KILLER ROAD INTERSECTION – There is a killer road on MacArthur Highway of the Manila North Road. It is by the intersection of Urdaneta-Binalonan-Pozorrubio-Laoac. Many vehicular accidents have happened in that section. Many survived but there have been many that died. The drivers in this accident-prone area in this highway…

DAGUPAN MADE HISTORY – The gritty Dagupan athletes wrote history for the city when they clinched the 2008 Region 1 Athletic Association (R1AA) meet in style, finally ending their title drought since the meet began in mid-70s, even when it was still known as the Ilocos Region Athletic Association (IRAA) meet….

GANDA MO PULIS — Good-looking policewomen will be assigned as desk officers in police stations. That’s under the administration of new Police Regional Director Romulo Sapitula. He shared this information during his Bombo Radyo Dagupan interview Thursday. I’m glad to know Sapitula is exerting efforts to have media/radio interviews, thanks…

A NOT SO GOOD SUGGESTION. Sangguniang Panlungsod of Dagupan City will soon conduct a public hearing on the proposal to ban the holding of funeral processions on certain parts of the day in the central business district of Dagupan City. The move, we understand, is in anticipation of the impending opening of…

FINALLY, A CURFEW ON MINORS –  I am glad to hear that the curfew for minors in Dagupan City is now being enforced in full swing in Dagupan City by the police under P/Supt. Jandale Sulit and the barangays. It is about time minors be made to stay home and under…

VM BRIAN LIM SHOULD GO ON LEAVE. The Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) again bent its House Rules to suit the schedule of their presiding officer Vice Mayor Brian Lim, in the city since he became World Jaycee president. The SP held its regular session last January 16, Tuesday, not on January 15, Monday…

WISH LIST FOR 2018 — The provincial board is set to start its initial session this January 15 for 2018. As a frequent visitor covering their sessions, I am sharing my short wish list this year: That there will be lesser resolutions authorizing the governor to enter into agreement with…

THE MASSACRE OF TREES CONTINUE — Travel to the north is no longer as rewarding as it used to be. We found this out when we had a trip by car up to Sarrat, Ilocos Norte before the New Year. The Manila North Road has been widened but was done at the…

LEONIE IS HOME – My tukayo, US-based Leonardo Galvez, The PUNCH’s US-correspondent  and one-time staff member of The Punch and a former official of the Department of Education in Pangasinan since  Tito Primicias was governor, came to The Punch office and treated us and some of the staff at Jana’s for lunch….

THE LAW IS HARSH – The suspension order from office for one year without pay by the Ombudsman to Asingan Mayor Heidee Chua and Vice Mayor Carlos Lopez Jr. served as a wake-up call to elected officials, especially local chief executives. As soon as news spread mid-December that the two officials…