Salaam Police Volunteers THE announcement from the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office that some 13,887 volunteers have been recruited for the Salaam Police Volunteers is a welcome news. The objectives for the establishment of the group are noble and augurs well for promoting sense of brotherhood as Filipinos. As explained by…

A cause for alarm THE reported measles outbreak in Taguig City should be a cause for high alert and alarm by health authorities in Pangasinan. Not so much because the outbreak is about measles which had been effectively contained for a decade but because of the reported continued resistance of…

People Change vs. People Power SO much have been written from the 1986 People Power, and so much have been expected from the dramatic peoples’ fight to end Marcos rule and the struggle for democratic reforms.  For the Filipinos then, the 1987 Constitution was expected to provide the stimulus (or…

Congratulations, Balon Dagupan Team! THREE years of hard work, commitment and dedication by both the Dagupan City government and the city’s youth who enlisted to be part of the Balon Dagupan Team earned a well-deserved pay-off and reward. The team’s success in its campaign to win the 2018 Region 1…

The reality about Tokhang THE relaunching of ‘Tokhang’ for the war on drugs has been enthusiastically welcomed by communities that noted the dramatic decrease in crimes when it was launched last year, and the resurgence of crimes in their neighborhood when it was suspended. Without a doubt, the war on…