We shall rise after the fall By Jun Velasco YOU’D get the impression a workaholic Belen Fernandez might collapse under the weight of a mountain of workload she gets every day. That’s what we saw Friday, and we shot a word at her “mahirap ang mag mayor ha Belen?”…
Ferdinand Marcos looks like an angel By Gonzalo Dique WE extend our condolence and sympathy to the family of Congresswoman Gina de Venecia on the death of her 96-year old mother, Mrs. Azucena Vera Perez, founder of the Sampaguita Pictures. Ditto to Kuya Joe, former Speaker. Pero sa totoo…
Malacaňang’s AO 22 By Bebot Villar NOTHING miraculous about the order from Malacaňang. It was expected. Many of the board members natin refused to believe it but last Tuesday May 12, they realized that what I said was true, that the order of the Office of the President is…
Toward globalization in education By Johanne Margarette R. Macob A FEW days ago, an international higher education information provider- Quacquarelli Symonds (QS)- made public its latest ranking of top 300 Asian universities. The country’s premiere state university, University of the Philippines (UP) remains as the country’s top university and moved four notches…
Baffled by Dagupan’s growth By Jun Velasco “Memory tempers prosperity, mitigates adversity, controls youth, and delights old age.” –Cicero WELCOME home, cousin Glenn Martinez, 45, of San Francisco California who arrived last Sunday. The son of our late uncle, former US Navy officer Orlando “Ading” Martinez, eldest son of…
PDAF controversy has exposed our officials By Gonzalo Duque OUR countrymen are either amused or disappointed over the on-going quarrel, fighting and grandstanding due to the headline-making news accounts on who is or who are guilty on the Napoles-linked P10 billion PDAF scam. It has become a contest on…
Mayor Balolong is not suspended By Bebot Villar WALANG pagbabago. Believe it or not, Mayor Ernesto Balolong Jr. is still the mayor of Urbiztondo, and it appears na walang magawa ang kanyang mga detractors. Firstly, nasupalpal na ang provincial board when Malacaňang lifted the suspension order it recommended for…
…and then there were three By +Oscar V. Cruz, JCD THE break is over. The Holy Week has ended. The horrible looking effigies were burned. The EDCA was signed. The Obama visit is done. Now back to the rather old normal. The PDAF galore. The PDAF plunder. The PDAF…
Dalatdat o tonton na salita Nen Santiago Villafania NAN-EMAIL ed siak so sakey a maistra tan tetepeten da no anto sa sentence ed salitan Pangasinan. Dia ed diksionario nen Mel Jovellanos, salita tan balikas kabaliksan odino talus ya imparungtal da. Dalatdat, panungtong, tan tonton na salita so inusar ko…
Together, we can change the world By Johanne Margarette R. Macob THE title is a clichè…. but well, sometimes, clichès are what people need to remind them about things that (should) still matter. Last night (May 8), despite my sleepyhead due to the other night’s tasks, I watched all…
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