Can’t Dagupan revive its shipbuilding trade? By Jun Velasco   HISTORIANS in the mold of Fr. Horacio dela Costa have it that in 1780, several boat makers from Pangasinan had an appetite in shipbuilding at the Spanish naval base in Cavite. After gaining skill, they returned to Pangasinan to put…

Political Will By Bebot Villar   LAST week, the Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) conducted the “Orientation on Barangay Clearing” seminar in Sto. Tomas, Pangasinan through the initiative of Mayor Timoteo “Dick” Villar III. The activity was held after the awarding of Plaque of Appreciation to Mayor Villar during the Monday…

Resignation By Hilda Austria   JOURNALISM has been my dream profession since my elementary days, although the passion for it was only ignited when I was in college. It was then when I thought it was just about being seen in the television or heard on the radio or reading…

Bongbong Marcos at close range By Jun Velasco   “Wisdom is obtained by reading the mind of God.” – Wallace D. Wattles FREEDOM Day in Dagupan was enlivened, as usual, by DepEd’s young dancers and choirs. We just said that important events like recalling our heroes’ exploits would be impossible…

Pangasinan contractors excluded By Bebot Villar   NABANGIT ko na in the past na the contractors of Pangasinan were up in arms, figuratively, against the DPWH for excluding them from participating in the bidding for the Carmen exit of TPLEx (to Baguio and Nueva Ecija). There were local contractors who…

Rules are rules By Johanne Margarette R. Macob   FROM the largest governing bodies to the smallest entities, there are rules. The Philippine government has its Constitution providing all this state’s laws and provisions. Sports and games have rules. Even relationships or thy self have rules. Rules that are ought…

A political star is born By Jun Velasco   “A man’s character is his fate,” –Heraclitus PRESIDENTIABLE Grace Poe, the phenomenal senator with Pangasinan roots being the daughter of the late FPJ, was in town last Tuesday. On the invitation of our friend Rosendo “Sendong” So, the graceful senator guested at…

Let’s make Philippines drug-free, ala Davao! By Gonzalo Duque   THIS citizenship case being filed against Senator Grace Poe may be tough. It’s not refreshing news. People were festive when she blew into town – thanks to the invitation by our friend Sendong So, the guy who was FPJ presidential…

Sto. Tomas drug- free for 3 decades By Bebot Villar   I WOULD like to clarify an item in last week’s editorial of The PUNCH that read “no other town except Sto. Tomas, can claim that it is now drug-free since Guv Spines declared war contra illegal drugs last year.”…

Election fever By Hilda Austria   OUR vote-rich province Pangasinan has been a favorite place to visit by politicians vying for national elective positions for 2016 election. The most recent visitor was Senator Grace Poe, who admitted it was a plain visit to Dagupan City and San Carlos City, hometown…