The High Value Fishpond Pest By Roberto Garcia LAST week I wrote about a fishpond pest that can be used to control spread of dengue-carrying mosquitoes. Now let me tell you about other “pests” that apparently have beneficial effects if not monetary value.
Turtles in robes By: Ulysses Raciles Butuyan (Author is the Executive Judge of the Regional Trial Court in Tayug). COUNTING our numbers with the use of fingers and toes would not work. Enlisting the help of millipedes might do wonders. We are the turtles in the judiciary, whose pace in…
A legacy in Gabaldon By Leonardo J. Galvez CONGRESSWOMAN Marilyn Primicias-Agabas made her presence felt in Pangasinan’s sixth district by initiating the renovation of the century-old Galbaldon building at the Tayug Central School. With no over sized billboards to announce the event, her props are the overworked classroom teachers, school…
The economic saboteurs in Pangasinan By Ermin Garcia Jr. THE cable thieves are digging up underground cables and cutting wires off electric posts all over the province like picking apples in a farm. That is not as shocking as much as knowing that the governor’s office, the provincial board and…
This man is armed with miracle cures By Jun Velasco “You feed the body several times a day; don’t starve the mind.”—Har Dayal LAST Tuesday, we were with the family of the late Justice Porfirio Sison led by writer Mita Sison-Duque to celebrate the late journalist-jurist’s 92nd birthday at the President’s…
Police, media should join hands By Gonzalo Duque WE are excited and humbled by the growing business activities in Dagupan City. O, sikat ka la lamet Mayor Benjie ha? But no kidding, dear readers, with malice to none, we, ourselves, who have a modest business here are happy that more and more business…
Good luck to Phl Smart Gilas By Al S. Mendoza (My deepest condolences to Hermie & Tina Rivera of Dagupan City/Rosario, La Union/San Francisco, CA, whose daughter, Christine, succumbed to cardiac arrest during a business trip to New York last week. Christine was so young, so alive, when the “thief…
Jueteng – Daang matuwid – Jueteng By +Oscar V. Cruz, JCD THERE is something not only interesting but also intriguing—if not downright suspicious—about the above tripod wherein strangely enough, the so called “Daang Matuwid” has Jueteng precisely before and after it. The former supposedly stands for integrity and honestly. The…
Meeting Marquez again By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. (First of two parts) I HAD the opportunity of meeting world boxing champ Juan Manuel Marquez three times in the past and after those encounters, I longed to meet him again. Those previous meetings were not good enough for me because I…
Phl is no chicken By Marifi Jara “CHICKEN!” That is Filipino slang for ‘easy’, typically spoken with a tone of confidence or arrogance or both. It sends the message that something is achievable without needing much effort. “Chicken yan, pare!” would be a sample response if for instance someone asks…
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