Let the debate begin By Ermin Garcia Jr. IT’S amusing to see and hear how some candidates needing to earn points against incumbents are predisposed to challenge the latter to a debate. Don’t get me wrong. A debate is, indeed, one great opportunity to know more about candidates, to compare capabilities and platform between candidates. […]
Opinion
Playing with Fire
Pangalatok means macho, womanizer? By Gonzalo Duque IN connection with the 439th Agew na Pangasinan or Pangasinan Day last April 5, it may be well to discuss the continuing silent resistance by our province mates to being called “Pangalatoks”, in reference to the people who inhabit the big province of Pangasinan. We note with much interest that […]
General Admission
To be prayerful is to be friends to all By Al S. Mendoza WHAT is Palm Sunday again that we are observing today? It is a moveable feast preceding Holy Week and before Easter Sunday. It is, more significantly, a commemoration of Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem, an event mentioned in each of the four canonical […]
G Spot
Focus on the breath By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo I do not pretend to be perfect. I accept myself with all my flaws and try to work around it. Don’t come to me for answers, I cannot offer you any. My life has been a story of unanswered questions. “Ma’am, what do I do with my […]
Sports Eye
Manaoag upsets Lingayen, faces Urdaneta in finals By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. THE Manaoag cagers of Mayor Kim Amador returned to the championship round for the third consecutive time by beating Lingayen twice-in-row in the best-of-three semifinal series of the 3rd Governor’s Cup Inter-Town/City Basketball Tournament. I was at the Narciso Ramos Sports and Civic […]
Learnings in Life
By: Dr. Ashok G. Vasandani Here’s an article I read in www.moralstories.org. I’d like to share, something we can all learn from. Lesson of hastening the JudgementAuthor Unknown A Father and his Daughter were playing in the park. His young daughter spotted an apple vendor. She asked her father to buy her an apple. Father […]
Random Thoughts
Unprecedented high heat index By Leonardo Micua AFTER so many days of hot summer, rain finally fell early evening of April 11, drenching a large area of Pangasinan and even spawning flash flood in a few low-lying streets of Dagupan City. Of course, this definitely was a big relief for all of us who […]
Millennial Hub
A moral story about anger management By Camilla and Shawn Fernandez I recently read a story about anger and inner peace. I can relate to it because I have an issue with controlling my own anger, and I do look forward to effectively managing my own problem. So here comes the story. “Once there was […]
Punchline
Personality-based elections By Ermin Garcia Jr. IN case you haven’t noticed our political culture has fully shifted from party system to personality politics. In the national level, there is only one political party slate for the senate, the PDP Laban. The Hugpong Ng Pagbabago is a political aggrupation of candidates for the senate with different […]
Playing with Fire
Belen, a 24/7 public servant By Gonzalo Duque THE Comelec as well as its deputized agencies have launched Operation Baklas as soon as the campaign period for local candidates has begun on March 29. But not all of them were gone. We still see some oversized campaign materials along the highways, nailed or stapled on trees […]