Promoting Pangasinan’s treasures By Johanne R. Macob   ON the 436th founding anniversary of our beloved province, the dream of establishing the Center for Pangasinan Studies (CPS) was realized, thanks to the initiative of the provincial government and the assistance of the University of the Philippines (UP), the Pangasinan Historical…

Shall we cry if Duterte loses? By Gonzalo Duque   WHILE doing our Kabaleyan Channel radio work, we received several text messages that were focused on two things: Rudy Duterte and 2. The Lim and Bryan Kua withdrawals. On Duterte, a texter asked, rather sarcastically, “Paano ka iiyak kung matalo…

Of Binay, Duterte, Poe, Roxas and Santiago By Ulysses R. Butuyan   EX-mayor faces graft charge. Madam Ombudsman, please take it easy. We do not have enough jailhouses to accommodate all the grafters in government, whether local, national, ex or incumbent. The hoodlum judge is back. Who says he/she ever…

Leaving Biskeg na Pangasinan By Bebot Villar    

Post Grad Speech By Johanne R. Macob   MY Facebook newsfeed has been filled with graduation/recognition/completion posts the past days. There were by proud parents who uploaded numerous pictures of their kids along with medals/ribbons/certificates and other proofs of achievement; by graduates themselves who shared grad pictures showing them mostly…

Holy Week – a time for soul searching By Gonzalo Duque   WITH the advent of Lent – or Holy Week – we call upon our brothers and sisters to pause, re-examine themselves and re-chart their lives’ journey. Where are we going? How have we been dealing fairly with our…

Of women, Comelec, politics By Ulysses Raciles Butuyan   Women define success as happiness and independence. Men must be wishing they could define it in the same way. Female cadet is PMA ‘goat’. She must be good looking. More women in high places. It’s more exciting that way. Bong Marcos…

Finally, a no-holds-barred debate By Bebot Villar      

The Poe anomaly By Gonzalo Duque   IT’S becoming clear as day that our supposed kababayan Grace Poe is a candidate of President P-noy. The doctored poll surveys show this – but may naniniwala pa ba sa SWS at False Asia? When we called them sorbetes, not a few texted…

Of Miriam, Grace and Bongbong By Ulysses R. Butuyan   Want to know what separation of Church and State means? Come to the Justice Hall in Dagupan City. There’s a priest there who regularly conducts a mass for the religious in front of Mary and Baby Jesus. That’s what it…