The height of hypocrisy By Bebot Villar I was set to be the godfather to Urbiztondo Mayor Jun and Councilor Mirla Balolong on the occasion of their silver wedding anniversary on June 8. Katuwang ko sana si Asec Grace Rosario ng National Irrigation Administration. As planned, their anniversary was…
HEADING A FAMILY and HEADING A NATION By Oscar V. Cruz IT is not a secret that being head of a family is not for the weak in will, much less for the feeble in mind. If much is required to get married – such as in terms of…
Defining Independence By Johanne Margarette R. Macob 116 YEARS have passed since our beloved Philippines declared its emancipation from the colonizers. Another way to state that we, Filipinos, have been enjoying the freedom our elders fought for, for about 1,392 months now. We can breathe freely. We can stride along…
Limits of democracy cited By Jun Velasco “Is there a love nobler than the love of country? Certainly none!”–Andres Bonifacio LAST Friday, we were browsing at the newspaper corner of the 7-Eleven store along Arellano Street in Dagupan City. A new friend in the establishment with a unique name,…
Barangay Pantal in focus By Gonzalo Duque IT was inspiring to engage Brgy. Pantal Chairwoman Julie Ann Fernandez Perez in a Serbisyong Bayan forum last Thursday afternoon. As usual, Julie was at her scintillating self, inspiring, unifying and appealing to constituents of the second most populous barangay in Dagupan…
Waste of time and effort By Bebot Villar FOUR administrative cases. Four times they hoped that Urbiztondo Mayor Ernesto Balolong will finally be suspended while the case is being heard. Ang kakapal nila. Masyado na silang peste sa buhay ni mayor at sa taong-bayan who voted for him. Four…
Democracy or Democrazy? By Oscar V. Cruz It is neither profound nor enigmatic, much less novel nor mystical. As the word “democracy” is well-known and often invoked, the term “democrazy” is neither that rare to hear nor really difficult to understand. Here then is the long and short of…
Learning with the Mother Tongue By Johanne Margarette R. Macob LAST Monday, young minds entered or re-entered their respective classrooms with the hope of meeting new friends, and of course, of learning something they could make use of to ease their way through life. The Department of Education (DepEd) started…
Rizaliana in Dagupan By Jun Velasco “In the will of man there is a power of longing which turns the mist in ourselves into sun,” Kahlil Gibran FOR all the time—since 2006— that we’ve been with the Knights of Rizal, we’ve grown accustomed to use the word “Rizalize”…
Security in our schools By Gonzalo Duque OUR public school system in Dagupan City is, we believe, in good hands. This we came to know after getting acquainted with the policies and programs and mindset of Supt. Gloria Torres. We are really lucky to have good leaders in education…
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