Three airports By Al S. Mendoza SUDDENLY, everybody seems to want an airport. Mayor Rey Velasco wants one in Sta. Barbara and Mayor Nani Braganza wants his in Alaminos City. Nani cites GMA as his No. 1 backer for his airport. GMA had publicly singled out Alaminos as the site…
PhilRice was well worth the investment By Sosimo Ma. Pablico AS A PUBLIC R&D [research and development] investment, PhilRice [Philippine Rice Research Institute] was well worth it, according to a team of experts who made an external review of the Institute’s impact. Consisting of retired IRRI deputy director general Dr….
“Destabilization” By +Oscar V. Cruz It is not a secret that according to the spirit of the times and in line with the changing mood of the people in the country, there are words and terms that become the season’s flavor of the mouth. This is exactly the case of…
Drawn and hooked By Kristine Oineza I was born and raised in La Union but I, as I believe majority of us Ilocanos are, have strong Pangasinan links. My father is from Bani. I have an aunt from San Fabian and another from Natividad. We never really went on family…
Axe cycling coach By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. TWO weeks ago, one of our national cyclists came to me and handed me a duplicate copy of a petition letter signed by 12 out of the 17 nationals wanting to expel their head coach, Jommel Lorenzo, for many reasons. The letter…
Babytalk (Part 2) By Emmanuelle First thing first. FEELINGS would like to express its appreciation for the calls, emails, and SMS from the regular readers of the hard copy and the webpage – Pangasinenses migrating to the nation’s thousands of islands, overseas Filipino workers in the Middle East and other…
The PUNCH’s Roster of Imaginative and Effective Leaders By Ermin Garcia Jr. In our pursuit of effective and efficient governance, we are launching The PUNCH’s Roster of Imaginative and Effective Leaders. The PUNCH Roster will list Pangasinenses who make the difference for our people whether in national or local level….
Public highway system here distressing to balikbayans By Gerry Garcia THE state of our concrete or paved highways here in the province has not escaped the critical eye of my balikbayan friend whom I had invited to ride with me in my car for a tour of the countryside. On…
Fish pens are anti-poor By Jun Velasco MAYOR Sammy Rosario of Binmaley has endeared poor fishermen in his lovely town for completely stopping the operations of fish pens, calling it anti-poor. Environment and Natural Resources Undersecretary Eleazar Quinto has commended him for it, adding Sammy simply replicated what they started…
A great man flew into town By Gonzalo Duque A GREAT man quietly came to town recently. You who have been following the national news are familiar with this rare breed of a Filipino. Antonio Meloto, winner of the world-famous Ramon Magsaysay Award for providing millions of houses to millions…
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