THERE is an imminent hazardous economic activity looming ahead for the province’s next generations. We refer to the offshore mining activity covering 10,064 hectares of the Lingayen Gulf fronting Sual, Labrador, Lingayen, Binmaley, Dagupan City and San Fabian. Unless the Iron Ore and Vanadium Resources (Phils.), the mining proponent, can…
By Ermin Garcia Jr. I just lost another dear friend in Pangasinan – Ex Exconde. He passed away last Saturday September 18, not from Covid but from aneurysm at age 92. I actually wondered what Ex’s real first name was when I first met him at the Rotary Club…
By Al S. Mendoza WHY do people run for President? What’s with it? Isn’t the position a pain in the ass? You serve at least 110 million people to begin with. What a load of responsibility. It’s like scaling Mt. Everest 10 times over. To lead 12 persons alone…
By Leonardo Micua BELIEVE me, the COVID-19 pandemic will soar even higher because of the coming political season that will start October 1 to 8 with the filing of CoCs by all prospective candidates and by groups eyeing to be among the front runners in the party list race. We just…
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo THERE are friends we can entrust some of our secrets, although there are very few of them, not more than half the total count of our fingers. In these fingers, the secrets live a life, free and unconstrained, in total trust and acceptance, and thrive,…
By Atty. Farah G. Decano MANILA Mayor Isko Moreno finally declared his intention to run for president. Predictably, his humble beginnings may again be his battlecry. After all, this may seem an advantage in a country that loves underdogs. Possible contenders, Senator Ping Lacson, Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte,…
By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. INDISPUTABLY, Filipinos’ top 20 favorite sports nowadays are basketball, boxing, volleyball, pool (billiards), football, our national sport called sepak takraw, badminton, lawn tennis, golf, chess, volleyball, cycling, running, table tennis, taekwondo, kickboxing, shooting, bowling, archery and the newest e-sport. Obviously, pole vault is less-known…
Unknown Author Contributed by Ashok G. Vasandani Here’s a story I read in www.moral-shortstory.blogspot.com that I’d like to share, something that we can all learn from. THERE was a saintly sage in ancient India. He resided in a hermitage in a forest. He was a great scholar, philosopher and…
By Jing Villamil SHE sat still on her son’s swivel chair. Its thickly padded back, neck and head rest seemed to swallow all of her; she had lost so much weight the past nights, days. From tight grip of the cup of coco on her palms, she raised a…
UNKNOWN to the coastal communities in Pangasinan, a mining exploration in a large area of the Lingayen Gulf is ongoing following the signing of a technical financial agreement between the company Iron Ore and Vanadium Resources (Phils.) Inc. and the national government last November 25, 2020. This was bared during the Question Hour of the Sangguniang…
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