By Ermin Garcia Jr. THE concept of establishing community pantries in neighborhoods is already catching fire across the country. Why aren’t there many community pantries in the towns and cities in Pangasinan where a handful of civic, religious, professional groups thrive? The community pantry as a concept is what…
By Al S. Mendoza YUKA Saso, Jerwin Ancajas and Ana Patricia Non are Filipino heroes sprouting amid the pandemic. Saso and Ancajas did their thing in sports. Non in socio-economic sphere. Saso and Ancajas had put the country in the world map again. Non in the nation’s consciousness. By finishing tied…
By Leonardo Micua WHILE Dagupan City is about to celebrate its Bangus Festival on April 30, the Dagupan bangus growers and vendors, particularly the vendors at the Magsaysay Fish Market, came out in the local media lamenting the order of things in local markets. They have been complaining of earning…
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo A few hours from now and the Maginhawa Community Pantry shall begin to share the goods it received from various individuals and groups from all parts of the country. All the other pantries that have sprouted all over the country will open as well, some…
By Atty. Farah G. Decano THAT Vice President Leni Robredo incurred the ire of President Rodrigo Duterte for helping the victims of typhoon Ulysses last year and for assisting the riding public in Manila during the early parts of the pandemic, was understandable, not that I am saying Malacanang’s…
By Jesus A. Garcia, Jr. I was better known as a professional cyclist having started in January 1965 and ended my career on January 19, 1978 when I migrated to Uncle Sam’s land. I made a comeback in the 1982 Marlboro Tour at 36-years old, after four years of absence….
By Ermin Garcia Jr. IT has become undoubtedly clear that Pangasinan cannot think or believe for a moment that it is not affected by the situations obtaining in NCR+, because it is. But here’s the contentious issue that has since confronted the provincial government. When Pangasinan relatives residing in…
By Al S. Mendoza A jab usually happens in boxing. It is delivered by the left hand if you are an orthodox. Orthodox, meaning you are a right-hander. In boxing, the jab is the lightest of all punches. That’s why it usually cannot hurt the one absorbing it. It is…
By Leonardo Micua WE don’t know if the national Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Disease made the right decision in recommending to President Rodrigo Duterte the downgrading of the quarantine classification of NCR+ bubble from ECQ to the less restrictive MECQ. While the surge may have slowed down a…
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo WHEN I listen to Dr. Tony Leachon, former Special Adviser to the National Task Force on COVID-19, the conclusion is that the Philippine Healthcare system is on the verge of a collapse. To him, and most of the scientific community, there is no other conclusion…
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