Fun in Pangasinan OVER the last two weeks, Provincial Administrator Rafael Baraan has called for a press conference twice to defend the Espino administration from news reports that make the capitol look bad. The first was about the provincial hospitals supposedly being ill-managed and last week was on the alleged…

Bad business KILLING continues to be big business Whether it be for political motives, land disputes, or any other conflict, paying somebody to shoot and kill your opponent appears real easy around here judging from the continued crimes perpetrated by guns-for-hire who ride around on motorbikes, solo or in tandem.

Say hello to K+12 CRITICS of the K+12 educational system can object and complain all they want, but it looks like the national government, ready or not, is determined to roll out the new program by June. Reservations over the K+12 is perfectly understandable given the current state of the…

Crimes in the barangay EVEN in an urbanized city like Dagupan, the conventional culture of small-town-where-everybody-knows-everybody still thrives, particularly within the barangay communities where people are still more often than not related by blood, marriage or some form of affinity such as a shared childhood or the same alma mater.

For the children’s sake FOR many, it would be hard to imagine a New Year’s Eve celebration without the bursting noise of firecrackers and the spectacle of pyrotechnics. But wouldn’t it be nice to imagine a New Year’s Day morning where there are no children wounded, their hands or fingers…