Nakakadismaya By Bebot Villar FINALLY, mukhang honest and sincere na ang campaign against illegal drugs sa Dagupan City. I am glad that local leaders and the police finally realized the terrifying impact of the drug menace if they do not lift a finger to solve it. Mabuti naman at hindi…

Executive Order 79 By +Oscar V. Cruz, JCD WITH but truth in mind and reality at heart, the mining industry in the Philippines has been long guilty of no less than a downright detestable triple exploitation – taking advantage of no less than three big victims in this side of…

Homegrown By Marifi Jara  “…not in bloody concrete, nothing can grow in concrete.”  – The Constant Gardener (film) MY fondest memory of my late paternal grandfather, Lolo Cadiong, a GI (genuine Ilocano) school teacher, is his Sunday visits to our home with his bayong full of vegetables harvested from his…

Uprooting the drug problem By Jun Velasco “ Begin: “To begin is half the work. Let half still remain: again begin this, and you will have finished,” Ausonius MAYOR Benjie Lim’s impassioned resolve to crush the drug menace in the city, a notorious lair of pushers and users, is long overdue….

Beware the curse of Magsaysay By Gonzalo Duque WE had a group of visiting tourists over the weekend.  One of them was full of praises to our city officials especially Mayor Benjie Lim for changing the face of the city with beautiful buildings.  He was impressed by the appearance of…

No LP-NP-NPC coalition here? By Bebot Villar UMIINIT na ang usapin tungkol sa 2013 elections. Whether we like it or not, prospective candidates and their supporters are now preparing.  Dapat lang, especially sa mga hindi incumbent kasi they have a lot of catching up to do. Sa national scene, balitang…

Local Public Officials Watch IT could have another title. It might have a different heading. But it surely carries and forwards one great news for the Filipino people – for a change. To the DILG belongs the credit. To its leadership goes the gratitude of the citizenry for the needed…

Anto so kakanaan na sakey ya umaanlong a Pangasinan? Nen Santiago Villafania PARA anganko ed saray wala ni ed kalangweran ya naubol so ulo ra ed awiran no iner say uusaren a salita et Filipino tan English, nayarin anggapo. Ompano agda labat la naparlasan na linggis ira’y sulsulat da’ra’y pigpigaran…

Belen, the reluctant politician By Jun Velasco  “Private victories precede public victories,” Steplen Covey ALUMNI of the Dagupan City National High School are in festive mood knowing that the construction of their Abong na Alumni is going on a fast pace … “in time for its completion on December 28,…

If we don’t speak up… By Gonzalo Duque THIS should interest if not excite you: the Lyceum Northwestern University is organizing its Little Football League as it has already finished its spacious football field on the university’s pang-international grounds. No, the project was not inspired by the Askals, maybe part…