Of history, development, and unity By Johanne Margarette R. Macob OUR forefathers fought hard for the freedom that our people now enjoy. We succeeded in liberating ourselves from being a mere colony of other countries. Close to a century later, we found ourselves battling more challenges. We had a series…

Preparedness By Jun Velasco   “Opportunity has the uncanny habit of favoring those who have paid the price of years of preparation,” E.C. Mckenzie AN observant broadcaster described our tarpaulin and buntings-ornamented Dagupan as “Tarpaulin City.” We wish to thank City hall for putting up a Pacebook Magazine Award tarpaulin…

Mayor Romualdez’s idea By Gonzalo Duque   WE met in Singapore Tacloban City Mayor Alfredo Romualdez last week. After the amenities, our talk was on a subject that we thought should concern us, Dagupenos, too, in light of the city’s precarious tsunami or storm surge- prone character. Mayor Romualdez said…

Red alert in malls and beaches By Bebot Villar RECENTLY, we learned how the criminals work very hard to get rich quick! This so-called “martilyo gang” has been busy operating in the metro manila malls proving that a rob-and-sell of jewelries is very profitable. Wonder ko lang how these armed…

Quotable Quotes By +Oscar V. Cruz, JCD   THE personal constitution — mental framework, volitional designs, and emotional state — of a speaker readily revealed by his speeches. And thus it is that the constitutive totality of a person is well revealed by what he says and does not say….

Post-grad degree, anyone? By Johanne Margarette R. Macob YES, summer is a perfect time to enjoy the sea breeze, the heat of the sun, and the laid-back mood the season brings in. Yet, for some, they’d rather be doing something else. “There’s a lot of work to be done,” we…

Cris Ilustre, 74 By Jun Velasco   AN old hand in Pangasinan media, Cris Ilustre, 74, succumbed to a lingering illness last Wednesday. Although blind for more than 20 years, Cris was able to do what was reserved for a normal person had — manager (an excellent manager at that!) …

Mandatory drug-testing By Bebot Villar   THE Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-Cagayan Valley proposes to make the drug testing a requirement for the incoming college students.  Under the proposal, a student will not be allowed to enroll if he/she has no clearance from PDEA. According to Atty. Sherwin Closa, PDEA…

Poor Filipinos By +Oscar V. Cruz, JCD   THE above expression can have one or more of the following understandings: One, it is a big and deep lamentation about the pervasive poverty and misery the People of the Philippines are immersed in. Two, it is a big worry on the…

Sanlaksan umaanlong Nen Santiago Villafania   MIBIANG so Pangasinan ed nagawan 100 Thousand Poets for Change (www.100TPC.org) no Septiembri 27, 2014 dia ed nanduruman pasen ed lapag a mundo. Imparungtal ko iyan programa ed si OIC Lolita T. Delos Santos na Provincial Library nen a-25 na Marso tan inoprisi ran…