Saboteurs By Ermin Garcia Jr. THERE are strong indications that there are efforts to sabotage the remaining days of the Lim administration in Dagupan City under the watch of Vice Mayor (and mayor-elect) Belen Fernandez. The attempt to completely destroy the Daongan ed Dawel as a tourist attraction is…
Bayambang and Philippine independence By Jun Velasco “Every man is where he is by the law of his being, the thoughts he has built into his character have brought him there.”—James Allen IF you saw “El Presidente,” the movie, which tells about the life and times of Gen….
Otek na asipet (Brain of a cockroach) By Gonzalo Duque KABALEYAN Channel had two interesting guests lately. POSO Chief Robert Erfe Mejia, Schools Supt. Gloria Torres and City Agriculturist Emma Molina had timely messages for the Pangasinan, especially Dagupan public. Durable friend Robert Erfe Mejia, a good “navigator,” proposed that his…
Healing and sealing By Al S. Mendoza HEALING wounds and sealing scars are worlds apart. Wounds can be healed quickly, depending on the injured. And scars can be sealed forever, depending on the scarred. Politicians that can’t accept defeat so easily are incapable of quick healing. They forget that…
Crime still does not pay By Bebot Villar ANG dumaan na June 5, 2013 ay nagkaroon ng historic significance kasi definitive justice in the fight against illegal drugs was obtained and unfolded in the Philippines. This proves na walang sinisino ang hustisya. Parang malakas na bombang sumabog ang news…
Economy Grows By A Stunning 7.8% By +Oscar V. Cruz, JCD SO was it loudly said that the Philippine economy grew. So did a known broadsheet carried it as a headline. So were the people either glowing in delight and appreciation or wondering and jeering with disbelief if not…
Picking the Heat to win again By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. I’M SURE we, as avid fans of basketball games, followed the NBA playoffs especially the Eastern Conference finals between the Miami Heat and the Indiana Pacers that surprisingly lasted the maximum seventh game. Before the start of the…
Anacbanua | Pangasinan PEN Nen Santiago Villafania KADA bansa a walaan na mabilay tan mabunan litiratura et walaan met na tatawagen a literary movements: romanticism, transcendentalism, realism, symbolism, surrealism, dadaism, postmodernism, magical realism, new formalism, beat, tan arum ni’ran ism a nipaakar ed kuritan ono litiratura.
A new chapter By Johanne Margarette R. Macob IT was a sultry morning and then drops of rain fell in the late afternoon till night time, resulting in moist, mud and yes, headaches. She took a final sip of her previously-hot coffee along with some meds before deciding to lock…
Accountabilities of Vlad Mata and Tony Uy By Ermin Garcia Jr. FIRST the good news. The evidence of technical malversation of public funds and corruption by the Lim administration is already piling up so fast and so high in just over a two-week period since Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez…
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