Taking a break in Taiwan By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. ZHONGLI, TAOYUAN – After my last trip to Singapore five months ago, I took a brief break anew and chose this booming, beautiful and colorful country called Taiwan. Unlike my first visit here in 1980, I was amazed by…
Travel, Tourism and the ASEAN A travel journal that will give you a pleasant view of people, places, food, culture, history and events from a refreshing perspective By @SiRVis THE 31st ASEAN Summit and Related Summits will be held on November 10-14, 2017 here in the Philippines. In attendance…
CITY UNDER ORTIZ’S WATCH –Dagupan will no doubt eventually become drug-free in a matter of days as Barangay Pugaro already has become the 30th barangay declared drug-free in Dagupan. P/Supt. Franklin Ortiz, Dagupan chief of police, said Pugaro was cleared on the level of the City Anti-Drug Abuse Council (CADAC), that leaves only…
Woe is the next generation after this By Ermin Garcia Jr. PERHAPS my fears for the future may be unwarranted and baseless but given what I am seeing today, the virulent hostilities being waged by and between ‘Dutertards’ and ‘Yellowtards’ in social media (and slowly finding their way into…
Digong and Roque have many things in common By Atty. Gonzalo Duque NO, there’s nothing morbid nor unusual about the recent SSS brouhaha, an alleged stock trading controversy. It’s a simple case of misdemeanor which does not involve the new leadership under chairman Amado Valdez. What matters is it…
Dark forces still hound the PBA By Al S. Mendoza AS I write this, Commissioner Chito Narvasa of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) was under fire. Meaning, dark forces wanted Narvasa out. I know the usual suspects: Alaska and Talk ‘N’ Text. They were very vocal in opposing the…
How the PANELCO quintet won By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. THE Pangasinan Electric Cooperative (PANELCO) cage squad landed fourth in the quarterfinals to notch the last slot for the semis in the First Pangasinan Inter-Agency Basketball Tournament organized By Gov. Amado I. Espino lll. The west Pangasinan-based PANELCO despite…
DOING THINGS THE LEGIT WAY. Filibustering according to the Webster’s dictionary, is an act in legislation of obstructing a measure through the delivery of long speeches. Many believe this is what Dagupan Councilor Redford Erfe-Mejia has been doing in the city council albeit unfounded, to block the passage of measures even in…
Wanted: More data on war on drugs By Ermin Garcia Jr. WITH hopes of seeing Pangasinan possibly as the first province in the region to be declared drug-free, there are still questions that beg some answers from the Pangasinan PNP-PDEA to assure communities that these are now safe from…
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