Speakership By Jun Velasco WE in the Fourth District of Pangasinan are still held in suspense three weeks after the nerve-wracking elections because of the House Speakership fight involving our Congressman-elect Jose de Venecia Jr. Most of you,  we’re sure- would dismiss the speakership fight as anti climactic given the…

Advice to VM-elect Belen Fernandez By Gonzalo Duque ANOTHER good news for Pangasinenses: Our friend USEC Bebot Villar was recently appointed anti-smuggling task force czar by Malacañang. Knowing Bebot, he will find his new job challenging and worth his time and interest. Congrats! May you succeed and bring honor to…

Episcopal pronouncements By + Oscar V. Cruz D. D. As of this writing, there are two published pronouncements of Bishops about the priest turned governor in the province of Pampanga. Needless to say, both bishops wish the priest-governor-elect well. Would that he succeed on his political option, and would that…

Farmers use bio-organic fertilizer for higher yield By Sosimo Ma. Pablico More farmers in Mindanao and Visayas are now encouraged to use  the locally produced bio-organic fertilizer Durabloom on corn, sugarcane, banana, rice and fruit  trees, as local suppliers attest to its effectiveness. For instance, farmer-farm input supplier Ric Allado…

Back to school By Marifi Jara IT’S June. The rains are here. And soon students will be going back to class. Tomorrow, in fact, for most schools. And the scene won’t be too pretty in many public elementary, secondary, and even tertiary schools all over the country, including here in…

Conference of the Latin American bishops By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. 13 May Last, the spokesman for the 5th General Conference of the Bishops of Latin America, Most Rev. Hector Pabon, said in no uncertain words that priests who get involved in politics “immediately break the unity and mission…

Kapatiran By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. It is a rather well known fact that the three “Kapatiran” senatorial political candidates are adorned with impeccable integrity, competence and commitment. They clearly and passionately professed their mission to exercise the public office they pursued in the last elections in line with…

Lone Ranger Panlilio’s dare vs. the “poorman’s game” By Gerry Garcia CAUSES which generally compel some hospitals to further detain healed patients in their custody for their failure to pay the costs of their stay . . . are most often financial and understandably, relevant to the concerned hospitals’ stable…

A different kind of election By Jun Velasco WHILE the country just came off — thank God! — from  its  recent  political bedlam, the 2007  elections, this one at the De La Salle University on Taft Avenue was a model of   beautiful  democracy,  clean,  talent-based and  orderly  exercise. What of…

Governor-elect Spines in focus By Gonzalo Duque I WANT to start this column with a smile. First, kudos to all the election superstars led, of course, by come backing Speaker Joe de Venecia (sigurado na yan, according to a Kampi insider), governor-elect Amado Espino, vice governor-elect Marilyn Primicias, Congresswoman-elect Rachel…