Finally, hope for the youth SUDDENLY, and hopefully, Dr. Jose Rizal’s trite statement and idiom that spoke of his faith in the youth — “The youth is the hope of the motherland.” — will finally find true meaning in the next SK elections. For decades, the country took to the…

Deadly crisis in the family THE response of families to the reported shortage of human anti-rabies vaccine in the province and in the country is what will make the difference if the reported shortage will result in a deadly crisis or not. The non-availability of human anti-rabies vaccine is like…

Pangasinan, pilgrimage capital of the Philippines OVER the past decades, thousands of Catholic pilgrims from all over the country trek to Pangasinan regularly, specifically, to Manaoag to visit and pray at The Minor Basilica of Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary of Manaoag. The many recorded miracles attributed to the image…

Coping with climate change WHETHER agriculture stakeholders believe it or not, the impact of climate change is not just written on the wall, it is here plainly for everyone to see. The cases of armyworms that attacked onion farms and the unprecedented low yields of corn farms are the strongest…

All systems go THE assurance given by three senators that there’s nothing that will stand in the way of holding the barangay and SK elections on May 14 is indeed, quite reassuring. Even if the congressmen attempt to railroad the process in passing their bill seeking to postpone the elections,…