Put more teeth to our laws By Bebot Villar   AS we welcomed New Year, may mga pasaway pa ring mga taong buong yabang na nagpaputok ng mga baril! And they even posted it in the social media! Siyempre, galit na galit ang mga netizens at agad silang nanawagan ng…

Getting up, Lingayen! By Johanne Margarette R. Macob I WAS born and raised in the capital town of our province. I finished grade school and high school here but earned my degree somewhere else. Nonetheless, there was not a weekend during my college days that was not spent in my…

Meticulously planned By Jun Velasco   “The aim of education is the wise use of leisure,” Aristotle   OVER dinner at JDV’s 78th birthday celebration at his Forbes Park residence, we couldn’t help admire former President Fidel V. Ramos queuing it out with the rest of the visitors at the…

We never learn our lessons By Bebot Villar   BY the time this column sees print, it will already be 2015! Surely, kabilang sa mga balitang bubulaga sa atin dito sa Pangasinan ay ang bilang ng mga nasaktan dahil sa paggamit ng firecrackers. As I write this piece, mayroon nang…

My New Year’s Resolution By Hilda Austria   LOOKING back, last December was probably the saddest Christmas season I had so far. I got pharyngitis and my mother was hospitalized due to dengue (thank God she is well now) while some persons close to me also fell ill. But, it…

Idyllic drug rehab center By Jun Velasco   “He that does good to another, does good also to himself, not only in the consequences, but in the very act,” –Seneca   A CATHOLIC prelate made our day when he lifted “Rev.” Manny Pacquiao’s sermon on its “better to give than…

Al Fernandez counsels greenhorn By Gonzalo Duque   WE had difficulty understanding the reason of our Dagupan City councilors—some of them anyway—in requesting some P2 million financial assistance” from the city’s budget. It puts a bad taste in the mouth. But they did the “hampassible.” Kawawa naman ang mga pobre….

No let up in anti-drugs campaign By Bebot Villar   THERE has been no let up in the police campaign against illegal drugs in the province. And this can be seen in the daily police reports, where buy-bust operations have been conducted, drug pushers arrested in the different towns and…

Let’s celebrate! By Johanne Margarette R. Macob IN a few days, 2014’s out and 2015 is in. A lot has happened in this year, both in the local and national scene- politics, showbiz, sports, business, name it. Good news, bad news, and the neutrals. I’m sure one of these days,…

Grace under pressure By Jun Velasco   “And behold, an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were greatly afraid.             Then the angel said to them, ‘Do not be afraid, for behold, I bring you good tidings of…