Make barangay chairmen accountable   THE recent admission of the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office that it can no longer meet its target to make the whole province drug-cleared this year is both understandable and reassuring. We say it’s understandable and reassuring because it’s clear that PPPO is not working under…

Wanted: Strict enforcement of election laws FOR too long and since the constitution was amended in 1986, “political dynasty” was deemed evil and our constitution banned it without as much defining what constitutes a political dynasty. An attempt was made to finally define it but has been made to apply…

The demands of new politics PANGASINAN will again be agog the whole week over who will be their likely political leaders in the next three years by watching who’s who, for what position and against whom, when the wannabes file their certificates of candidacies.  One thing is definite though, since…

Total approach to flood mitigation plans THE Dagupan City government has taken the initial steps towards reinforcing the resiliency of the city in meeting challenges of climate change and development. Its meeting with development stakeholders and experts on structures, environment and climate was definitely a step in the right direction. …

Our farmers suffered the most THE Provincial Agricultural Office (PAO) cannot be depended upon fully to preserve and protect the interests of our stakeholders in the agriculture front for as long as it cannot see beyond cold statistics to describe the state of the industry. We note PAO’s damage report…