Unsung heroes By Jun Velasco “Greatness is not self conscious,” Anon ANY day now or on Martial Law Day, September 21, our local TV people, the likes of Ms. Michelle Soriano would ask us to recall our 30-day incarceration…
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So Grace Poe has declared! Ho-hum… By Gonzalo Duque A VERY good friend, Atty. Connie Perez, is very mad at dynamite fishers plying their nefarious trade at the Lingayen Gulf in San Fabian. She texted us the other day, fuming at the criminal temerity of illegal fishers using explosives that…
Playing with fire
Show biz versus traditional politicians By Al S. Mendoza THE obvious question now is: Do we want a show biz-powered occupant at the Palace or a traditional politician? Grace Poe is show biz, the adopted daughter of the late FPJ the King of Philippine movies and Susan Roces the Queen…
General Admission
A matter of personal commitment By Bebot Villar ANOTHER priority project of the Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) under the Youth Development Programs was held at the CSI Stadia, Dagupan City last September 9, 2015. The one-day event, the provincial Inter-School Stage Play Competition (ISPLACOM), was aimed at highlighting the theatrical…
Deretsahan
LNU and UL quintets, champions again? By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. THERE are two collegiate basketball tourneys being held here in Dagupan City these days. The Universities Colleges Athletic Association of Pangasinan (UCAAP) and the (Private School Athletic Association (PRISAA) tourney. UCAAP is composed of five tertiary schools is spearheaded…
Sports Eye
Heneral Luna and the timeless Filipino problem By Johanne R. Macob “Mga kapatid, meron tayong mas malaking kaaway kay sa mga Amerikano, ang ating sarili.” Thus warned General Antonio Luna, whose character was outstandingly portrayed by actor John Arcilla, in a film that talked about history not only as a…
Young Roots
THE EXCISE TAX FOR THE FARMERS. Until I passed by Laoac on Wednesday on my way to Dagupan from Binalonan last week, I did not believe the persistent reports that the Laoac Dairy Farm, built from public funds (the Priority Development Assistance Fund of then 5th District Rep. Mark Cojuangco…
Random Thoughts
Getting away with murder By Ermin Garcia Jr. LAST week we reported the cutting of more live trees along the Manila National Road in Pozorrubio. Reading the prescription set in the permit issued by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources Highways’ (DENR) Regional Director –OIC Paquito Moreno Jr. to…
Punchline
At PSU’s President Buted’s installation By Jun Velasco “What a man is survives him. It can never be buried.” -J.R. Miller Dexter Buted’s installation as president of Pangasinan State University last Thursday underscores a universal axiom that poverty is not a hindrance to a person’s success. At the investiture rites…
