ARMM Elections By +Oscar V. Cruz JCD IS the Philippines ruled by a duly framed and approved Constitution? Does this country have a republican democracy? Are the Filipinos free as citizens and sovereign as a people? The elementary and immediate answers to all such three simple questions are in the…

Pangasinan Today “The journey is the reward.”—Chinese Proverb WE got a mountain-full of magnificent goods that our beloved province possesses we haven’t seen before from the oratorical pieces delivered by six contestants at the Sison Auditorium last Monday. The masterpieces were Pangasinan-centered and so were novel, fresh, straight from the heart — unlike the run-of-the-mill, high sounding topics local orators would…

Guest speakers, not guest spenders By Gonzalo Duque THE maiden edition of Media in Action, a breakfast forum every Wednesday of the Pangasinan Press Club, was, to say the least, a big success. Guest speaker Mark Cojuangco, former congressman and earlier ardent advocate of nuclear power, proved to be articulate and…

“Kawawa naman, walang magawa ang payaso” By +Oscar V. Cruz JCD THUS thinks and speaks a leading national broadsheet about the antics of someone who precisely appears to have the haughty Spanish blood and flamboyant spirit of “Damaso” running in his veins and invading his mind. Translation of the above…

Kwentong beauty parlor By Marifi Jara AMIDST the frenzy of coming home, one of the first things I always do is get a badly needed haircut. Not that there aren’t any beauty salons in Mozambique. In fact there are many. Hair parlors are quite aplenty in African countries as getting…

Plato’s Republic in our mind By Jun Velasco ‘The road to a friend’s house is never long.” — Danish Proverb THOSE beautiful Alaminos City-Gawad Kalinga houses that were bannered in the Inquirer should be replicated for our homeless newsmen in Pangasinan.

Journalism Awards mulled By Gonzalo Duque WE have invited former Senator and present Philippine National Red Cross Chairman Richard Gordon as guest of honor and speaker of the revitalized Pangasinan Press Club on its induction of new officers and members sometime in May 2011. Dick, as we all know, is…

Conception and Abortion By +Oscar V. Cruz JCD MORE than but engaging in mental gymnastics, it is but right and proper to think and reflect upon the significance and import of the lateral connection between conception and abortion. No. They are not necessarily interlinked. Yes. Reason says they are easily…

Worst-case scenario By Jun Velasco WHILE reading the horrific news headlines yesterday — Japan earthquake/tsunami, nuclear explosions and fallout tragedy, the political upheavals in the Middle East and threats of similar calamities descending on the islands — we were asked by a friend, “what shall we do to avoid getting…

Gina by the starlight By Gonzalo Duque A chance meeting with Fourth District Congresswoman Gina de Venecia proved to be uplifting. It’s been a long time. The beauteous madam was bubbling with positive amenities.  We wish to reiterate our congratulations to her for increasing the Regional Medical Center’s bed capacity to 600. That’s a great…