Illegal drugs, an election issue THE proliferation of the illegal drug trade in Pangasinan is at its highest level. This can be discerned from the intensified campaign of the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office that already netted a number of top drug personalities. Why has it come to this? The answer…

Electoral covenant made in Heaven WAS it a coincidence that March 15, Good Friday in the calendar in the Christian world, the start of the campaign period for our politicos eyeing local posts? Many of the voters didn’t think so. They said it was providential that the local politicos were…

Comelec still inutile IN our February 15, 2016 issue, we called the attention of the provincial and town/city officials of the Commission on Election officials to begin strictly enforcing the provision on the legal use and display of campaign materials of candidates seeking national posts as stipulated in the Omnibus…

Vote-buying binge WHILE the Supreme Court’s ruling that Sen. Grace Poe be sustained as a qualified candidate for the presidency surprised many legal minds the High Court’s decision to granting the Gordon petition to issue receipts for the automated voting turned out to be more problematic. The added feature will…

The local campaign  THE start of the campaign period for local elections is set on March 25, but it being a Good Friday, will presumably start on March 26, (as if it hasn’t already started more than a year ago). What it means to the electorate is, there will be…