Enforce the helmet law strictly By Bebot Villar OUR local government units nationwide have enacted ordinances for the mandatory wearing of helmets by motorcycle drivers and riders. However, I note that these ordinances are not strictly enforced! Recently, a child of a friend died due to an accident as a…

Help us By Johanne Margarette R. Macob WE always hear people echoing our national hero’s view that the youths are the hope of our motherland. Ironically, nowadays, we also often hear people telling how the youths of today are different from those of yesteryears. The noted differences are, more often than…

Chinese encounters here and overseas By Jun Velasco   “Give man a fish and he will eat for a day; teach him how to fish and he will eat for a lifetime” — Confucius “THEY are muddling the issue.” That’s the usual plaint of politicians who find themselves on the…

Hoping against hope By Gonzalo Duque   TALAGANG mahal ni Mar Roxas ang Dagupan at Pangasinan, ano, Jovy? He was here last Tuesday, right after All Saints’ Day. He was getting impression he’d end up the ONLY candidate for president. How? And why? Certain quarters are saying Grace Poe will…

Black propaganda at its worst By Bebot Villar   ELECTION time is fast approaching! In every corner we see various eye-catching propaganda materials of politicians trying to impress voters. Kanya-kanyang pa-pogi ang “peg,” ika nga. There’s nothing illegal about these at karapatan talaga ng ating mga kandidato ang magpasikat habang…

Is Dagupan’s prime wealth, our rivers, vanishing? By Jun Velasco  A FLASH report from Bayambang says Guv’nor Spines’ esteemed high school classmate, mayoral candidate Cesar T. Quiambao, is receiving many visitors daily. Instead of the candidate reaching out to them, it’s the other way around, we’re told. Quiambao is the…

17 drug law violators down, but…. By Gonzalo Duque DID you notice – our young people today are not keen in entering politics? This subject was our exciting subject during a board meeting of the Dagupan City Water District recently. Look at the quality of leaders – those who pretend…

Sad story about Bonuan Binloc By Bebot Villar THE successful raid of a drug den in Brgy. Bonuan Binloc is now a hot issue in Dagupan City. That was a most-awaited event for me since this barangay is often mentioned in this column. Hindi ako nag-plano na pasikatin ang barangay…

What scares you? By Johanne Margarette R. Macob SINCE it’s Halloween time, and traditionally this season is supposedly about ghosts and ghouls, I’m reminded to write about scary things, at least, the things that I think are scary. This brings me to what my mom used to tell me when…

Why CTQ is running for mayor By Jun Velasco   “All politics is local,” TIP O’NEIL, former US Speaker   THE election fever once again will show bizarre ways candidates will use to win in the polls by hook or by crook. We feel debauched by the cash handout, we…