At PSU’s President Buted’s installation By Jun Velasco “What a man is survives him. It can never be buried.” -J.R. Miller Dexter Buted’s installation as president of Pangasinan State University last Thursday underscores a universal axiom that poverty is not a hindrance to a person’s success. At the investiture rites…

Man of the hour By Gonzalo Duque WE’VE been receiving text messages and calls by the hundreds everyday from all parts of the country. Why?  You know it.  Friends, allies, including fiends were asking or confirming a report that our man for president Davao City Mayor Rody Duterte has withdrawn…

Raw marijuana not medicinal By Bebot Villar A FORUM aimed to generate scientific discussions on relevant health issues and policies to help support the decision-making processes of the Legislative Branch of government was held recently. The first issue of The 1st Academic Health Policy Forum was: “Compassionate Use of Medical…

No to PCOS machines! By Jun Velasco “Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall,” –Confucius   NEW rules on gun permit renewal requiring applicants to show up in person and go through the motions are making it difficult for the seniors especially those…

Are we still safe in our homes By Gonzalo Duque ONE day last week, former City Fiscal Johnny Siapno, father-in-law of the former Prime Minister of East Timor, was mauled by a drug addict – or addicts –leaving him unconscious due to a fractured skull. He was comatose as of…

Kapitan as the drug dealers’ protector By Bebot Villar ALLOW me to share with you one trivia about the anti-drug efforts of Bataan Provincial Police Office under the leadership of the Provincial Director PS/Supt. Rhodel O. Sermonia. I know this guy to be a true officer and a gentleman. Out…

Institutionalizing scholarship programs By Johanne Margarette R. Macob SCHOLARSHIP programs are highly valuable for many in order to earn a diploma. I, too, was a beneficiary of a university’s scholarship program. My siblings, likewise, were scholars. I’m not really sure if all of us in the family would have been…

Grace Poe, Mar Roxas invade Pangasinan anew By Jun Velasco “It’s a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything about the best, you very often get it.”  W. Somerset Maugham IT was Grace Poe’s 2nd Pangasinan visit last Thursday under the auspices of the Metro Urdaneta Business…

Singapore-based Pinoys rooting for Duterte By Gonzalo Duque IN an overseas call, we learned that Senator Grace Poe took Pangasinan again by storm. Again! We’re happy our Lyceum Northwestern University hosted her dialogue with our students. Ok tayo dyan. As we said, the Lyceum Northwestern University is open to all…

My prayer By Bebot Villar A NUMBER of our barangay kapitans are really made of different stuff. Instead of organizing yearlong sports activities in their respective barangays in order to keep the youth busy with productive activities, they would much rather spend time recruiting drug pushers. I wish these kapitans…