A good question By Oscar V. Cruz THE truth of the matter is that so many serious and highly relevant questions deserving of true answers are on deck for some time now since the assumption of office by the present Malacañang occupant. And after recently alleging that he would…
Dukes failed to clinch the slot By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. UCAAP champions the Lyceum Northwestern University Dukes, representing our province in the just concluded Philippine Collegiate Champions League (PCCL) North-Central Regional Championship demonstrated a splendid play in its first three games by routing its two opponents the Vigan City…
Smoking ban anew By Hilda M. Austria THE Department of Health (DOH) recently announced in its Facebook page the issuance of memorandum number 17 series of 2009 by the Civil Service Commission (CSC), prohibiting smoking (cigarettes) in government offices, catering to health, education and social welfare and development like…
English Language in Sessions. I wonder who started it all, using the English language during sanggunian sessions when they should be promoting our national language for the benefit of their constituents who listens and for one, their colleagues who have difficulty expressing themselves with the universal language. A neophyte councilor…
Good things happened By Ermin Garcia Jr. THERE were two significant events that put Dagupan City in the limelight last week deservedly. The first was the appearance of Mayor Belen Fernandez as a presentation speaker at the 6th Global Conference of the Alliance of Healthy Cities sponsored by WHO…
An aristocrat governing a plebian people By Oscar V. Cruz THE above contradictory phenomenon is not hard to understand and thereby in addition also know its adverse, pitiful and at times even detestable consequences. Calling to mind the said reality however is not in any way intended to look…
Live your life on earth fully By Jun Velasco “What is more foolish, the child afraid of the dark or the adult afraid of the light?” –Maurice Freehill ON our way home to Bonuan last Wednesday, our attention riveted to a commotion across the UPANG-Phinma campus along Arellano…
Turf war By Gonzalo Duque SOME friends asked, ano ba ang puno’t dulo ng awayan nila Mark C at Spines? Ok, in the solemn spirit of All Saints Day, we shall simplify the story. It started when Mark announced his plan to run for governor. The timing State of…
Pacquiao-Mayweather fight looks inevitable By Al S. Mendoza REMEMBER this: Talks of a Pacquiao-Mayweather fight will never die down. For as long as Manny Pacquiao is not retired, the specter of a fight happening between them will stick like a vulca seal, if not mighty bond. For as long…
Effective strategy By Bebot Villar THE Dagupan City police and other law enforcers raided again that notorious hotbed for illegal drugs in Dagupan – Sitio Aling! And in simultaneous raids conducted last Tuesday, 14 persons were arrested and 87 sachets of shabu were seized. Big haul! I have heard…
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