THE Guico administration was hardly fazed or showed concern that Pangasinan missed out on the Seal of Local Government Governance (SGLG) this year for the first time since the award was introduced in 2015 and made into law in 2019 by Congress. Vice Governor Mark Lambino naturally downplayed the impact…

HERE we go again. Some do-gooders at the House of Representatives and the Senate in government simply don’t understand the risks and hazards faced by journalists in their practice. To them, to decriminalize libel is a step in the right direction to prevent senseless harassment by politicians and businessmen for…

LOST in the ICC vs. drug war debate at the House of Representative that focused on citing laws and violations of human rights, is the plight of millions of families vs. the drug syndicates, their dealers and political-police protectors. It was erroneous to condemn the drug war that saved millions…

WHAT could be so very wrong and suspicious about the establishment of a Maternal and Children Hospital in Dagupan City that the majority bloc in the Sangguniang Panlungsod believes it does not deserve the highest priority consideration and rejected to endorse it, a situation that could ultimately lead to its…

NATIONAL and local officials of the Commission and Elections and the Philippine National Police came out with the verdict that the holding of the Barangay and SK elections in the country was “generally peaceful.” Noteworthy is the fact that people voted for their new and reelected barangay officials in an…

WHILE the country routinely went through the campaign and election of their leaders in their respective barangays, hidden away from the electorate were the worsening illegal and anomalous activities in the disbursement of hundreds of thousands of barangay funds. As expected, both the wannabes and the incumbents hardly raised any…

THEY deserve public servants who tirelessly devote their time to improve their lot. What they don’t deserve are elected public servants that continuously seek the nullification of an approved annual budget of the Dagupan City government that aims to deliver quality service from their government. They don’t deserve the 2022…

OVER the past 13 months, there were only two instances that indicated Governor Ramon Guico III was on top of problematic issues besetting specific sectors in Pangasinan. No, it was not about food sustainability. Not about level of agricultural production. Not about plight of farmers. Certainly not about the impact…

THE decision of Dagupan City Vice Mayor Bryan Kua and Councilors Michael Fernandez, Dennis Canto, Jeslito Seen, Marcelino Fernandez and Joshua Bugayong to file criminal cases against their colleagues in the majority bloc albeit long overdue, is a good precedent. Dagupeños actually wondered why the councilors in the minority allowed…

OVER the past week, Congress could have easily passed its version of the 2024 national budget without much ado until media reported Commission on Audit’s problems in seeking accountability for the hundreds of millions of confidential funds in the name of Vice President Sara Duterte in 2022. Fortunately, House Speaker…