The leader’s language By Al S. Mendoza WHAT is a good leader? One sage says a good leader is not what to do but how to be. Does that apply to our beloved Guv Spines? I think so. Guv Spines says he is a full-bloodied Pangasinense and, to prove that,…
In search of San Fabian’s identity By Marifi Jara MY town’s fiesta has once again come and gone. It was the usual routine. Some program and ballroom dancing in the evenings, catered to various groups – barangay officials, the market community, balikbayans, civic organizations. Then there’s the perya at the…
Outstanding fruit varieties for the Ilocos Region By Sosimo Ma. Pablico Four outstanding fruit varieties have been identified by researchers of the Mariano Marcos State University (MMSU) in Batac, Ilocos Norte to perform well in the Ilocos Region. Already released as varieties for commercial production, these outstanding varieties are the…
Looking for God By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. Now few people are looking for God—searching for His reality, asking for His presence. No, they are not questioning either their faith as a whole nor their belief in God in particular. They only feel somehow dismayed when God does not…
Lousy officiating By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. I HAVE said it before and I’ll say it once more: the most controversial yet most important persons in sports competitions, particularly the ball games like basketball, and volleyball, baseball, are essentially the referees, umpires, arbiters, timers and scorers. They are either one…
What’s “Very Pinoy”? By Ermin F. Garcia Jr. Yucky. Gross. Timely. Funny. These were generally the reactions to our last week’s column on the three notorious “freedoms” enjoyed in the streets – “the freedoms of spit, singa and CR”. While many thought the item was not a material fitting for…
Dagupan balikbayans here for a look-see By Gerry Garcia DAGUPAN has become a bustling city and its main streets are teeming with local and out-of-town shoppers and passenger jeepneys and buses do clog the traffic lanes that the authorities are compelled to allow only a one-way flow. The Arellano-Bani street,…
Was Rizal a playboy? By Jun Velasco FRIDAY morning, Joe Taruc reported that Malacañang has approved a plan to oust Joe de Venecia from the speakership while he was on an official trip to China. There you go. In politics, as most of you know, anything goes. We remember that…
Goodbye, Atty. Armand Montessa By Gonzalo Duque WE pause to honor a very dear friend, a model Rotarian and civic leader and, if you please, the father of our Rotary Club of Uptown Dagupan – Atty. Armand Montessa, who died last week. He was 65. It’s true we were the…
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