Police paperwork or visibility? By Bebot Villar IT’S back to school, back to old problems. Let’s hope our authorities are ready with their tried and tested solutions. Pag back-to-school na, siguradong aside from lack of classrooms, teachers and textbooks, susulpot uli ang problema sa illegal drugs para sa ating…
“There is enough for everyone’s need; there is not enough for anyone’s greed.” (Mahatma Gandhi) By Oscar V. Cruz THE above cited plain but profound words of wisdom is not only true but also plain. It is both a rational and realistic conclusion. It is not merely a truth…
Mito tan Awaran na Pangasinan Nen Santiago Villafania “Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.” — Plato AKAPAMITING ak ed Pangasinan Historical and Cultural Commission (PHCC) nen imbeneg a Mayo, 22, 2014 dia ed Capitol Resort Hotel, Lingayen. Apantongtongan no kapigan so pangipaway na libro na Awaran…
Love heals By Johanne Margarette R. Macob I JUST came across a passage that says a man can love his girlfriend for one month, his wife for a year or so, but his mother forever. I believe the first two claims are both contentious (and yes, relative) but the…
Culture of service and leadership By Jun Velasco “It has been rightly said that a mother is not a person to lean on, but a person to make learning unnecessary,” E.C. McKenzie WE felicitate our cousin Fernando “Pandong” Velasco-dela Cruz, founder/chief operating officer of Addessa Appliance Center for the…
Woman with balls By Gonzalo Duque AT her well-attended State of the City Address (SOCA), Mayor Belen T. Fernandez stood and sounded like a giant, towering lady of Dagupan. And a voice of courage, too! A seatmate was whispering “tinalo ni Belen ang predecessor niya ano!” She was referring…
NPC is intact By Bebot Villar STAYING put with the NPC. That’s the clear situation and reality obtaining sa Nationalist People’s Coalition party in spite of mga naglalabasang intriga na may mga mag re-resign na mga bokal effective June 1. Sobrang excited yata sila that they even preempted it…
Partisan Politics Incarnate By Oscar V. Cruz IT all began when someone wanted by law for big and multiple criminal acts made the considered option to surrender to no one else than the Big Boss himself in the country. So the said someone was dutifully fetched and brought to…
Present-day Bayanihan By Johanne Margarette R. Macob BAMBOO poles forming a sturdy frame were carried on the shoulders and arms of a number of men, who – by the way – knew one another beyond names and each cared for the other as a family. On those poles was a…
“All Saints Days” By +Oscar V. Cruz, JCD THESE are days of rejoicing and bliss. It has become certain and clear that saints are not only acclaimed in Rome but especially so in Philippines. And it is certainly not but a matter of this or that saint but many…
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