Decency By Gonzalo Duque HAPPY Valentine to you! One day last week, we saw a lady faith healer per suggestion of our friend, Prof. Jaime Licauco, for the removal of certain ailments in our body. After the session, we were instructed to take precautions on what not to eat and what…

Abortion By +Oscar V. Cruz, JCD “THE State …shall equally protect the life of the mother and the life of the unborn from conception.” (Phil. Constitution: Section 12). Thus reads the categorical State Policy on the protection of the “life” of the “unborn” from the moment of “conception.” The more…

“Freedom” and privacy online By Beatrice Marie Basi     “Right now, with social networks and other tools on the Internet, all of these 500 million people have a way to say what they’re thinking and have their voice be heard.”-Mark Zuckerberg THE internet has become an important tool for us…

Pangasinenses are gifted By Jun Velasco                                                        “Love is blind that lovers cannot see.” – Shakespeare SO finally, our friend, famous paranormal genius Jimmy Licauco, he with the phantasmagorical mind, made it to Dagupan Tuesday and Wednesday, “Finally” because Gonzalo and this writer have invited him more than a year…

Licauco wows Pangasinenses By Gonzalo Duque IT was a moment to remember, Prof. Jaime Licauco’s two-day engagement with Pangasinenses. He first addressed the Pangasinan Rotarians at the Stadia led by main host Rotary Club of Uptown headed by Edwin Cancino. But credit all the Rotary clubs hereabouts including those in…

Psychological Incapacity 3/3 By +Oscar V. Cruz, JCD STRICTLY speaking, psychological incapacity does not enter into the sphere of full ethical accountability, into the realm of total moral responsibility – although neither does it altogether free someone thus incapacitated from all ethical liability or moral burden. Reason: The mind and…

Not yet ready for K+12 By Johanne Margarette R. Macob  THE K to 12 is coming in June; no stopovers, no delays. I am not an expert to comment on the issue. I am neither a teacher nor a parent who will be affected by the change. I am not…

Violence in Bayambang deplored By Jun Velasco         “No one will ever maintain that it is better to do injustice than to bear it.” – Aristotle FORMER Speaker Jose de Venecia’s step mother, Porfiria Domagas de Venecia, widow of the late Judge Jose R. de Venecia Sr., who was fondly addressed…

Taiwan, here we come! By Gonzalo Duque ON Tuesday, Pangasinan Rotarians and our province-mates will have a grand time with Prof. Jaime T. Licauco, who is coming to treat us to a scholarly talk on the paranormal world, or better, universe. Now is the time to clear the air regarding these…

Psychological Incapacity 1/3 By +Oscar V. Cruz, JCD “IT’S more fun in the Philippines!” Everybody is getting married. From the mere commoners to the members of quasi local royalty, from simple and plain citizens to high and distinguished public officials, from those counted among the general public to big personalities…