Millennial consciousness By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo THE Pew Research Center recently classified the generation of Millennials as those born between 1981-1996 (23-38 years old). Michael Dimock, the President of the Center clarified that these “cutoff points aren’t an exact science.” These are tools to analyze “the different shifts in how age…
Mangaldan’s pride, volley belle Roselyn Doria By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. VOLLEYBALL diehard followers should know who Roselyn Doria is. Yes, she’s from Pangasinan but only few of them know that she’s from my town Mangaldan. Admittedly, I know that the lass was from Pangasinan taking it from the volleyball…
By: Ashok G. Vasandani Here’s a story I read in a page on www.moralstories.org. I’d like to share, something we can all learn from. The kite without a threadAuthor Unknown ONCE a father and son went to the kite flying festival. The young son became very happy seeing the sky…
Fake news during the campaign By Leonardo Micua ONE item we missed last week was a clearance issued by the Office of the Ombudsman certifying that as of May 7, no criminal or administrative case, is pending against Governor Amado Ignacio Espino III before the graft investigation body. The clearance…
Crying Baby By MAMI ORIGAMI refers to the Japanese art of folding plain or colored paper into visual art – boxes birds, butterflies, flowers, hearts, etc. But, when kids with their tiny, pudgy fingers can turn out insightful though clumsy interpretation of the things they usually encounter in their small…
Vote-buying or Voter-calamity-fund? By Ermin Garcia Jr. THE Comelec was swamped with reports of vote-buying in the country. The situation in Pangasinan was certainly no different. As thousands will attest, they who were programmed to receive both cash and grocery goodies, local candidates here must have spent millions to carry…
“Killing” Belen by disinformation By Gonzalo Duque CONGRATULATIONS to all the winners in the just concluded elections. Ditto to the losers, especially to those who put up a good fight and gave the winners some sleepless nights and, euphemistically, a run for their money till they were nosed out in the…
It was also a vote of confidence for Duterte By Al S. Mendoza THE Inquirer said it all. In its headline on Wednesday, May 15, the Inquirer bannered: “ADMIN BETS’ DOMINANCE SHOWS DUTERTE MAGIC.” The story said President Duterte’s allies took nearly all of the 12 slots in the senatorial race….
La Cucaracha By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo I used to sing the song “Samonsindakit” with other children in Sangilo, where I grew up as a child. It is a joyful song which we sang and danced to on top of our voices, without understanding what it meant. “Samonsindakit sinidana! Samonsindakit sinino…
Inter-Town/City cagefest will continue By Jesus A. Garcia, Jr. THE midterm election is over but the bickering, mudslinging and blaming still continue. The Filipino people had already spoken with some surprising results. New faces emerged to lead the towns and cities of Pangasinan, among them, the capital town Lingayen, my…
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