Who are they protecting? DAY 1 of this month was marred by two gruesome crimes: the murder of 13-year old Madelaine Faith Goyena who was stabbed multiple times by more likely not just one person but by a group who most probably were under the influence of prohibited drugs and…

Where is the local police? THERE have been regular reports of drug dealers being arrested in buy-bust operations in different parts of the province, but this is noticeably mainly coming from the regional office of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency and not the local police. And so it begs the…

Smells fishy THERE is no stopping now the sale of what used to be the MC Adore International Palace and a more than nine-hectare lot in Barangay Talibaew, Calasiao, both properties owned by the people of Dagupan, priding themselves as the Bangus Capital of the World. There is nothing wrong…

A test for DepEd and LGUs AS public elementary and secondary schools open on Monday, it signals not just the start of a new academic year but the beginning of major changes in the country’s educational system. One of these is the implementation of the mother-tongue policy, one of the…

SALN lesson AFTER all the legalese and drama, when the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona has come to pass, no matter what the outcome, there is one lesson that must linger with the Filipino people and our public servants if the nation were to come out wiser and…