From Durian with Love By Gonzalo Duque   SINASABI na natin yan noon pa e. Mayor Rody Duterte is fast, not slowly, inching his way to the presidency. Bilib na kayo? You already know it from the surveys – the SWS and Pulse Asia surveys released Tuesday evening that our…

Spate of shooting incidents By Bebot Villar   LAST week, Pangasinenses were shocked to learn that former Board Member, now assistant provincial health officer, Dr. Jeremy Rosario was shot and wounded by one of the men aboard a motorcycle as he drove home to Manaoag. Marami ang nagulat because no…

I Love Pangasinan! By Johanne Margarette R. Macob I WAS an indifferent Pangasinan native. I wasn’t really aware of what’s happening in my province. I wasn’t really into knowing anything except for certain things that I needed to learn about, like the route to and from my then school or…

Ming Rosario miraculously survives attack By Jun Velasco “Love all. Trust a few. Do wrong to no one.” — William Shakespeare OUR supposedly peaceful province was lately rocked by the shocking attempt on the life of a most gentle person, former Board Member Jeremy “Ming” Rosario, assistant provincial health officer,…

Learning Davao’s best practices By Gonzalo Duque BY the time you read this, we’ve already been to Davao City on the invitation of our friends, James Gaisano and Rene Concordia. We are expected to be joined by our two former law classmates Atty. Fred Lim and Bingbong Medialdia, also a…

Drugs and heinous crimes By Bebot Villar  WHO would have thought that a 46-year-old man would rather have sex with a cow, and in public? That’s what happened in Silang, Cavite as reported in media last Tuesday And during the investigation of the pervert na lalaki, he confessed na it…

VMUF, a vision that began in Dagupan Rotary By Jun Velasco  “Observe your enemies, for they find out your faults.” — Aristothenes   THAT 3-frame comic strip “Loveknots” by Elizabeth Chionglo said it all. She zeroed in on the weakness of the so-called Resign P-Noy movement. The comic characters’ swap…

Assessing their chances By Gonzalo T. Duque VICE President Jojo Binay was in Binmaley town last Monday. Dumami na naman ang ugong-ugon . Is he the most popular presidential wannabe in the province? But Mar Roxas beat him by 70,000 votes in the vice presidential race hereabouts! Ok, you might…

Hazardous travel on the highway By Bebot Villar ONION farmers in Bayambang are now crying at hindi dahil naghihiwa sila ng sibuyas but because sobrang baba ng presyo ng sibuyas! Ayon sa mga magsasaka doon, traders buy their onions at P10 to P13 per kilo! And the price keeps going…

Our Agricultural Headway By Johanne Margarette R. Macob I WAS never interested in agriculture until I started going around our province. My job made me realize how agriculture in our beloved Pangasinan has been helping a lot of families, both the producers and consumers. I have since deeply admired our…