Save a kid’s life today By Ermin Garcia Jr. BEFORE anything else, help save a child’s life! Please help in the campaign to make parents have their kids take the vaccines for measles. Ask members of your household to check with neighbors and friends about urgency to get their vaccine shots ASAP! More children are […]
Opinion
Playing with Fire
DU30 has the last say By Gonzalo Duque THE reported clearance made by the Regional Peace and Order Council (RPOC) on some politicians in Region 1, among them First District Congressman Boying Celeste is not only misleading but a downright lie. Many of us know that the RPOC has no authority whatsoever to clear persons included […]
General Admission
Isn’t our Comelec biased all this time? By Al S. Mendoza HERE we go again. Rules to govern the conduct of campaigning are to be finally enforced, implemented, shortly. To be exact, the implementation officially starts February 12. That’s for those running for senator. The rules for the candidates for governor, congressman, mayor and down […]
G Spot
Secrets By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo IF everything is known, this life would be one boring experience, there is nothing to ponder on, to guess, to contemplate. So many are baffled by the biggest secrets of life. For example, what happens when we die? The dead are silent about it. Some who “rose from the dead” […]
Sports Eye
Binmaley five fail this time By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. AFTER three tries with one championship in their pocket, the fans of the very popular Binmaley quintet were surprised to see the later fail to enter the second round of the 3rd Governor’s Cup Pangasinan Inter-Town/City Basketball Tournament. I don’t know how that happened because […]
Learnings in Life
By: Dr. Ashok G. Vasandani Here’s an article I read in a page on www.moralstories.org. I’d like to share, something we can all learn from. The Three Types of PeopleAuthor Unknown A teacher shows three toys to a student and asks the student to find out the differences. All the three toys are seemed to be […]
Random Thoughts
Measles outbreak after Dengvaxia scare By Leonardo Micua THE health sector is blaming the Public Attorney’s Office (PAO) headed by Atty. Persida Acosta, of stirring up the controversy over Dengvaxia, when it blamed it and actually filed cases against past and present officials for the death of some children and one doctor previously administered this […]
Punchline
JunV made my day By Ermin Garcia Jr. THE sudden demise of dear friend and colleague Jun Velasco again dawned on me that everything and everybody comes to an end when you least expect it. Everything good or bad must end someday, some way, somewhere. While I’ve long accepted that mortality gives no rhyme or […]
Playing with Fire
Duterte’s political will By Gonzalo Duque JOURNALISM in Pangasinan will never be the same again I suppose without its guru, our good friend and kumpadre Juanito “Jun” Velasco, who died in the grace of the lord on January 25, just two days before his 73rd birthday. Considered an icon in Pangasinan journalism, Jun left a void that will take many, […]
General Admission
Jun V’s wisdom smothered me By Al S. Mendoza WAS it in 2005 when Jun Velasco finally succeeded in luring me to write a column for this exceedingly distinguished newspaper of 63 years? It was a long “courtship” due to complications, both imagined and real. For one, a column here for me might break rules […]