Bright future for Generation Z FINALLY, we see a light for the country before Baby Boomer generation bows out. The signing into law RA 1072 or the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) Reform Act by President Benigno Aquino III, which contains a landmark provision prohibiting political dynasties, has given flesh to Section 26…

Who needs the PNP? HERE we go again. Just when the provincial government and the police was gaining headway in the campaign against illegal drugs, the National Police Commission and the PNP hierarchy pulled out P/Sr. Supt. Rolie Saltat as “Officer-Charge”- Provincial Director at the Pangasinan Provincial Police Office, ostensibly…

Political will vs. endless “grace periods” AFTER we reported the sudden proliferation of illegal fish pens in Dagupan’s rivers in September 2015, just months after Mayor Belen Fernandez had declared that illegal fish pens had been removed completely, Ms. Fernandez sent the City Agriculture Office (CAO) to investigate the claims…

Wanted: Practical Humanism THE set of guidelines recently issued by the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines was a disappointment. It defined and served nothing new. What is accomplished was merely to affirm the perception that the bishops are still far removed from the realities that most Filipino families are…

Media can set the tone SO far, the peace and calm in our communities are holding generally, thanks to our traditional celebration of Yuletide and New Year season. However, the indicators are already there that what we are witnessing is the calm before the storm, the storm being the campaign…