Sad tales By Marifi Jara LOOK, no Quelimane, Mozambique dateline here! And I am smiling, happy to be back in Pangasinan for a couple of months. By some interesting twist of fate, the first Filipino friend I made when I arrived at the airport in Maputo, the capital of Mozambique,…
Go, Dana, go! By Emmanuelle The angels must have prayed hard, harder each of the second and third times Dana went comatose. They must have moved heaven. For Dana to have survived being comatose was a miracle in itself. To have survived two more of the same is beyond miracle….
Who will defy Guv Spines’ order? By Ermin Garcia Jr. While the ghost of the shotgun program still haunts me, I’m beginning to be a true fan of Guv Spines. Honest! His latest directive to the public works and highways office in the province and the police to immediately dismantle…
The dramatic rise of Pingkoy Duque By Jun Velasco TWO front-page news items in the papers, last week Pangasinenses must have received with gusto point to Health Secretary Pingkoy Duque as first, a shoo-in for the administration’s senate slate in 20l0, and second, his topping the list (as head) of…
Let’s go ahead with the media advisory idea By Gonzalo Duque WE received a lot of encouraging reactions to our subject last week, which was about Senator Pimentel’s Right of Reply bill. As we said, to which many agreed, the bill was not anti press freedom; but anti media malpractices….
Chasing the squatters By Al S. Mendoza YOU are poor, Mayor Al doesn’t care. You are rich, Mayor Al doesn’t care. Poor or rich, the law doesn’t care. The poor is usually without power, the law doesn’t care. The rich is usually with power, the law doesn’t care. Squatters poor…
Priest-politician: an anomaly in the hierarchy and a dilemma for the laity By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. Universal Church Law No. 273: “Clerics have a special obligation to show reverence and obedience to the Supreme Pontiff and to their own Ordinary.” “Clerics” necessarily include Deacons, Priests and Bishops. “Obligation”…
PhilRice Deputy Director is Ilocos Region son By Dr. Sosimo Ma. Pablico FIRST, Dr. Leocadio S. Sebastian from Vigan City, Ilocos Sur was the PhilRice [Philippine Rice Research Institute] deputy executive director for research when Dr. Santiago R. Obien was the executive director then, Dr. Madonna C. Casimero of Balungao,…
My troubled Hizzoner By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. I WAS in Manila having a meeting with the Padyak Pinoy organizers when my cellphone buzzed. The call came from my balae (father-in-law of my first daughter Ruth) informing me that the grandson of Mangaldan hizzoner Herminio A. Romero was believed to…
Halo-halo season By Jennifer R. Gregorio Lyceum Northwestern University Summer comes once again. Here in our tropical country, particularly here in our province Pangasinan, that means preparing ourselves to feel the hot breezes from the sea. And preparing our swimwear and salbabidas for trips to the beach. I have always…
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