Parents need help A very disturbing development in the province is the increasing incidence of rape and molestation of children not by adults alone but by minors themselves. As most studies show, the influence of the use of illegal drugs and easy access to pornography on the internet have been…

When the cat is away…. LOCAL residents fear that the still unaccounted for notorious drug pushers understandably fear that the old adage “When the cat is away, the mouse will play!” will soon rule the day. Not a few local communities were both saddened and assured about the decision of…

The silver lining in dumpsite’s closure THE Dagupan City government was well aware that it was a matter of time before the Department of Environment and Natural Resources would lower the boom on it for its continued operation of the open dumpsite, a gross violation of the “Ecological Solid Waste…

Reject arming of barangay kapitans LAST week, Liga ng mga Barangay Provincial Federation president and Board Member Jinky Zaplan mentioned a planned request of the barangay chairmen to be granted permission to bear arms for their protection in view of the recent killings of their colleagues. The planned request falls…

MacArthur’s forces landed in Pangasinan FOR decades now, the contentious debate about the place and date when General Douglas MacArthur waded through the beach water in Pangasinan after successfully launching the liberation of Luzon Island continues to rankle local historians. It has come to a point where eyewitnesses who allegedly…