The Kapitan and the Tanod THE barangay kapitan may be the low man on the totem pole, but he/she is no less powerful than the mayor when it comes to controlling activities in the village. Like most who have come to understand and accept what goes on in a community,…

The accuser   THE witness cum accuser said he saw President Duterte, then still Davao City mayor, pump “about 200 bullets” into a dying man. “Duterte consumed two magazines of an Uzi in finishing off the guy,” he said in Tagalog. When Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano asked him if he…

Walk the talk TWO weeks ago, we cited the leadership of Gov. Amado I. Espino III and Federation of Liga ng Barangay chairman Jinky Zaplan for their respective initiatives in the province providing impetus to the war on drugs. For Gov. Espino’s policy requiring capitol employees to take the drug…

The benefit of the doubt THE inclusion of the names of former governor and now Fifth District Rep. Amado T. Espino Jr., Board Member Raul Sison and former Provincial Administrator Rafael Baraan as among the principal characters in the New Bilibid Prison drug trade has shocked and confused Pangasinenses. As…

Exemplary leadership THE provincial police have determined that 80% of the province’s 1,364 barangays are drug-affected. It means the existence of drug pushers and users, processing and peddling of illegal drugs in these barangays is confirmed by their respective Barangay Anti-Drug Advisory Councils themselves. The response of Gov. Amado Espino…