WITH still 12 days before the official campaign period for local elections, our communities are already riddled with posters. They are glued on walls, tied around electric posts, hung on cable wires and nailed to trees. And because there are no rules regulating use of posters until campaign officially starts,…

THE official campaign period for local elections starts this week. This means noise pollution and tons of clutter of tarpaulin and paper posters will abound in our communities by both local and national candidates. These are to be expected. But beyond what are expected to be dumped on voters by…

THOSE who braved EDSA in 1986 were there for varied reasons.  And for people who were not there, they mostly wondered what the ”People Power Revolution” was really all about. Why did it happen? Was just about the only common question. It’s the same question being asked even today by…

HERE we go again. Pangasinan’s political activities possibly revolving around the Commission on Elections’ say-so, scare tactics and little else, again. Over the years, Comelec always warned and threatened candidates and voters about vote-buying, illegal postering and promotion activities, etc. as criminal and prohibited acts under the Omnibus Election code…

THE race for the country’s top national posts is on! Between choosing from the 10 names for president, 9 for vice president and 64 for senators, and at the receiving end of the barrage of PR and propaganda in mainstream media and the disinformation and fake news being dished out…

THE official campaign period for the 2022 elections starts this week.  And to see it take off is fraught with fears not only of renewed violence between political camps in the province, in districts and towns and cities but of widespread violation of Covid health protocols by the candidates abetted…

WITH technology, there has been a growing public interest in national media issue-based  interviews that more local communities are beginning when local forums engaging  candidates for local posts can be organized as well. Over the years, local election officials and PNP stations organized symbolic covenant signing for peace among candidates,…

RAPE is a very serious crime. It’s so serious that journalism ethics dictate a rule on how media can report the crime. What ethics did not say is rape cases should not be reported. Charged of the crime before the Ombudsman by an identified victim is Presidential Adviser Sec. Raul…

THE surge in COVID-19 cases in the province could have been worse for the populace if less people in our communities had opted to be vaccinated. The fact that we have  more vaccinated persons today means the surge in cases today is more manageable, far better than when we only…

THE preemptive measures adopted by the provincial government to address the not totally surprising spike in number of new Covid cases in the province is indicative of an assurance that the province is in good hands. While it could have conveniently recommended the declaration of a shift in the province’s…