DENGVAXIA THROUGH PRIVATE CLINICS. In one clinic of one of the top private hospitals in Dagupan is a notice written on a piece of paper which says, “Dengue vaccine available here”. The notice was not taken out even if the Department of Health already suspended the administration of the vaccine Dengvaxia in…

IN AID OF LEGISLATION –  The Question Hour of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan last week on the reported exorbitant bills charged by doctors at the Dagupan Doctors Villaflor Memorial Hospital (DDVMH) to its patients was an eye opener. Yes, it means people have a voice through their board members who were…

DECEMBER TOO SOON? — As of last week, three barangays of Pangasinan located in San Carlos City and San Fabian were the only ones left to be cleared of illegal drugs by the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office, out of the 1,259 villages that were drug-affected. This only shows the PPPO is…

OVERCHARGING AND MOONLIGHTING DOCTORS – Second District Board Member Raul Sison has an expose involving some doctors and a popular hospital in Dagupan City. He phoned me in to relay his concern about a licensed sentensyador (judge in a cockfight) whose right wrist was injured by a tari and needed…

LINGAYEN AT WAR?  The red flag is up in the capital town of Lingayen. (No, it’s not the woman’s cycle some men talk about). It’s literally “red flag is up.”  The Philippine flag was raised on the flagpole inverted –  red on top, blue below. That faux pas was perfectly…

CITY UNDER ORTIZ’S WATCH –Dagupan will no doubt eventually become drug-free in a matter of days as Barangay Pugaro already has become the 30th barangay declared drug-free in Dagupan. P/Supt. Franklin Ortiz, Dagupan chief of police, said Pugaro was cleared on the level of the City Anti-Drug Abuse Council (CADAC), that leaves only…

DOING THINGS THE LEGIT WAY. Filibustering according to the Webster’s dictionary, is an act in legislation of obstructing a measure through the delivery of long speeches. Many believe this is what Dagupan Councilor Redford Erfe-Mejia has been doing in the city council albeit unfounded, to block the passage of measures even in…

ONE INSECURE MAYOR. One elected mayor appears so insecure, he wants all the members of the family of his previous opponent eliminated in their town’s political circle. He tasted success when he trounced in the 2016 polls his opponent who has made a good name in public service. Remember, it’s…

HOPEFULLY, A CLOSURE TO RESUELLO MURDER.  The many gun-for-hire groups uncovered and dismantled lately by the Pangasinan police clearly proves that crime does not pay and the long arm of the law will ultimately catch up with the perpetrators of dastardly crimes sooner or later. It also proves that, in a not too…

BACK TO HAPPY DAYS FOR DRUGGIES – The decision of President Duterte to remove the Philippine National Police (PNP) from his war on drugs may be ill-timed as it made when the campaign against this menace is already succeeding. Not that we do not trust the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency’s…