ARMM Elections By +Oscar V. Cruz JCD IS the Philippines ruled by a duly framed and approved Constitution? Does this country have a republican democracy? Are the Filipinos free as citizens and sovereign as a people? The elementary and immediate answers to all such three simple questions are in the…
Shameful By Ermin Garcia Jr. THE (partial) veto message of City Mayor Benjie Lim was littered with venomous language directed at the sanggunian, i.e., “sinister political agenda”… “wrongfully and fictionally portraying”… “blatant ignorance” …”perverted, counterproductive and unconscionable system”… “tragically and incomprehensibly”… “tedious round of power play”…”politically-motivated malevolence, without shame”… “leadership…
Pangasinan Today “The journey is the reward.”—Chinese Proverb WE got a mountain-full of magnificent goods that our beloved province possesses we haven’t seen before from the oratorical pieces delivered by six contestants at the Sison Auditorium last Monday. The masterpieces were Pangasinan-centered and so were novel, fresh, straight from the heart — unlike the run-of-the-mill, high sounding topics local orators would…
Guest speakers, not guest spenders By Gonzalo Duque THE maiden edition of Media in Action, a breakfast forum every Wednesday of the Pangasinan Press Club, was, to say the least, a big success. Guest speaker Mark Cojuangco, former congressman and earlier ardent advocate of nuclear power, proved to be articulate and…
The untold story of the Azkals By Al S. Mendoza WHEN one desires, it’s virtually done. The Azkals had desired to make it. They made it. First, the Azkals had their dream in their minds. The AFC Challenge Cup can be won, they resolved. And they succeeded. Meaning, they believed…
“Kawawa naman, walang magawa ang payaso” By +Oscar V. Cruz JCD THUS thinks and speaks a leading national broadsheet about the antics of someone who precisely appears to have the haughty Spanish blood and flamboyant spirit of “Damaso” running in his veins and invading his mind. Translation of the above…
Kwentong beauty parlor By Marifi Jara AMIDST the frenzy of coming home, one of the first things I always do is get a badly needed haircut. Not that there aren’t any beauty salons in Mozambique. In fact there are many. Hair parlors are quite aplenty in African countries as getting…
Just cause for the city By Ermin Garcia Jr. I am personally gratified that the Dagupan City Council acted prudently and slashed the city annual budget as proposed by the Lim administration. The budget as passed was clearly a vote against unabated corruption in the city hall and a vote…
Plato’s Republic in our mind By Jun Velasco ‘The road to a friend’s house is never long.” — Danish Proverb THOSE beautiful Alaminos City-Gawad Kalinga houses that were bannered in the Inquirer should be replicated for our homeless newsmen in Pangasinan.
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