Drug problem “already contained” By Bebot Villar THAT is the gist of the letter I received from Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Director General Arturo Cacdac. Ito ay bilang response ni Gen. Cacdac sa mga puna ng inyong lingkod tungkol sa drug situation sa ating region. Kudos to him…
On Pork and Pigs By +Oscar V. Cruz, JCD NO. This is not to mean to violate the elementary norm of good conduct and right manners. Neither is this intended to offend, much less to insult anyone, for that matter. It is but expressing anger and disgust at the…
7 reasons why art is stress-relieving OCTOBER 17, 2013; 9:48 p.m. I just got home from watching a friend do a mural on one of the private yet very-public walls in the town. I asked him if he was paid to do such and I wasn’t surprised when he answered…
Fil-Ams want Mayor Belen to succeed By Jun Velasco “Nothing is politically right when it is morally wrong,” E.C. McKenzie DAGUPEÑOs in the U.S. are still hoping Mayor Belen Fernandez will be able to pull Dagupan from the pits of bankruptcy. Thus reported Friday Alfred Dawana, who left Dagupan…
Gargantuan job By Gonzalo Duque WE were guests at the Capitol Post launch at President Hotel last Thursday. Publisher Mita Sison-Duque, our favorite sister in law, was in her element, largely dedicating her new project to the memory of late dad, former Vice Gov. and Justice Porfirio U. Sison….
Kickbacks for corrupt congressmen By Bebot Villar IT’S obviously better to be a governor or a mayor now kaysa maging congressman/senator. Parang mga basang sisiw na ang mga congressmen /senators because wala na silang Priority Development Assistance Fund o Disbursement Acceleration Program, at mga budget insertions na pwede nilang…
The Luneta Fiasco – Once More with Feeling By +Oscar V. Cruz, JCD THERE it was again. It happened long since but it remains painful and disgusting to the people concerned. When the Filipinos seem to have forgotten it altogether, the co-nationals of the pitiful victims of the mortal…
Natividad’s gem isn’t its gem yet By Noel Cabobos IN DOWNTOWN Tayug, workers, since the start of Mayor Tyrone Agabas administration, have been busy working on the drainage system to make it ready for floods that can affect the town especially in times of heavy rainfall or typhoon. Indeed,…
So long, Alice! By Jun Velasco “Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body,” Seneca THERE are shocking incidents in our lives that we have to grapple with and face with equanimity. It was former Gov. Vic Millora who broke the news that former Anda Mayor and Board…
Auditor Quinto acquiring cold feet? By Gonzalo Duque FIRST, in the national center of governance –Malacañang and the Legislature—public officials are already cutting each other’s throats in a race to clean their names from the stain of graft and corruption charges. Kawawa na ang Pinas talaga — or is…
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