2012 wishes NO matter what the doomsayers would have us believe about 2012 marking the end of the world or what simply the perennial naysayers would have us accept as the ‘same old, same old’, there is no reason to deny ourselves of the gift of hope as we welcome…

Good, better, best ONE vital mark of a local government unit’s growth is its capacity to learn from previous mistakes and implement policies and programs that will ensure that those past errors are not repeated. By that simple standard, we say kudos to the provincial government under Governor Amado Espino…

Celebrating innocence AS A predominantly Catholic country where Christmas is touted to be celebrated the longest in the world with carols already being played as early as September, kindness is expected all around at the peak of this season. At this time of the year, spirituality and kinship take the…

Courting anarchy PHILIPPINE courts – from the regional branches to the Supreme Court – are not the most popular of institutions, as the judicial system is widely perceived to be slow, not always impartial and tilted towards the moneyed in dishing out justice. But it remains a fact that the…

First blame on the barangay WHAT started as an inquiry on illegal commercial establishments mushrooming at the foreshore area in Dagupan has now expanded into a problem of an illegal residential community that is growing in what is supposed to be public land.