Comelec’s dilemma By Bebot Villar      

Beware of Promises By Johanne R. Macob   AT too many points in our lives, we have received more than a few promises, and have given perhaps nearly the same amount of pledges, as well. From our most personal relationships, to the practical, and to the social ones, promises are…

Grace Poe’s ‘calvary’ has just begun By Gonzalo Duque   OUR buddy Bryan Kua, Mayor Belen Fernandez’s teammate, has just tasted the below-the-belt menu of dirty politics. He was last seen on FB and national TV distributing cold cash to supposed voters! And at the prestigious GMA 7 at that!…

Senators bias vs. small towns By Bebot Villar    

Of Pacquiao, Trump and Pinoy By Ulysses Butuyan   Shabu seized inside provincial jail. A drugstore behind bars. Realignment of TPLEX route sought. If the expressway is extended to Baguio and Mountain Province, call it SKYPLEX. Drug pusher arrested for rape. He pushed twice. Comelec optimistic about credible elections. Only…

Digong Duterte invades Pangasinan anew! By Atty. Gonzalo Duque   THE winning team – Digong Duterte and Alan Peter Cayetano – took Pangasinan and Dagupan City by storm last Wednesday. People from all walks of life came to receive them like conquering heroes. The adults and young wore their wildest smiles,…

Drug trading inside provincial jail, too? By Bebot Villar   IT certainly looks like there are jail guards and inmates at the Pangasinan Provincial Jail who think they can replicate the drug trading activities of their peers at the New Bilibid. It was a good thing alert si Jail Officer…

Of facelift, shabu and martial law By Ulysses Raciles Butuyan   Presidential yacht to undergo facelift. A president needs it, too. Ilocanos still pushing Digong-Bongbong tandem. Only by those who have never heard of due process of law. Shabu seized inside provincial jail. Where can’t shabu be found? There is…

The real indicator By Johanne Macob   THE presentation of the administration seems to be very obsessed with the idea of the Philippines’ increasing gross domestic product (GDP) or gross national product (GNP). If I’m not mistaken, every State of the Nation Address by the President always has a portion…

P-noy indulges in double talk By Gonzalo Duque   DURING the EDSA celebration, President P-noy had the best and worst of times denouncing the atrocities of Martial Law and everything that the late Ferdinand Marcos stood for. Let’s grant that this heir of the Aquino legacy, that from Ninoy and…