Ask the people   CONSULTATION is the operative word in the renewed effort to create additional congressional districts in the province. It must be recalled that the last redistricting move for Pangasinan took place not so long ago and that proved to be a waste of valuable public resources in terms…

Computer basics BASIC facilities in numerous public elementary and secondary schools around the country remain sorely lacking. The construction of classrooms and proper toilets, provision of chairs and tables and a functional library, among other fundamentals to conducive learning, urgently need to be addressed by the government, specifically at the…

LGU work starts now   ON Monday, July 1, winning candidates in the May 13 election will be reporting for their first day of work in a three-year mandate entrusted to them by their communities. Whether they are re-elected, shifted to another post, returning after a hiatus, or a newbie,…

A drug-free Pangasinan   MORE than 100 barangays in Pangasinan are afflicted with the illegal drug menace, according to Director Jeoffrey Tacio of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-Region 1, substantiating an earlier report by Secretary Antonio Villar Jr., chairman of the Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB), who had a list…

The Chan saga   A BREAKTHROUGH seems to be finally underway in the lingering animosity of the provincial government led by Gov. Amado Espino Jr. against the police provincial director, Senior Superintendent Marlou Chan.