Mosquito fish to the rescue FLOOD prone towns and cities like Dagupan City, Calasiao and Sta. Barbara, and towns that perennially register a high number of dengue cases, should heed the advice of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR). Their local governments should begin to use the mosquito…

Stop jueteng, promote STL THE latest marching order from Chief PNP Ronaldo ‘Bato’ dela Rosa to his police directors and chiefs: Wipe out illegal gambling in 15 days (August 15?)! or else… That he gave a definite deadline for it clearly confirms that unlike illegal drugs, illegal gambling can be…

Let’s produce garlic THERE is merit in the call of the Samahang Industriya ng Agrikultura (SINAG) to make Pangasinan a major garlic producer in the country not only help stop smuggling but to further boost income of our farmers. While it made the call to the national government, it behooves…

Ghosts’ Highways THE recommendation of Police Provincial Director Ronald Lee to the Sangguniang Panlalawigan to finally act on the worsening situation in the province’s major highways is not timely. It is long overdue! For too long, tricycles, pedicabs and kuligligs have been allowed to run leisurely on widened highways, often…

Standing up for the right “WHAT is right must be kept right. What is wrong must be set right.” This was the mantra of Sen. Panfilo Lacson when he was chief of the Philippine National Police (1991-2001). We’d like to believe this is what P/Chief Inspector Raymund Nicolas, chief of…

We are now 61 years old! WHO would have thought your SUNDAY PUNCH could make it to 61 full years of continuous publication and service to the people of Pangasinan, not after our founding editor-publisher, the late Ermin E. Garcia, Sr., was murdered in our editorial office in just 10…