Highway intersection within Calasiao town By Gerry Garcia THE long stretch of road starting from the city’s main traffic intersection and leading northward to its immediate neighbor Calasiao town, is always burdened with heavy traffic from early morning even to the late hours of night during week days  . ….

Politics should unite, not divide us By Jun Velasco AT a birthday bash of a friend (Edwin Mendaros), a Jesuit scholar who looked like Alex Benedicto, deputy secretary general of the Partido Demokratiko Sosyalista ng Pilipinas, cracked a joke that elicited lusty laughter from the audience. Actually, Alex, who  had…

A JDV legacy By Gonzalo Duque GOVERNMENT and education policy makers have long thought about this, but they did not have enough guts and determination to push it to its logical conclusion – or implementation. That the root cause of the nation’s problems may not be after all, (rejoice, politicians!)–but…

Aggie graduate finds self-employment financially rewarding By Sosimo Ma. Pablico Self employment in agriculture may very well be more financially rewarding than getting a job in an office with a fixed subsistence income that may not even be increased for a long while, especially in government offices. One could easily…

Same old story By + Oscar V. Cruz D. D. Like the proverbial cat that has nine lives jueteng in this country simply refuses to die. Its practically unending life cannot but have a continuously life-giving premise. And this has long been established jueteng lords. The jueteng strong protectors. The…

City’s needed expansion thru Speaker JdV’s CF By Gerry Garcia THERE has been an unexpected surge in this city’s business sectors after the devastating quake in 1990 as business establishments mushroomed within Dagupan’s limited land area of less than 50 square kilometers resulting in tremendous traffic and its attendant lack…

Is the Orbos magic still around? By Jun Velasco IN the 60’s, a group of  160   Dagupan college students from Manila organized what turned out to be the Vox, actually a break-away group from the Dagupan City Varsitarians Association, who wanted to do more than just swing and party during…

Orbos would be better off as a senatorial candidate By Gonzalo Duque FORMER Governor Oscar Orbos is running for governor as the Catholic Church’s fair-haired boy. According to him, he has no political party to back him. Why, may I ask, is not the church a big, in fact, the…

7 New rice lines for release as commercial varieties By Sosimo Ma. Pablico The national Rice Technical Working Group (RTWG) has recommended seven promising rice lines to be released by the National Seed Industry Council (NSIC) as commercial varieties. Agriculture Secretary Arturo Yap, who is also the NSIC chairman, is…

Ceremonial prosecution and symbolic conviction By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. The relatives, friends and supporters of those killed all say that certain military men and some police authorities were the murderers. The Melo Commission report also says that the executions were perpetrated by the same individuals. The UN special…