VFA’s ‘soft approach’ in Sulu By Gerry Garcia TODAY, after more than half a century of independence from Mother America, there are still protests and rallies, though launched in harmless clusters mostly by so-called militants, daring “imperialist Yankees” to keep hands off matters that are not their business here, and…

Steve Simbillo, 64 By Jun Velasco LAST night, we received a call from General Art Lomibao, who was with balikbayan friends in Boracay Island. The “tourist guide” gave his guests A-l hospitality. His guests  were his gracious hosts in the US  last month, Dr. Fernando Estrada, a native of Calasiao…

Lomibao: New kid on the (political) block By Gonzalo Duque THE Sunday Punch series on the illegal “occupants” of the Dagupan City beach property should be a jewel in local journalism. On record, it was this column that first made the expose. Former Tondaligan management head Ani Lagao picked up…

Watch out for weedy rice By Sosimo Ma. Pablico Rice farmers would do well to watch for the invasion of weedy rice in their farms, as this weed poses great competition for soil nutrients with the rice plants and could cause reductions in yield. Research reports indicate that if 35…

Remember: “Hello Garci” By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. The “Hello Garci” issue refuses to die. It was denied to rest with the adamant rejection of the impeachment process no less than twice filed in the House of Representatives. The avid pro-administration allies themselves resolutely denied the incumbent national leadership…

Pacman in the political ring By Gerry Garcia OUTgoing Gov. Victor Agbayani’s wifey Dr. Jamie Manzano will probably have Speaker JdV’s blessings as LAKAS-CMD’s standard bearer in Pangasinan… to the utter disappointment of VG Oscar Lambino, who naturally had expected to get Joe’s okay for him to run for the…

Questionable episodes in Pangasinan history? By Jun Velasco TWO controversial episodes in our history books that require immediate and permanent clarification from responsible historians are those of Princess Urduja and Juan dela Cruz Palaris. Our governor’s official residence is named “Princess Urduja” and yet  most historians have junked  the name…

Saludo ako kay Dolphy at Susan Roces By Gonzalo Duque POLITICS, the most attractive and yet most poisonous preoccupation of our people, is reaching fever pitch because of the May elections. In Dagupan (please do not begrudge me and my publisher, for writing often about Dagupan being the microcosm of…

Aggie, rural economy problems as a whole beset the rice sector By Sosimo Ma. Pablico The rice sector is beset by a microcosm of problems ailing agriculture and the rural economy as a whole that policy makers must understand in a comprehensive manner, according to Dr. Arsenio M. Balisacan and…

Love By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. Valentine’s Day in its genuine significance and sound implications is but a mere concrete expression of the commandment of love. Love is not an option. It is mandatory upon all. Nevertheless, the reality of love becomes more felt and expressed between a man…