Pangasinan’s rich history By Gonzalo Duque LAST Thursday was the 40th day of Kuya Ado’s (the late Dr. Salvador T. Duque) passing. Many of his friends were wondering why we did not deliver a eulogy during his wake. But in his last two nights at the LNU multi-purpose hall, we made…

PHILIPPINE PESO – AMERICAN DOLLAR EXCHANGE RATE By +Oscar V. Cruz JCD There was a time the American dollar had a fixed exchange rate of two Philippine pesos. Thus it was when the equivalence was observed for decades with neither questions asked nor hesitations made. Then it came to pass…

Freedom’s enemies By Marifi Jara QUELIMANE, Mozambique–A century, a decade and two years (officially) from Spanish colonization. Half a century, a decade and four years (technically) from American occupation. Two decades and four years from the Marcos dictatorship. It would be fair to say that those are long periods now since…

TOO MUCH GARBAGE TO CLEAN By +Oscar V. Cruz JCD In the recent past up to these days, there is one main and continuous complaint said ad nauseam: Garbage here! Garbage there! Garbage everywhere! Of course, there have always been some people trying to clean them, attempting to get rid…

Proposed agenda for Gina and Benjie By Jun Velasco WHEN the political smoke will have completely cleared and given way to sanity, sobriety and brilliancy, it might be well for our leaders the likes of Congresswoman-elect Gina de Venecia and Mayor-elect Benjie Lim to strike some common grounds for cooperation. They can, we…

Exemplary gentleman By Gonzalo Duque WE are happy to learn that Mayor-elect Benjie Lim this early has begun to take concrete steps to correct certain errors that have affected the outgoing administration. One of them is the hard-headed posturing of these illegal fishpen operators who have been accused of bringing havoc,…