Threats to the nation’s peace By Hilda Austria THE ISIS, a religious extremist or terrorist group, recently released a video beheading 21 Egyptian Christians with a threat to shed more blood in the nations of the cross. Although the interpretation for the term ‘nations of the cross’ used is unclear,…
OFFICIAL WIFE’S USE? While the provincial government of Pangasinan was too generous to give our honorable bokals a brand new white Ford Everest each,for their official use. Most felt that the abuse would be seen sooner or later, and true enough, the wife of a bokal was seen using the…
Leonardo J. Galvez CA, USA Is Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas out of touch with the plight of his flock? Instead of sharing with the poor folks the extra revenues collected during Pope Francis last January 15-19, these are being turned over to the pontiff to help finance his charitable projects….
Fil-Chinese or Chi-Noy? By Ermin Garcia Jr. HERE’S a trivia. To this day, we continue to refer to a “Filipino-Chinese” community as nationals or naturalized Filipinos with Chinese ancestry, not really understanding the nuance behind it. As correctly pointed out by Teresita Ang See, a noted activist in Manila’s…
Duterte, De Venecia, Duque in focus By Jun Velasco “He has half the deed done, who has made a beginning,” Homer WE call it DDDD, that big event last Wednesday in Dagupan. What’s DDDD? It is Dagupan, Davao, Duterte and Duque, haha! Don’t get us wrong, the pun is zeroing…
‘No compromise with criminals!’—Duterte By Gonzalo Duque RELUCTANT presidential wannabe Rody Duterte wowed his Pangasinan audience composed mostly of students, university professors and civic leaders last Wednesday. Venue, of course, was our LNU, ahem! Pag nag-presidente si Rody, mga abay, alam nyo na ang lalapitan nyo ha ha! But…
Fight is on but it will be a big bore By Al S. Mendoza HOPE springs eternal. So, don’t lose hope. We all want to see the Pacquiao-Mayweather fight to happen, right? Be patient. As I write this, Floyd Mayweather Jr. is into the homestretch of reviewing the final…
No MERS-CoV in Pangasinan By Bebot Villar THERE were five — not one — Pangasinan overseas Filipino workers (OFW), who were on the same Saudi Airlines flight with a Filipino nurse infected with the dreaded Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus or MERS-CoV. The good news is lahat ng mga…
Trip to Houston By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. FORT WORTH, TEXAS—-AFTER six days in Houston and three days visiting the farthest southern part of the state of Texas like McAllen, Alamo, San Juan and Pharr, my father’s hometown, I’m back here at Fort Worth where my twin daughters Raina…
Our Three Missions By Johanne Margarette R. Macob I AM not a church-goer. I haven’t read the bible in its entirety. I haven’t been praying the novena regularly. I’ve attended just a few Holy processions. If these were the standards of what makes a person religious, then I must admit…
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