Mandatory drug-testing By Bebot Villar THE Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-Cagayan Valley proposes to make the drug testing a requirement for the incoming college students. Under the proposal, a student will not be allowed to enroll if he/she has no clearance from PDEA. According to Atty. Sherwin Closa, PDEA…
Poor Filipinos By +Oscar V. Cruz, JCD THE above expression can have one or more of the following understandings: One, it is a big and deep lamentation about the pervasive poverty and misery the People of the Philippines are immersed in. Two, it is a big worry on the…
Pangasinan cyclists plummet By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. THE first three months of this year was not so bright for our Pangasinan cyclists. This year, our professional riders were again outshone at the 14-day Ronda Pilipinas bikathon with only two of our local bets landing in the top ten overall…
Sanlaksan umaanlong Nen Santiago Villafania MIBIANG so Pangasinan ed nagawan 100 Thousand Poets for Change (www.100TPC.org) no Septiembri 27, 2014 dia ed nanduruman pasen ed lapag a mundo. Imparungtal ko iyan programa ed si OIC Lolita T. Delos Santos na Provincial Library nen a-25 na Marso tan inoprisi ran…
Our Aquaculture Bounty By Johanne Margarette R. Macob SUMMER is here. I know everyone can already feel the (more) tanning days, not to mention, beaches are our great buddies again. People from all over are now planning their vacations usually filled with activities as swimming, island hopping, and even spelunking,…
Finally, a demand for accountability By Ermin Garcia Jr. WE, at The PUNCH, feel vindicated by the 2013 extensive report submitted by Commission on Audit’s (COA) Auditor Virgilio Quinto . The series of suspected graft cases being committed with impunity during the Lim administration that we reported were confirmed…
Bayambang – father of Ph’s modern national language? By Jun Velasco “To be doing good is man’s most glorious task.” Sophocles OVERHEARD at Orly Navarro’s “Orly in the morning” program over DWIZ—is this eraption, “Those who have less in life should have more in-laws.”
Bangus fest season is here! By Gonzalo Duque THURSDAY evening, the Lyceum Northwestern University students were thrilled no end by songbird Yeng Constantino, thanks to the dynamic student council headed by Danilo Soriano. Palakpakan natin ang dynamic student council for its mature and responsive leadership. This young man, Daniel,…
The ‘ampaw’ in P-Noy & the ‘ampaw-ness’ of it all By Al S. Mendoza I like what a friend of mine had texted me only a while back. “Let us support the recent call of President Aquino,” he said. “Let us not vote for an ‘ampaw’ in the coming…
New Pinoy culture By Bebot Villar IT’S only in the Philippines where every town celebrates fiestas all year round. Wala namang masama rito because we are predominantly a Christian country. Malakas ang ating pananampalataya. Naisip siguro noon ng ating mga ninuno holding fiesta celebration is the best way para…
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