The farming of milkfish in sea cages By Roberto Garcia THE many problems besetting the culture of milkfish in ponds, particularly poor water quality, flooding and the high cost of development, have led many operators to find alternative solutions. The prospect of culturing bangus in offshore sea cages in Pangasinan waters…
Tangay-tangay ed Pozorrubio By Mel V. Jovellanos AKIN et saray ombahley na Pozorrubio et tatawagen dara’n tangay-tangay? Walay maoges ya pakaawat ed itan a salita. Saray tangay – tangay singa ra toon arawi’y pogta na isip. Say pakatalus na arum ingen sakey kuno’n toon tangaw-tangaw odino alintaweng. Nen panaon ya…
Anto sirin, ey!
Freedom-oppressing cybercrime law By Johanne Margarette R. Macob ARE we having martial-law-cyberspace-edition now? I was surprised how fast the Cybercrime concept was put into law as RA 10175, taking into consideration the Freedom of Information (FOI) bill’s pending state. Did the President and the senators who voted actually mull the…
Young Roots
By Leonardo Galvez THE fuss over the person of Leo Angeles who filed a suit against the city administration on the issue of graft and corruption surrounding the aborted purchase of the Awai lot in San Jacinto has gone vitriolic. It’s orchestrated by the city’s PR arms to discredit him….
What’s the fuss?
Simple Living? By S. Bill Jimenez THE ECONOMY is sagging! Prices of commodities are soaring. What shall we do? Live simply? Life is meant to be simple. Our needs are simple, but greed, pride, and ego (“edging God out?”) make life complex. Even in this 21st century, with many advances in science…
A Kabaleyan’s Thoughts…
Monumental epal By Ermin Garcia Jr. AS expected, the ballyhooed campaign of the Lim administration contra illegal drugs in Dagupan turned out to be just another monumental epal, BSL-vintage. Evidently, all the publicity about dialogue with barangay officials and Moro community leaders and the MOA-signing with teachers and NGOs were…
Punchline
Implications of Spines’ Guam visit By Jun Velasco “Success is a journey, not a destination,” Ben Sweetland AS we go to press, a Philippine Star dispatch said that falsification charges have been filed against lawyer Jer Samson who misrepresented himself as executive of Stradcom Corp., the company that legally belongs to tycoon Cesar…
Think about it
Guv’nor Spines virtually unopposed By Gonzalo Duque WHOEVER said that former Mayor Al Fernandez is out of the Dagupan mayoral contest did not read the political crystal ball correctly. In our several meetings at Pedritos, we were able to read his mind: he still has his former post in mind, and…
Playing with Fire
Weeping for the trees of my youth By Al S. Mendoza OMIGOSH! Illegal logging while I was sleeping—right in my own backyard? I didn’t know about it, until the Sunday PUNCH published it (Sept 2-8, 2012 issue). Mangatarem, my beloved hometown, was among nine Pangasinan towns now being pinned down…
General Admission
Cong. Gina can help By Bebot Villar IT used to be simple theft of cash, jewelry at portable appliances ang mga ginagamit ng mga drug addicts to support their illegal habit. Next came stealing of motorcycles then, yes, of live goats! This became evident when the Dagupan police arrested two…




