Contrasting scenes By Jun Velasco “What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul?” Matthew 16:26 AS soon as our 3-year-old “apos” Gian and Joshua cheered the newly arrived Christmas stars and…
‘I want my boys to fight the best’–Danny Lim By Gonzalo Duque EVEN dark clouds above formed by Typhoon Mario did not prevent the grand opening of UCAAP (Universities Colleges Athletic Association of Pangasinan) games last Thursday at the Dr. Salvador T. Duque Gym on the LNU campus. Yes,…
Playing with Fire
Stop the flooding! By Bebot Villar IT’S been two days since Typhoon Luis left Philippine area of Responsibility last Wednesday but patuloy pa rin sa pagtaas ng tubig-baha sa mga bayan ng Calasiao, Sta. Barbara at Dagupan City. Inis na inis ang maraming mga commuters at motorists that day…
Deretsahan
The Supreme Court of the Philippines By Oscar V. Cruz AGAIN and again, in so may words, in various occasions and in different ways, the head of the Executive Department expressly and clearly signified his disdain if not downright disgust for the Supreme Court after this declared his DAP…
Viewpoints
Leadership and Development By Johanne R. Macob I WAS reading one of my course modules when I came to think about what really constitutes development. The reference material says development is multidimensional, as it has social, economic, political, and other dimensions; it is multidisciplinary because it touches on the discipline…
Young Roots
Jaycees and fisherfolk leaders cited By Jun Velasco “Give man a fish and he will eat for a day; teach him how to fish and he will eat for a lifetime,” Confucius THE Jaycees’ golden days come back to mind with the election of Vice Mayor Brian Lim…
Think about it
Pozorrubio basketball star saved PH from FIBA fiasco! By Gonzalo Duque HAIL this Pangasinense, Jean Mark Pingris, a 6’6” basketball star of Gilas Filipinas from Pozorrubio, Pangasinan. We were told he was sleeping in the Pozorrubio public market being the “errand boy,” of his vegetable vendor nanay who was…
Playing with Fire
Fire all scalawags in the PNP! By Bebot Villar PULIS na naman. And this time, not just one but twelve policemen were involved in the much talked about highway robbery and kidnapping that took place in broad daylight in Quezon City on September 1. Tsk, tsk PNP has hardly recovered…
Deretsahan
Suicide By Oscar V. Cruz INTRESTING! More and more modern dictionaries do not even have the word “suicide“ mentioned therein in order to somehow define or describe what it really means. More. Strange but true, even updated books on Psychiatry neither carry the term “suicide” in order to analyze the phenomenon, to proffer…




