THROW AWAY THAT MONKEY WRENCH. Minority Councilor Red Erfe-Mejia wants another public hearing on the proposed Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance, a request he already made before and which his colleagues in the majority readily granted. I don’t see why the majority in the Dagupan city council should grant his second request since the issues were…
What’s VM Brian Lim up to? By Ermin Garcia Jr. TWO weeks ago, the PUNCH carried the headline: “DAGUPAN FINALLY OKS FISH PEN BAN.” And naturally, I thought the city government finally has the lethal weapon to finally stop what appeared to be another proliferation of fish pens in Dagupan’s…
Political environment can’t be ignored By Jun Velasco IT’S tempting to write about politics when you are a roving journalist; it would be a disgrace to ignore the environment. What are those tarpaulins, TV and radio blurbs for but to mesmerize the people’s consciousness! On Wednesday, three top politicians were…
Duterte to fill Grace Poe’s slot if disqualified By Gonzalo Duque OUR province and city of Dagupan are fast becoming the favorite destination of national candidates. A few days ago, popular Sen. Grace Poe, the adoptive daughter of the late movie action king FPJ was in several parts, principally in…
The ‘Generals’ By Al S. Mendoza (Happy birthday to my brothers living in Mangatarem—Kuya Vicente Nov. 7, and Kuya Onie Nov. 10. I owe you the usual, Kuyas.) * * * * ON the street where I was born is located a vacant lot close to my heart. That…
Enforce the helmet law strictly By Bebot Villar OUR local government units nationwide have enacted ordinances for the mandatory wearing of helmets by motorcycle drivers and riders. However, I note that these ordinances are not strictly enforced! Recently, a child of a friend died due to an accident as a…
Finding Truth By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo LOGIC is concerned with truth, and it has presented us with a set of rules which are assumed to be self-evident. But not all truths are self-evident. What maybe logically true may not be the truth, in reality. Over time, I realized that there…
How the first game was won By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. FINALLY the much-delayed and much-awaited UCAAP Inter-Collegiate Jimmy Fernandez Basketball Challenge best-of-three championship series battle between defending champions Lyceum Northwestern University Dukes and University of Pangasinan PHINMA Flames started last Thursday at DWAD gym. The boys of Dukes head…
Help us By Johanne Margarette R. Macob WE always hear people echoing our national hero’s view that the youths are the hope of our motherland. Ironically, nowadays, we also often hear people telling how the youths of today are different from those of yesteryears. The noted differences are, more often than…
THE RAP FOR DELAYED SALARIES. A college instructor in a government institution sent this corner a text message seeking help. The message said their salary had been delayed for a month already in their various campuses. “We do not know why and what’s going on?,” the text sender said. “And…
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