Our 2006 Nurses’ examinees were had by politics pity the 2006 nursing examinees whose future as professionals continues to hang in the balance. They are the latest victims of the populist policy of Malacañang. The recent announcement of President Gloria Arroyo reversing her own earlier decision to uphold the Professional…

Mental dishonesty among our educators HERE is no doubt in anyone’s mind that the public education in the country is in dire straits. We don’t only desperately need more classrooms and chairs but sufficient quality books, modern communication tools and teaching aids. But as our national policymakers grapple with the…

Wanted: A calibrated preemptive response vs. dengue WHILE the economic future of Pangasinan nursing graduates who took the leakage-tainted board examination is being unfairly scuttled, there is again a potential crisis in the province that is waiting to happen – the outbreak of dengue in the province. While regional and…

Urdaneta City and Pangasinan show them how! At the outset, The PUNCH congratulates the officials of Urdaneta City for the city’s unprecedented outstanding financial performance as a city in year 2005. We extend our sincerest congratulations as well to the provincial government team led by Gov. Victor Agbayani for keeping…

RECONCILIATION?

Enough of lip-service for our OFWs For the past decades, individual tales of horror from hundreds, if not thousands of desperate overseas Filipino workers have been met generally with indifference by the national government. This policy of apathy has led labor officials and trustees of the Overseas Workers’ Welfare Administration…

Speechless President Gloria Arroyo spoke to the nation and was expected to talk about the country’s present state of affairs. To the dismay of our people, no thanks to Microsoft’s Power Point, the event was nothing but a dressed up social event in well-planned imagery, to proclaim the glorious state…