AS of last Friday, newly appointed Chief PNP Benjamin Acorda Jr. reported there are 400 barangay chairmen suspected to be engaged in or protecting illegal drug trade in their communities. Going by that number out of 42,029 barangays in the country, one easily surmises that more than a thousand town/police…

THERE is no doubt in anyone’s mind that illegal drug trading in Pangasinan continues to thrive. News reports of arrests of shabu and marijuana street dealers in the province by PDEA local police operatives persist and are welcome because it says a lot about the active campaign being pursued by…

OVER the past weeks, PAGASA, the Department of Health (DOH) and Department of Agriculture (DA) have been issuing warnings about the worst scenario that can be expected from the impact of El Niño phenomenon already given the adverse effects of climate change. The DOH has warned of diseases related to…

THERE was a time that when a country, its constitution and government refer to press freedom, it talks specifically about right of men and women in journalism practice who are committed to be the eyes and ears of the public, “to serve the governed, not the governors without fear of…

THAT Pangasinan is seeing an unprecedented long list of planned projects over the next two years is worthy of note, however, the mind-boggling plan that accompanied it that was already recently realized is with the approval of the provincial government’s application for a P6.8 billion credit line with the Land…

IN early July 2022, seven Dagupan City councilors who comprise the new majority, marched inside the Sangguniang Panlungsod hall, their heads high, unabashedly paraded themselves as the bright, well-informed, competent members of the LiFe political team.  They even made certain that they were properly identified and seen wearing their blue…

THE Dagupan City government is finally back on its feet, but not how it wanted. Having to work with a reenacted 2022 budget is the only alternative left for the Belen Fernandez administration from where it is expected to pick up the pieces from the chaos created by the political…

TODAY’S Catholic laity are of the belief that celebrating Christmas, the birth of Jesus Christ, is the most significant religious observance.  We have 15-45 days season of celebration marked by colorful lights, gift-giving topped off by unrivalled commercialism in all malls, restaurants and stores immortalized by the image of a…

THROUGHOUT the month of March when the world observed it to honor women in our lives and in our country, much about successful endeavors of women were said and attributed to women’s gender equality and empowerment. Women who distinguished in their chosen fields, particularly in male-dominated sectors were celebrated and…

DAGUPEÑOS have seen and heard enough of the diabolical plotting of the Dagupan City councilors in the majority, and inability of the executive to stop them. Bereft of any semblance of civility and respect for the law, the members of the Committee on Finance, Budget and Appropriations, namely, Councilors Redford…