It’s Funny No More By +Oscar V. Cruz, JCD   MANY thoughts are now being entertained and some affiliate actualities are being expressed in conjunction with then fascinating but now amusing axiom “Matuwid na daan.” It was great to hear it for the first time and to believe in it…

Kapolopoloan (Hundred Islands) Nen Santiago Villafania   MALIKET kon akabatan ya wala la’y onkikimey natan ed saya’y Hundred Islands (tatawagen dan Kapolopoloan ed daan iran mapa). Binmurareg la kono ima’y lupa na istatua nen Manuel L. Quezon diman ed Quezon Island. Impaalagey iyan monuminto nen Quezon bilang pakanonotan kayari dan…

The great paradox  By Johanne Margarette R. Macob 
 
   “AS much as I don’t like the rain, I just couldn’t curse it, for others want or even need its every drop. Besides, we will never have our rainbows without it.” That was my post on my Facebook account during the…

Terrorism and media By Jun Velasco   “The heart of the righteous weighs its answers, but the mouth of the wicked gushes evil,” Proverbs 15:28   MORE than Conquerors club President Ashok Vasandani sent this text message to members last Friday: “Sers, tomorrow we have special event, so pls., pls., pls….

Illegal drugs, No. 1 election issue By Bebot Villar   AFTER the long lines and unprecedented number of registrants among the regular at youth voters for the Oct. 28 simultaneous barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections, the Election Registration Board will start scrutinizing the applications. They will determine kung sino ba…

Get up, Lingayen!  By Johanne Margarette R. Macob  I WAS born and raised in the capital town of our province. I completed my grade school and high school here but earned my college degree somewhere else. Nonetheless, there was not a weekend during my college days that was not spent…

Barangay Lucao takes center stage By Jun Velasco   “All politics is local,” unknown   OVER a cup of coffee, Eleazar Quinto met with old friends at Al and Macky’s favorite hangout—Pedrito’s, where else?—ostensibly to feel the public pulse on his new project: run for barangay chairman and win, yup,…

Federate civic clubs By Gonzalo Duque   AS we pack up for a long delayed U.S. trip, Dagupan City Hall insiders sent us damaging documents (Again!) that a brass and plate maker ElJohn was trying to collect payment for hundreds of business plates he delivered at the One Stop Shop…

Espino’s pledge: A drug-free Pangasinan By Bebot Villar   HAPPY ako na in-involved ni Gov. Amado Espino Jr ang mga kabataan, mainly the provincial government scholars, sa laban contra illegal drugs. There were speeches, lectures from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), kantahan, candle lighting ceremony, manifesto signing, sa ginanap…