Nat’l cycling headship still in tatters By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. THE rift among our national cycling leaders, after a few months of quiet, burst anew when the group of Mikee Romero, claiming to be the legitimate leaders of PhilCycling given the recognition by the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC), filed…
Dam some more By Marifi Jara QUELIMANE, Mozambique–One of the best legacies of the Portuguese colonization here is the Cahora (or sometimes Cabora) Bassa Dam on the long Zambezi River (we are here at the eastern end of that river). Like our San Roque Dam there, it is a hydroelectric…
The Tsunami (Contributed by Nida Rofe, as lifted from “History’s Worst Decisions”… and the people who made them. Illustrated edition – Stephen Weir.) ‘It won’t happen to me.’ It is the cry of the unprepared everywhere. But in the case of earthquake and volcanoes, it will. It’s the way the…
Stewardship of the Earth By S. Bill Jimenez “HUMANITY is sitting on a ticking time bomb. If the vast majority of the world’s scientists are right, we have just ten years to avert a major catastrophe that could send our entire planet into a tail-spin of epic destruction involving extreme…
Napocor’s protocol is anti-Pangasinan By Ermin Garcia Jr. WHEN the San Roque Multi-Purpose Project was first proposed in the mid-90s to harness the power of the Agno River that traverses San Manuel and Natividad in the province, Pangasinan was promised wider and regular irrigation, effective flood control and a reliable…
A sobering voice By Jun Velasco AT long last, we got a word of authority that we hope would soothe frayed nerves as a result of the controversial release of excess water from the embattled San Roque Dam believed cause the disaster that has descended on Pangasinan and neighbors. The…
Spines’ righteous wrath By Gonzalo Duque IN the aftermath of the deadliest and most destructive Typhoon Pepeng that flattened and inundated our province, we wish to remind public officials and the high heeled private socialites hereabouts to please (por Dios por santo) forego their frivolous and extravagant activities.
I’m serious. Make Prez dam Boss By Al S. Mendoza WE all know that dams kill, destroy. But why do we leave them to the care of some managers not maybe steeped on the rules of life preservation, if not the moral side of things? It’s downright scary, I tell…
Climate Change By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. When the matter of “Climate Change”, “Global Warming” and related concerns were first brought to the formal attention of the world, at first there was shock. This was followed by worry that in some way ended in doubt if not downright rejection…
Disruptive Pepeng By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. I WAS not able to make my article last week because of Typhoon Pepeng. And I am sure you already know what happened to us here in central and eastern Pangasinan. My hometown Mangaldan was one of the hardest hit with 11 deaths…
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