Cong. Gina can help By Bebot Villar IT used to be simple theft of cash, jewelry at portable appliances ang mga ginagamit ng mga drug addicts to support their illegal habit. Next came stealing of motorcycles then, yes, of live goats! This became evident when the Dagupan police arrested two…

“Kayo Ang Boss Ko!” By +Oscar V. Cruz, JCD “KAYO ang boss ko!” It cannot be otherwise, considering that the Philippines is committed to observe the principles and spirit of republican democracy in governance. It is but a presumed or given mandatory norm of conduct by all government officials –…

A royal house it was, a royal house it will be By Johanne Margarette R. Macob I ONCE dreamt of becoming a part of a royal family, a princess, perhaps. Literally dreamt about it. In that dream, I was being served by a lot of people with all of the…

Ermin braved Martial law’s guns “The highest reward to a man’s toil is not what he gets from it, but what he becomes by it.” — John Ruskin WE recall on Friday, September 21 – albeit grudgingly – the terror of Proclamation 1081 declaring in l972 the entire archipelago under Martial…

Crush these drug dens in Binloc and Aling, Super Sonny! By Gonzalo Duque OUR Pangasinan Press Club was lucky to have an exciting guest speaker in Col. Mariano “Sonny” Verzosa, the junior of the late former Lingayen Mayor Mariano Verzosa Sr. With his presence last Wednesday at Pedritos, Sonny broke the ugly record of…

No strategy for Barangay Binloc? By Bebot Villar ALAM na ng mga law enforcers na rampant ang illegal drugs sa Barangay Binloc, Dagupan City pero bakit hanggang ngayon hindi pa napapatigil? Problema na yan noon, problema pa rin until now. It remains a place of notoriety Wala nga bang “war…

What Does CBCP Say About Gambling? By +Oscar V. Cruz, JCD ON January 23, 2005, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines issued the “CBCP STATEMENT OF GAMBLING”. The official Statement is the first CBCP made specifically on the matter of gambling. Among other things, this means that gambling in…

Driving Business through Social Media By Johanne Margarette R. Macob WE are living in a high-tech world. According to data from the World Internet Usage and Population Statistics as of December 31, 2011, more than 30 percent of the population around the world, that’s about 361 billion heads, make use…

Hidden jewel of San Fabian’s hills By Jun Velasco                    “Observe your enemies, for they first find your faults,” Antisthenes OVER the weekend, Democratic Party’s Barack Obama edged out who Gonzalo Duque analyzed was the leading presidential contender, Republican bet Gov. Mitt Romney. How come? Because America’s most charismatic politician ever, Bill…

Durable US-based friends By Gonzalo Duque WE wish to congratulate the new officers of Friends USA, a US-based association of Dagupenos, who had their induction rites last September 2. It was great fun. It’s like they were all having a jam session of the 60’s. This happy bunch made us…