We are our brother’s keepers By Gonzalo Duque WASHINGTON D.C. — In deference to the flood-season in the Philippines (not here in the U.S., see how we empathize with you fellow Filipinos?), we shall refrain from doing unsavoury political articles this week. Our cellphone continues to receive text messages concerning…

Shabu is cheap in Pangasinan By Bebot Villar Panay ang reklamo natin pag mataas ang presyo ng mga bilihin pero did you know na the price of shabu in Pangasinan is now the cheapest in Region 1? Yes, that’s according to officer-in-charge Police Provincial Director, Senior Supt. Mariano Luis Verzosa,…

Contraception By +Oscar V. Cruz, JCD CONTRACEPTION is a many splendor thing to different people with different ideologies, beliefs, and consequent value system – as politicians, businessmen, secularists, and spiritualists. There are those who claim that it is the infallible solution to poverty and misery. Never mind if there are…

Pablo de Asis, 80, takes a bride By Jun Velasco  “If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain,” Emily Dickinson WE were on top of Colisao mountain in San Fabian when Orly Guirao called up to say “Benjie is our guest in PPC Media…

Obama has the edge By Gonzalo Duque PHILADELPHIA, USA – On our recent trip to the East Coast  (we are en route to Washington D.C.) we overheard Americans and Fil-Ams debating on who’d win the presidential contest. It is often admitted that based on articulate-ness, the ability to mesmerize the…

Ang mga BI sa city hall By Bebot Villar WERE you surprised by the news sa dalawang Dagupan City Hall employees na caught in the act having a pot session? May kanya-kanyang panahon para ma-expose ang lahat ng maling gawain. Malamang matagal nang hooked on drugs ang dalawang nahuli at…

Gift of Life By +Oscar V. Cruz, JCD HUMAN life is a gift. It is a gift because nothing and nobody can give it to itself and oneself, respectively. In fact, even a dear little plant laying fast sleep in the heart of a seed needs the rain and the…

Kurit Awiran Nen Santiago Villafania SAKEY ak ed saray naimbitaan a panelists ed agawan Kurit Awiran (1st Pangasinan Creative Writing Workshop) nen Hulio 28, 2012 dia ed Capitol Resort Hotel, Lingayen. Say masimon kon pisasalamat ed maseseg a Tourism Chief Officer Malu Elduayan tan say taganon inoprisi da manlapu ed…

Poverty is still the issue By Jun Velasco  “Before we conquer the world, we must conquer the self, “ J. Oswald Sanders. WE last saw childhood friend, the former Conchita Carvajal-Deloso, 66, at the reenactment of Christ’s Crucifixion play in San Fabian town on April this year. School days in…

Mayor Esteves’ winning strategy By Gonzalo Duque MILPITAS City, California – A million thanks to the ever nice Friends, USA, we were able to meet with the city’s super Mayor Jose “Bogs” Esteves a few days back. A true-blue Dagupeño, Bogs epitomizes what’s best in a Dagupan public servant. It’s…