Bato for president gains support By Gonzalo Duque OUR beloved province is in the limelight! But for the wrong reason! For a while, we were at a loss if we should write this column. You know the reason why. We are still shocked by the news headlines in Manila….
Pacquiao: Senator by day, boxer by nightv By Al S. Mendoza MANNY Pacquiao is back to where he does best: Training. Yes, the People’s Champ is back on the road—literally. He jogged morning of Monday. Before lunch, he was at the Senate. By nightfall, he was in the roped…
Duterte, drug killings and police By: Ulysses R. Butuyan DE LIMA ADMITS ‘SNIPPETS OF TRUTH.’ It’s not “sniffets of truth.” PALACE TO UN: DUTERTE NOT COMMITTING INTERNATIONAL CRIME. Summary executions, arbitrary arrests and illegal searches and seizures are not considered human rights violations. When will the world learn to…
Proud of Sto. Tomas By Bebot Villar I AM mighty proud of the achievement of my hometown Sto. Tomas, especially after Senior Superintendent Ronald Lee told the Sangguniang Panlalawigan last week that all ten (10) barangays of the town are “drug – free”! In fact, he said out of…
PH’s ‘Firsts’ in Rio Olympics By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. THE 2016 Rio Olympic Games concluded last Monday, August 22 PH time, and I’m sure, many like me, followed the quadrennial meet from day 1 to day 15 and noted how our 13 athletes fared. Alas, it was only…
DUTERTE’S BOMBSHELL — Everybody was appalled early Thursday when news broke out about the drug matrix released by President Duterte that named five Pangasinenses in the alleged drug trade in the New Bilibid Prisons. Fifth District Rep. Amado Espino Jr, former Department of Justice Undersecretary Francisco ‘Toti” Baraan III, his…
PDU30 knows what Kapitans do By Ermin Garcia Jr. LAST week, Sen. Alan S. Cayetano filed a bill seeking to postpone the barangay elections! First the bad news. The Duterte administration is reportedly inclined to support the bill. This means that the corrupt barangay officials who to this…
Agenda for Dagupan’s new police chief By Gonzalo Duque FIFTY days of President Digong in Malacanang could be likened to an entire term of a Philippine president’s 6-year accomplishment in the fight against crime. No, we are not exaggerating, not at all. Directly and indirectly, our new president has…
Hidilyn, heroine for all seasons By Al S. Mendoza LOOK, Hidilyn Diaz has not only become an instant celebrity. She has also transformed herself into a multi-millionaire. Already richer by a law-mandated P5 million, the incentive was jacked up by obvious Hidilyn fans to more eye-popping figures. First, it…
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