Political Will By Bebot Villar LAST week, the Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) conducted the “Orientation on Barangay Clearing” seminar in Sto. Tomas, Pangasinan through the initiative of Mayor Timoteo “Dick” Villar III. The activity was held after the awarding of Plaque of Appreciation to Mayor Villar during the Monday…
Another PH failure in SEA Games By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. WATCHING the 28th Southeast Asia Games Singapore 2015 in the flesh was my first time to do it abroad. To minimize expenses, I and my son Jazy planned only on staying there for three days and three nights only…
Resignation By Hilda Austria JOURNALISM has been my dream profession since my elementary days, although the passion for it was only ignited when I was in college. It was then when I thought it was just about being seen in the television or heard on the radio or reading…
ACKNOWLEDGING THE PROBLEM. The problem posed by the garbage dumpsite in Binmaley town located inside a military reservation appears to be more serious than the controlled garbage dumpsite in Dagupan although both are located near the beach. Fortunately, Mayor Simplicio Rosario did not lose his cool and easily acknowledged that…
Who’s in charge? By Ermin Garcia Jr. THE news about the recall of P/Sr. Supt. Belli Tamayo as OIC-police provincial director after only 3 weeks of making the rounds and introducing himself, made me wonder what made the PNP regional office do it. So I called the PNP regional…
Bongbong Marcos at close range By Jun Velasco “Wisdom is obtained by reading the mind of God.” – Wallace D. Wattles FREEDOM Day in Dagupan was enlivened, as usual, by DepEd’s young dancers and choirs. We just said that important events like recalling our heroes’ exploits would be impossible…
P-Noy consistently hates newspapers By Al S. Mendoza ALMOST every time now that President Aquino speaks in public, he attacks his critics. A bad habit, indeed. He did it again on Thursday, when he addressed the Ilonggo Republic in Iloilo City. He was there, among others, to inaugurate the…
Pangasinan contractors excluded By Bebot Villar NABANGIT ko na in the past na the contractors of Pangasinan were up in arms, figuratively, against the DPWH for excluding them from participating in the bidding for the Carmen exit of TPLEx (to Baguio and Nueva Ecija). There were local contractors who…
Can the Cavaliers win the title this year? By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. I’M SURE many of you followed the first three games of the best-of-seven series NBA finals between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Golden State Warriors. The first two games were a split at the Warriors’ turf with…
Rules are rules By Johanne Margarette R. Macob FROM the largest governing bodies to the smallest entities, there are rules. The Philippine government has its Constitution providing all this state’s laws and provisions. Sports and games have rules. Even relationships or thy self have rules. Rules that are ought…
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