Education fix in Pangasinan SERIOUS discussions are underway for the Aquino administration’s plan to add two more years, with one year each for the primary and secondary levels, to the existing basic education system. The general aim for the proposal, dubbed K+12 for kindergarten plus 12 years of basic education,…

Costly standoff BARELY a month and a half into their new terms of office, the executive and legislative branches of the Dagupan City government are already showing stark signs of a power struggle. Now there’s a standoff between the two sides, with Mayor Benjamin Lim at the helm of the…

Why not Dagupan? EVERY man on the street in Dagupan is nodding in agreement to the recent revelation made by Councilor Luis Samson Jr. about the resurgence of jueteng and other illegal gambling operations in the city. It was a brave effort for Samson to speak out what most everyone…

Not just business-friendly LGUs NOTWITHSTANDING it’s apparent lack of oomph and a comprehensive roadmap for national development, the first State of the Nation Address of President Benigno Aquino III last week did contain one clear order for our local government units (LGUs): Be business-friendly. “Nananawagan ako sa ating mga LGUs….

Save the river, save us “WATER has no boundaries. It is not constrained by jurisdiction or politics but it is a resource that needs to be managed holistically — from source to sink, from upstream to downstream and from one town to another.” Very well said by former Dagupan Mayor…