UNLIKE other families in the region and in other provinces, there is no relief in sight for families in Pangasinan whose members have been separated during the pandemic, needing to be together finally for their yearly Christmas reunion after two years. The odd and discriminating conditions being imposed by the…
REGION 1 failed to meet its target to inoculate some 750 thousand individuals during the recently concluded National Vaccination Days. And understandably, Pangasinan, being the largest and most populated province, the bulk to be inoculated is expected to be served by the provincial government. That’s only the first problem. The…
THE report from the Provincial Health Office that the number of active cases Pangasinan last week has shown a continuing decline is certainly encouraging and gives hope to our families to celebrate the Christmas holiday like we always did in the past. And, the fact that relatives and friends from…
THE lifting of the mandatory wearing of the face shield and downgrading alert levels in the Pangasinan and in other provinces to Alert 2 are unmistakably positive directions toward normalcy, or a definite shift to the New Normal, with emphasis on “normal”. These policies have since resulted in relaxing the…
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,…
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