Popoy de Vera, a man to watch By Jun Velasco   ”For his courage, however, he (President Aquino) really should have the pet name the family gave his eldest sister Maria Elena Ballsy.” – Chua Eoan, Time’s news editor   AFTER the elections, we expect things to return to normal….

A Mayor Belen Fernandez for Dagupan City’s progress By Gonzalo Duque   YOU who watched our one-on-one with Gov. Spines and Mayor Nani had the best opportunity to evaluate the two. They were both good. Spines was cool, while Nani was fiery. We need not go into details. By now,…

Pre-and-post election day anxieties By Bebot Villar   ILANG tulog na lang, election na. I’m sure candidates are experiencing a lot of anxiety right now while the clock is ticking onward to the judgment day. Siguradong perspiring na ng parang mga butil ng mais sa laki ang mga candidates, hindi…

Palikuer ed paliagan Nen Santiago Villafania      IPAPANEKNEK kon lanang ed saray kaluyagan laut la’d saray wala ni’d kalangweran iran sumusulat ya say bilay na sakey a salita wala’d mabunan litiratura. Say kuritan ono litiratura so kamarerua na pinabli tin luyag. Tekep tonia so kulturan pakabirbiran na inka-Pangasinan tayo.

Election 101: The dos and don’ts By Johanne Margarette R. Macob  INDEED, time has passed so fleetly that tomorrow (again, tomorrow) we – or at least more than 1.6 million of us Pangasinenses, among millions other Filipinos – will be exercising our rights to suffrage. Apart from a checklist of our chosen candidates,…

The art of lying By Jun Velasco   “I had rather my dog bark at a crow than a man swear he loves me,” Beatrice in Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing SOME people did not want the President’s Thursday visit here a total success in terms of a vast red carpet welcome…

Corruption of Dagupenos By Gonzalo Duque   THIS is our second-to-the-last column before election day. We’re happy to have participated in the exercise of enlightening the public on matters of great and grave concern. Locally, we have made our arguments clear on our advocacy- why we are not voting for…

Protocol for presidential visits By Bebot Villar   MAY mga natuwa, may mga nainis sa last visit ni President Aquino sa Pangasinan last May 2. In the first place, why was he here? Firstly, to inaugurate a 1.6 kilometer Lingayen-Binmaley bypass road sa Barangay Quibaol, Lingayen. Ayon sa Pangulo, symbol ito…

Social Benefits of Ethics and Morals By +Oscar V. Cruz, JCD   THE difference between what is right to be done and what is wrong to be avoided according to the dictate of reason – this is ethics. The distinction between what is virtuous to be observed and what is…

A date with 3 governors By Jun Velasco   “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise and thwart the cleverness of the clever, “1 Cor 1: 19. ”   LAST Tuesday we had a coffee date at Kenny Rogers at the Sulu area with two former Pangasinan governors, both…