Drugs, Kapitans, Duterte By: Ulysses R. Butuyan PANGASINAN’S 1,074 KAPITANS ARE DRUG SUSPECTS. Have the local newspapers enough space for their obituaries? BJMP URDANETA PERSONNEL 100% NEGATIVE OF DRUG USE. Maybe no one there is selling drug anymore. WAR ON DRUGS: UPSCALE BARS, NIGHTCLUBS NEXT. Drug lords are last…
Brgy Binloc drug trade still active By Bebot Villar IT looks like there is still no serious effort to stop the illegal drug trade in Brgy Bonuan Binloc in Dagupan City, in spite of all the things I have written in this corner! According to our sources, drug users…
Signs from the universe By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo MORE than a year ago, I was supposed to have a very important meeting, so i wanted to make sure that everything was okay. First, i charged all three mobile phones and opened all communication lines. Second, i excused myself from…
WIN SOME, LOSE SOME – When San Manuel Councilor Sheila Marie Perez-Galicia won anew as president of the Philippine Councilors’ League (Pangasinan chapter), it was a loss not only by her defeated opponent, Councilor Juday Vargas of Lingayen. It was a tough fight as Bokal Sheila and her family had…
Guv Pogi, carry on erpat’s golden record! By Gonzalo Duque MAYBE it can be told now. With the high-flying and superb performance of President Duterte, and a jubilant electorate, the character of our electoral system, we believe, must have been very much upgraded. Congrats, 16…
Zeroing in on Pacquiao & Diaz By Al S. Mendoza MANNY Pacquiao and now, Hidilyn Diaz. They are both sports heroes. But before achieving success, they were both dirt-poor. The duo came from Mindanao—Pacquiao a fish vendor from GenSan, Diaz a water-gatherer from Zamboanga. The commonalities end there. For,…
Cops, drugs and drug lords By: Ulysses R. Butuyan PANGASINAN COPS DRUG TESTED, ONE POSITIVE. How come he has not yet been killed in a “shootout” while many among mere suspects have already been murdered? STRICT ENFORCEMENT OF TRAFFIC ORDINANCES ORDERED. Is there an ordinance banning the obese from…
Wrong equation By Bebot Villar IT seems we have politicians who discuss the drug problem but have no idea what is all about! Take Senator Ralph Recto for example. He recently said that it would take 200 years for us to rehabilitate the estimated 1.3 million drug users in the country!…
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