Dagupan steps ahead of Hollande challenge By Jun Velasco   “It’s our duty to save Earth.” — France President Francois Hollande   IT’s almost inconceivable that two boxing greats – Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather – are scheduled to walk out of the ring in Nevada, USA, with additional millions…

Quo vadis, Philippines! By Gonzalo T. Duque   IT seems our problematic country is in the midst of confusion – divided even right at the center – which we should blame by way of command responsibility on the President. Pardon us for being harsh on the President, but it’s what…

More drug cases filed in courts By Bebot Villar   THERE had been an increase in the number of drug cases that the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) filed last year, compared to the number of cases that the agency filed in 2013. Sa report na tinanggap natin mula kay…

Threats to the nation’s peace By Hilda Austria THE ISIS, a religious extremist or terrorist group, recently released a video beheading 21 Egyptian Christians with a threat to shed more blood in the nations of the cross. Although the interpretation for the term ‘nations of the cross’ used is unclear,…

Duterte, De Venecia, Duque in focus By Jun Velasco   “He has half the deed done, who has made a beginning,” Homer WE call it DDDD, that big event last Wednesday in Dagupan. What’s DDDD? It is Dagupan, Davao, Duterte and Duque, haha! Don’t get us wrong, the pun is zeroing…

‘No compromise with criminals!’—Duterte By Gonzalo Duque   RELUCTANT presidential wannabe Rody Duterte wowed his Pangasinan audience composed mostly of students, university professors and civic leaders last Wednesday. Venue, of course, was our LNU, ahem! Pag nag-presidente si Rody, mga abay, alam nyo na ang lalapitan nyo ha ha! But…

No MERS-CoV in Pangasinan By Bebot Villar   THERE were five — not one — Pangasinan overseas Filipino workers (OFW), who were on the same Saudi Airlines flight with a Filipino nurse infected with the dreaded Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus or MERS-CoV. The good news is lahat ng mga…

Our Three Missions By Johanne Margarette R. Macob I AM not a church-goer. I haven’t read the bible in its entirety. I haven’t been praying the novena regularly. I’ve attended just a few Holy processions. If these were the standards of what makes a person religious, then I must admit…

Love makes the world go round By Jun Velasco   “Love never fails,” — 1st Corinthians, 13:8   THE election of two Dagupenos to the country’s two highest Jaycee posts — Former Mayor Al Fernandez to the Philippine Jaycee Senate presidency and Vice Mayor Marc Brian Lim as Philippine Jaycees…

Tough leader is needed by the times By Gonzalo Duque   WE are getting a lot of good messages and/or endorsements for Mayor Rody Duterte who is reluctantly being catapulted to the presidency. What does this mean? It means — while the others led by Vice President Jojo Binay are…