A crisis summit By Ermin Garcia Jr. THE signs are ominous and these are written all over the world’s wall of resistance and denial! Between the destruction of properties and lives wrought by super typhoon Yolanda in the Visayas and the unprecedented toll on lives caused by the arctic…
Ph, a ‘potential atomic bomb?’ By Jun Velasco “Explore daily the will of God,” —C.G. Jung FELLOW columnist Gonz Duque may have touched off a most sensitive chord in his column last week with his forecast of the new year (2014) as a potential political atomic bomb. Sorry…
No objection to proposed new school opening but… By Gonzalo Duque WE wish to congratulate Region 1”s new chief Director Teody Taguibao, an Ilocano like you and us. He hails from Cagayan. He replaced Dr. Caridad Abuan who is now in Region III. Dr. Caring has done superbly well….
Beloved Mangatarem By Al S. Mendoza PROGRESS doesn’t come easily. They say you need to work hard to attain progress. And progress spells success. Easier said than done. How come our farmers, who toil the fields almost from sunrise to sundown, remain poor? Isn’t it an irony that the…
Drug lords’ main target: Children By Bebot Villar FIRST of all, I would like to thank my kumpadre, Gonz Duque, for greeting me “Merry Christmas.” He is such a good sport and understanding and he is a true kumpadre and friend. There are many whom I also worked with…
The Political Community By +Oscar V. Cruz, JCD IN few and simple words, the political community is the composite of individuals called politicians precisely by practicing politics. The politicians, in turn, as commonly known and repeatedly said, are public officials meant for public service for the good and welfare…
Tribute to Gerry Lacuesta By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. A ONE-DAY bicycle road race will be held in Bayambang on March 16 in honor of Atty. Geruncio Lacuesta as one of the activities to celebrate Bayambang’s quadricentennial anniversary.
Uni Berso Nen Santiago Villafania LIKUD ed awaran tan kultura na luyag, anto so napantotongtongan tan singbatan na sakey a pari, umaanlong, kulturati, tan urbai (inaon ed Urduja tan Babaylan) bilang komisioner na Pangasinan Historical and Cultural Commission (PHCC) kasumpla na miting da?
Here’s to our present-day heroes By Johanne Margarette R. Macob BANG went the gun and another hero was known. Well, we have been used to defining hero as a person who has sacrificed his life fighting for democracy, independence, freedom, liberation, or whatever you want to call it. Our national…
Crunch time By Ermin Garcia Jr. IT’S crunch time for the Belen Fernandez administration. After Mayor Belen proved her detractors wrong when she managed the city’s fiscal crisis that she inherited from her predecessor, creditably well, she must now attend to festering issues that test her political mettle. Will…
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