Is Pangasinan ready? WHILE talks about the national government’s vaccination plan to combat COVID-19 are reaching fever pitch, Pangasinenses are beginning to ask themselves series of questions about its implementation in the province, particularly – how and when the vaccination will take place in the towns and cities. Is the…

The red flag is up LET us not kid ourselves believing that Pangasinan is already up and over the hump. Far from it.  The COVID-19 pandemic is still staring at us, straight into our eyes. The province is actually facing an even bigger challenge during the holidays.  The expected onset…

The Bayambang ‘face-to-face’ tutorial hub THE local government of Bayambang is on the right track, organizing its community-based Distance Learning Enhancement Program, basically a tutorial hub for Grades 7 to 10 students in the English language, Math and Science subjects. It’s the ideal prescription for students in our towns and…

Urgency for Department of Disaster Resiliency THE recent flood disaster in Cagayan and Isabela of catastrophic proportion this month, and in recent years in our own region, definitely and completely provide the urgency to create the Department of Disaster Resiliency and Emergency Management. Why it doesn’t seem so for our…

Let’s give agriculture a face – the Farmers’  WE’VE been calling the attention of both the Department of Agriculture and our colleagues in media to give the agriculture industry a face – that of the farmers and fishermen being the main stakeholders. For too long, both DA and media refer…