Frustrating and revolting THE barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections last week were at the very least frustrating and at worst revolting. For starters, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) was a disappointment. They have since owned up to the delays and other blunders that took place and have even apologized…

DRMM teams take center stage THOUSANDS of lives are disrupted every time a typhoon hits the province and as in most cases, patterns and sequences have already been established over the years. It is, therefore, heartening to see our local government units  more prepared to handle evacuation, relief and rescue…

A job for TF Kalikasan MAN’S greed is not only man’s worst enemy but Mother Nature’s as well. So when fish pen/cages operators in Anda bewailed their losses in the recent fishkill, we say to them” Serves you right”! The first time fishkill occurred in that town in 2007, bangus-eaters…

Espino’s political will GOVERNOR Amado Espino Jr.’s re-election victory in the polls last May, which gave him a second term, was a clear sign of approval from the people of his performance as the leader of Pangasinan in his first three years in office. That he won by a landslide,…

Acid test for Mayor Benjamin Lim THE stage is set for the long-overdue restoration of Dagupan City’s rivers. Last week, a covenant was signed by those involved in the city’s aquaculture sector, promising not just to help the local government in reviving the city’s dying river system but also play…