Pangasinan, pilgrimage capital of the Philippines OVER the past decades, thousands of Catholic pilgrims from all over the country trek to Pangasinan regularly, specifically, to Manaoag to visit and pray at The Minor Basilica of Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary of Manaoag. The many recorded miracles attributed to the image…

Coping with climate change WHETHER agriculture stakeholders believe it or not, the impact of climate change is not just written on the wall, it is here plainly for everyone to see. The cases of armyworms that attacked onion farms and the unprecedented low yields of corn farms are the strongest…

All systems go THE assurance given by three senators that there’s nothing that will stand in the way of holding the barangay and SK elections on May 14 is indeed, quite reassuring. Even if the congressmen attempt to railroad the process in passing their bill seeking to postpone the elections,…

Salaam Police Volunteers THE announcement from the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office that some 13,887 volunteers have been recruited for the Salaam Police Volunteers is a welcome news. The objectives for the establishment of the group are noble and augurs well for promoting sense of brotherhood as Filipinos. As explained by…

A cause for alarm THE reported measles outbreak in Taguig City should be a cause for high alert and alarm by health authorities in Pangasinan. Not so much because the outbreak is about measles which had been effectively contained for a decade but because of the reported continued resistance of…