Basista mayoral row still unresolved By Jun Velasco   “For the mountains may depart and the hills disappear, but even then I will remain loyal to you. My covenant will of blessing will never be broken,” says the Lord who has mercy on you,”— Isaiah 54:10 IF you are a…

The DILG should act on BSL’s health update! By Gonzalo Duque   UP to last Friday—our column writing deadline—or more than one week after the midterm elections, makulimlim pa rin ang panahon tungkol sa health update ng ating outgoing mayor BSL. Hindi pa rin malinaw ang natatanggap nating bali-balita tungkol…

Ominous Signs By +Oscar V. Cruz, JCD   THERE is the fact that graft and corrupt practices in the country have already become ingrained specially in government from the national to the local levels – notwithstanding all rhetorical negations and artistic postures to the contrary. There is also the standing…

A drug-free Dagupan By Bebot Villar   QUIET na ang kapaligiran ngayon. Finally, tapos na ang mga mudslinging, character assassination, black propaganda, hate campaign pati na rin ang kantiyawan (hopefully). Matira ang matibay ang labanan. Like they say, kung mahina ang sikmura, don’t get into politics. Besides it being too…

Panpipilalekan Nen Santiago Villafania   AKAPASYAR ak ed Post Office dia ed Lawton nen Martis, a-21 na Mayo tan say pegdat ko komun diman et mangaliw na stamps nipaakar ed Pangasinan. Amtak a wala’ra’y sipur lan imprinta da nen saman: Hundred Islands, lighthouse na Bolinao, simbaan na Mangaldan, tan dakel…

Mayor –elect Belen to restore consultative governance By Jun Velasco   “The measure of a man’s greatness is not in the number of servants he has, but in the number of people he serves” – E.C. Mckenzie   WITH the midterm elections over, we can now go back to some…

Guv’nor Espino, a confirmed ‘murderer’ (hehe) By Gonzalo Duque   CONGRATULATIONS, Gov. Spines! And, yes, Vice Gov. Ferdie Calimlim! Now, it can be told. The Gov. is  a “murderer.” He murdered his opponent, outgoing Mayor Nani Braganza, with a voting margin of something like 530,000! Wow, wow, wow! Sabi da, it’s just…

Why spend millions to serve? By Bebot Villar   TAPOS na ang bakbakan sa pulitika. Finally, quiet na rin ang kapaligiran. We’ve finally seen and heard the end ng mga maiingay na trompa, speeches na halos mapatid na ang ugat sa leeg ng mga candidates para sila’y mapakinggan at sana’y…

Kamaganak, Inc. By +Oscar V. Cruz, JCD.   THERE were those – not exactly hopeful much less inspiring – years that a set of relatives took the reigns of then government. The previous one was a dark episode in the history of the country particularly so on three counts: The…

Post-election: Let’s move on! 
 By Johanne Margarette R. Macob    EVER wondered what the winners and, of course, the not-so-lucky contenders do after elections? There is no precise data on that, perhaps. But as far as I am concerned, this is what I think:  I believe both sides celebrate: the…