The wannabes will block the impeachment complaint By Gonzalo Duque THE crispiest conversation topic in Pangasinan — especially in the fourth district — these days is the soured relationship between the Perez-De Venecia camp on the one hand, and the Macapagal-Arroyos on the other. You know that an impeachment complaint…

Start the dry season crop right By Sosimo Ma. Pablico FARMERS in irrigated areas may as well start the dry season cropping right by using high quality hybrid and certified inbred seeds, as this is the initial assurance for a good rice harvest. Studies show that the use of certified…

In Memoriam By Jun Velasco THE text message we received late Monday evening simply said, “Julius Vinluan passed away just now.” Before we could make a move, before we could react, more text messages and calls from high school classmates, friends and personal acquaintances followed like a torrent of nervous…

Do you want our province named Eugenio Perez? By Gonzalo Duque Do you want our province named Eugeno Perez Province? FIRST, our happy greetings to you all after our month-long trip to the US. It was a great respite from an action-packed life in Pangasinan and the Philippines. Nice to…

Styrofoam for human illnesses, anyone? By Sosimo Ma. Pablico THAT WHITE disposable food container commonly used in food chains nowadays, called styrofoam, has become increasingly popular among food store operators and consumers. However, environmentalists in Ilocos Norte, led by Dr. Ma. Victoria Domingo and Fr. Leo Ruiz, are up in…

Pista’y Inatey By Marifi Jara ONE of our readers, a US-based Pangasinense who requested that we use his penname AG, contributed this piece saying he was inspired “to write about my youthful experience of the Pistay Inatey in San Carlos which is now like a black and white picture framed…

Heartrending “MOA AD” By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. At the start, there was the avid design and great effort to keep the so called “MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT ON ANCESTRAL DOMAIN” a top secret government venture—on account of three pivotal and sequential reasons: First, to pompously bring peace to Mindanao….

Colonel Barba upstaged the press boys By Jun Velasco OUR new police Director Colonel Perceival Barba showed the local press boys led by Pangasinan Press and Radio Club prexy Jess Perez that he was “game.” He “invaded” a PPRC meeting right in Jess’ newly constructed eatery and offered himself as…

Macapagal – De Venecia merry-go-round By Gonzalo Duque SAN FRANCISCO, California- Color USA political, that’s it, as the presidential election campaign, is about to wind up. The US press says it’s Barack Obama leading John McCain by a few points in the surveys, but it has a way of keeping…

Ilocos Region farmers a lucky lot By Sosimo Ma. Pablico Farmers in the four Ilocos Region provinces have a lot to thank for, as no area serves as catch basin for flood water flowing from surrounding areas. In the non-irrigated areas, this condition enables the farmers to produce rice once…