Why not lick politics for good? By Jun Velasco DAGUPEÑOS are lucky. They had a fair weather last Friday, grand (?) opening of the much anticipated, much delayed, much debated, and finally smoothly enacted Dawel-Pantal-Lucao Diversion Road and Bridge across Pantal River. Fair weather? Oh, yes, only in the morning…

Matulis pa si Johnny Enrile By Gonzalo Duque WE begin with a word of thanks. Thank you, Ms. Herminia Meneses of San Francisco, USA for raising $2,000 as your personal donation to the Mary Help of Christians College in Bonuan Gueset, Dagupan City. Her donation was in addition to the…

Talavera farmers coop promotes hybrid rice By Sosmio Ma. Pablico Farmers’ cooperatives in rice producing areas may as well follow the example of a cooperative in Barangay Tabacao, Talavera, Nueva Ecija in promoting hybrid rice so as to help in the national effort to increase rice production. The  Nagkakaisang  Magsasaka…

Areglo By Mary Jelly Amrosio Watch the evening news and it hits you how much crime there is in our society today. But it is so different watching it on television, or reading about it in the newspapers, or even listening to it on the radio. It is not quite…

Judgment By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. The Holy Book says: “Do not judge and you will not be judged yourself…” (Luke 6:37). At the same time however, the same Sacred Scriptures have the historical “Book of Judges”. Furthermore, the said Scriptures say the following: “Moses sat to judge the…

‘Fests of the North’, city’s ‘grandest’ By Gerry Garcia THE “Festivals of the North”, virtually a grand cultural event into which the Dagupan Bangus Festival, under the leadership of the city’s first lady vice mayor ever, Belen Fernandez, has expanded were overwhelmingly impressive in the number of crowds and commuters…

Is GMA giving Benjie a Cabinet post? By Jun Velasco THAT was a brotherly act by Dr. Salvador “Ado” Duque proposing reconciliation between President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and former Speaker Joe de Venecia. He thinks the rift was childish because it began with their kids, Luli, Mikey, and Dato Arroyo…

Lessons of Myanmar By Gonzalo Duque IT’S shocking that a very young man known for his amiability, industry and “workaholism” would die at a tender age. Reggie Ubando, 40, who until  lately, was in charge of the city’s waste  management, succumbed to cardiac arrest while Dagupan was in the midst…

NSIC releases 2 hybrid rice varieties By Sosimo Ma. Pablico THE NATIONAL SEED INDUSTRY COUNCIL (NSIC) has again released for commercial planting two hybrid rice varieties bred by private seed companies but developed with the national Rice Varietal Improvement Group (RVIG) led by PhilRice (Philippine Rice Research Institute).  The new…

Resign By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. There are not only many individuals but also a good number of organizations that have been all saying the same thing by words and statements, through placards and effigies, by way of rallies and marches: “Resign!” Needless to say, all these verbal, written…