THE continued refusal of Dagupan City Mayor Brian Lim to allow his departments heads, particularly of the Market Supervisor, the City Administrator, Treasurer and Auditor to shed light on the reported alleged protection racket being perpetrated by market marshals is a clear indication of his full knowledge of the criminal…

THE Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod is an equal branch of the Office of the City Mayor, at least in principle.  In reality, it’s not. Mayor Brian Lim has been thumbing his nose at the seemingly hapless city councilors who are probing the illegal activities of the personnel in the Market Division….

THE “honorable” members of the Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod just lost their self-respect and honor, and they didn’t seem to mind it. They have been mocked and insulted in their faces by the Market Administrator, his henchmen (members of the Market Marshal Task Force) and they walked away with their tails…

FINALLY, we are seeing a downward trend in the COVID-19 contagion not only in Pangasinan but in Metro Manila as well. The seeming synchronized decrease in number of new cases may actually be the tip of the iceberg that finally surfaced – the anticipated positive results of efforts of targeting…

LAST week, the news about Rappler’s CEO Maria Ressa being named a Nobel Peace Prize winner for her work in journalism was met with both applause and shock, depending on one’s political inclination. In short there was no national jubilation that could come close to Hidilyn Diaz’s triumph as the…

IT has been said that Filipinos have short memory… of both good and the bad. This is particularly true about our local politics, candidates and their campaign promises.  And what’s truly sad is more voters only remember what candidates dished out in cash and groceries during the past campaign. That,…

ELECTION of national and local elections in 2022 will be like no other. It is certain that all candidates that will be voted into office will have to face new challenges in the first three to six years of the New Normal. It is for this reason that communities must…

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…

THE decision of the 21 mayors to suspend opening of classes in their respective towns and cities, invoking the health and safety of their constituents as a priority may be providential. But their unilateral decision to suspend the start of classes also indicates how unprepared they are being the chief…