Looking for God By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. Now few people are looking for God—searching for His reality, asking for His presence. No, they are not questioning either their faith as a whole nor their belief in God in particular. They only feel somehow dismayed when God does not…

Dagupan balikbayans here for a look-see By Gerry Garcia DAGUPAN has become a bustling city and its main streets are teeming with local   and out-of-town shoppers and passenger jeepneys and buses do clog the traffic lanes that the authorities are compelled to allow only a one-way flow. The Arellano-Bani street,…

Was Rizal a playboy? By Jun Velasco FRIDAY morning, Joe Taruc reported that Malacañang has approved a plan to oust Joe de Venecia from the speakership while he was on an official trip to China. There you go. In politics, as most of you know, anything goes. We remember that…

Goodbye, Atty. Armand Montessa By Gonzalo Duque WE pause to honor a very dear friend, a model Rotarian and civic leader and, if you please, the father of our Rotary Club of Uptown Dagupan – Atty. Armand Montessa, who died last week. He was 65. It’s true we were the…

New technology saves ex-trike driver from low income  By Sosimo Ma. Pablico A former tricycle driver in Rizal, Nueva Ecija has discovered that by using the new rice technology coupled with patience and diligence, a hectare of land would be more than enough to provide the needs of his family….

Text tax By + Oscar V. Cruz D. D. Something must be basically wrong with a ruling government that looks upon the citizens as its servants if not downright slaves, that considers them as one big fat milking cow for its own selfish profit and advantage. It is not enough…

Love my neighbor By Wilna Memorial Pangasinan and La Union are neighboring provinces in Northern Luzon. With their geographical position, it is but natural that the two provinces create a special kind of friendship, a friendship that is embraced by the people from both provinces. I am from La Union,…

Electoral reform By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. It is a widely and wildly known fact that Philippine Elections have been anything but honest, orderly and peaceful. There is no need really to mention the usual loss of lives plus the standard loss of ballot boxes, the counting of ordinary…

Pingkoy makes things happen at DoH By Jun Velasco THE nation is jubilant over reports that there were less casualties — deaths and injuries — during the New Year revelry. Statistics shows that the number of injuries declined by 46 percent, reputedly the lowest since l999. Surely, this was not…

Scandalous violation of a city ordinance By Gonzalo Duque THE MANAGER, or whoever made the decision most foul, of the December 29, 2007 Dalton Night in the city of  Dagupan  is out of his mind. He violated a city ordinance mandating that night for the Rotarians at the city plaza…