Crack down on crime THE recent kidnapping of Roland Z. Villegas, chairman of barangay Anonang in San Fabian, a former Liga ng mga Barangay president and defeated mayoralty candidate, adds to the now increasing list of unresolved crimes involving prominent personalities in the province. Two daughters of a Chinese businessman…

Story of hope Death is the one sure thing. And it is precisely this certainty that Jesus Christ triumphed over in His resurrection based on the Catholic faith. Which is why Easter Sunday, the day Christ conquered death, is actually the core of Catholicism more than Christmas, the celebration of…

Pooled Editorial Perpetuating jueteng IN late August last year, no less than Rep. Jose de Venecia Jr., then still House Speaker, for the first time ever in his long political career asked the provincial force of the Philippine National Police to put a stop to jueteng, that illegal numbers game…

Rich and Famous Pangasinan’s western coast is one of the province’s most beautiful and economically valuable natural resources. The shoreline stretches for more than 100 kilometers from the Dasol Bay to the Lingayen Gulf and links a dozen municipalities including Infanta, Dasol, Burgos, Agno, Bani, Bolinao, Anda, Sual, Labrador, Mangaldan,…

Rallying for good Just as we are preparing to get this week’s print edition off the press, an extensive multi-sectoral rally is being prepared in Makati, thecentral business district in the capital. A parallel rally is underway here in Dagupan, the business center of the province, whose local government officials…

Truth be told While  initiatives and actions – ranging from simple calls to prayer rallies to heated street  cries coming  from practically all sectors in society including from the ranks of the government û brewed in the capital last week in protest against President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo over the now …

The local scene While trouble brewed in the capital Metro Manila last week, all seemed pretty well around these parts. The halls of the Senate echoed with questions and answers in a probe for such an elusive but obvious truth of how deep and brazen corruption is in government.  The…

“Why only now?” MondaY evening proved to be yet another dark, dark day in Philippine history. Right at the House of Representatives, supposedly one the most important and honorable institutions in the country, the nation saw the face of Philippine politics at its ugliest. Beyond the issue of whether or…

Alarming, indeed, but not surprising. That the number of enrollees for fishery- and agriculture-related courses in universities, particularly state-owned academic institutions, has been on a steady downtrend should not come as a shock in view of the mounting uptrend in Filipinos wanting to find work overseas. Human resources have become…

Under the gun Has Pangasinan become a province under the gun? Governor Amado Espino Jr. apparently thinks so, which is why he has imposed a ban across the province and ordered the police to make sure that his directive is implemented. To demonstrate how serious he is about this matter,…