that former world heavyweight boxing champ Leon Spinks finally succumbed to prostate cancer last February 8 after his five-year battle to beat it. I still recall the day when the young…
Your reaction matters more than what happens to you Unknown Author Contributed by Ashok G. Vasandani Here’s an article I read in www.thoughtcatalog.com that I’d like to share, something that we can all learn from. ONCE upon a time a daughter complained to her father that her life…
A rotten egg in the basket? By Leonardo Micua AFTER the mainstream media broke out the good news that President Duterte deferred the implementation of the Child’s Car Seat Law, then recently declaring Private Motor Vehicles Inspection Centers (PVMICs) as being not mandatory, owners of some 12 million vehicles across the country…
FLOWERS FOR THE GIRLS, BALLOONS FOR THE BOYS — Love is in the air for those who have saved enough for a number of choices to express one’s affection with the help of enterprising vendors. (Punchphotos (uppe panel) by Cesar Ramirez and (lower panel) by Willie Lomibao)
AS SUMMER SEASON NEARS THE number of Pangasinan’s active COVID-19 cases continue to decline with only 338 new confirmed cases recorded as of February 11, down from 587 a week earlier. This was contained in the province-wide monitoring conducted by the Provincial Health Office (PHO), a record acknowledged by the…
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