Jail the pusher, save the user ILLEGAL drugs have long been a menace to our society. Particularly lethal have been the modern-day synthetic variety, the most popular of which is the methamphetamine hydrochloride or more commonly known for its street name “shabu”, because of their easy production, proliferation and affordability….
Ending the Flooding Most of the past week has been sun-shiny once again, hot and humid actually some of the days with temperatures back at summer levels of above 30 degrees centigrade. But the dry weather is a very welcome respite following almost two previous weeks of incessant rains and…
Potent brew Cattle rustlers have long been a bane to our farmers. Earlier this year, farmers in barangays Darawey and Macayocayo in Bayambang, one of the areas most often hit by the farm animal thieves, even had to resort to the use of the kung-kung, a native gong made from…
Back in the Limelight Jueteng has once again become the burning issue of the day. As much-needed rain quenched the parched earth during the week, sizzling words gushed out from the powers that be over this undying illegal numbers game following national media attention singling out Pangasinan as one of…
Tough times for our farmers Agriculture chief Arthur Yap has assured Pangasinan farmers that the very dry and very hot weather we’ve been enduring the past weeks is no cause for great alarm. It’s supposed to be just a prolonged dry season, not a drought similar to the one being…
Promises, Promises “It will be done.” These were the intense concluding words of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in her State of the Nation Address after mentioning that House Speaker Jose de Venecia, Jr. and Alaminos City Mayor Hernani Braganza have requested her to build an airport in the hometown of the…
Silent hero A round of applause – no, a standing ovation, please – for a citizen of Dagupan named Edward Santos for rising up to the call for vigilance. This man, a resident of Bonuan Boquig, concretely acted upon what majority of the general public prefer to just chat about…
Sense of security resident Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is bent on putting into effect the Human Security Act (HSA) beginning today amidst calls for deferment and clarifications from various sectors in society. The administration dubs the implementation of the highly controversial law as an investment in peace and order. Press Secretary Ignacio…
Getting down to business IT looks like the new set of Dagupan’s servant leaders are dead-serious about not wasting any time to get the city’s affairs in order. They are not giving much space for some honeymoon period with the city hall employees. They’re arriving, sitting down, meeting up, and…
Hope TOMORROW’S otherwise routine Monday morning flag ceremony in town and city halls will be special. July 2 marks the beginning of the term of office of the local government officials who won the people’s confidence and approval in the mid-term election last May 14. Majority of the mayors are…
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