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…
Pangasinan’s Icons SAY Pangasinan and what do people immediately think? Easily two things: Hundred Islands and bangus (and not necessarily in that order). But over the last two weeks, we’ve had dreadful events that deeply wound these two things that have become the icons of our province. First, four people…
Great Expectations Now that the election fever has practically cooled down, more and more non-political news are surfacing. And that’s a good sign. It means we’re getting back into the business of our daily lives – the nitty-gritty of everyday realities. The nation has given its verdict midway into President…
Winners and losers THERE have been calls for reconciliation, peace, unity – healing if you like – from the winning candidates in the past local election. Among them, House Speaker Jose de Venecia, Jr. who, after two previous easy uncontested elections, had to face up to an aggressive and determined…
Lessons from May 14 A BIG round of applause, please, for Pangasinan’s voters. The impressive turnout of about 70%,or just a little less than one million out of the 1.36 million registered voters in the province, is proof that despite the demoralizing (and still unresolved) ‘Hello Garci’ issue in the…
In and out of the political pit They agree on one thing: That the last election in the fourth district brought about politics at it’s pits. Dagupan City Mayor Benjamin Lim, the loser, said: “Unfortunately, this election is no different from the previous elections – it was defined by money,…
Saving our Dignity The run-up to tomorrow’s mid-term election has turned very ugly. As ugly as the streets and highways peppered with illegal postering. Blood from the violence has yet again stained the pages of our history. The killing of San Carlos City Mayor Julian Resuello, which follows a series…
Fragile Peace LESS than 24 hours after we wrapped up our last week’s issue, wherein we lauded the people of Pangasinan and the absence of election-related violence in the province, shots rang out in San Carlos City and shattered the peace. San Carlos was in the midst of merrymaking as…
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