Iron hand approach By Bebot Villar   PANGASINAN has new officer-in-charge police director. Let’s welcome P/Senior Superintendent Belli Bagaas Tamayo. He succeeds P/Sr. Supt. Reynaldo Biay, who was OIC-PD for several months, he started around August last year. The only thing I know about P/Sr. Supt. Tamayo is he is…

Inexplicit subjects By Johanne Margarette R. Macob ONE intelligent man once told me to be more precise with what I say and write in this corner. That I should stop being philosophical. That I should always be practical. That I should write and speak in a direct manner. Considering the…

Bach and Beatles concert in Baguio a hit By Jun Velasco   “Tune your ears to wisdom, and concentrate on understanding. For the Lord grants wisdom.” Proverbs 2:2, 6. AFTER the over-hyped boxing riff-raff (we told you it won’t do us any good!), two recent, surely more meaningful, more beneficial…

BTF gets a 7.5 By Gonzalo Duque   THERE’S a radio commentator who was heard saying that this columnist and Mayor Belen T. Fernandez have a falling out. Ahhh…. maybe he mistook our column “Farrah Dagupan” for another thing. Not true. We always base our support for Mayor Belen on…

Revealing advertorials By Bebot Villar   SOMEONE said, “The cat is finally out of the bag” while people watched the fight of the century between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather last May 3 live on USATV. No, it was not about the fight itself kung saan marami ang luhaan because…

Deadly Rabies By Hilda Austria   THE twelve recorded deaths in the province due to rabies in the first quarter of this year alarmed the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) board members and prompted them to pass a resolution urging local government units (LGUs) down to the barangay officials to intensify their…

Ghost streets today By Jun Velasco   STUDENT drivers or those who are learning to drive can safely use the streets today. It’s Mayweather and Pacquiao megafight day, you know. Who are you rooting for? Our mind says Mayweather, while our heart goes all the way for PK (Pambansang Kamao)….

Duterte-Marcos team proposed By Gonzalo T. Duque   WE were in Urdaneta City last Thursday during Bangus Kalutan in Dagupan. Why were we there? Your guess is as good as ours. Davao City Mayor Duterte was there on invitation of Mayor Bobom Perez, Vice Mayor Franco Del Prado and businessman…

Hope in our criminal justice system By Bebot Villar   MAJORITY of the Filipino people are now thankful for the temporary reprieve given to Mary Jane Veloso. Her issue is very timely in view of growing calls for the restoration of the death penalty in our country at least for…

Of Mary Jane and Journ By Johanne Macob   NOW that, Mary Jane Veloso, who was earlier sentenced to death in Indonesia for drug smuggling, was saved from execution last Wednesday by virtue of a reprieve, along with the happiness expressed by many were the flood of criticisms directed towards some…