Not so little helpers! By Emmanuelle Mother’s little helpers have big, wondering eyes, begging without remorse “Let me, lemme! Ako na, siak la!” They insist they can be trusted to do work beyond the capacity of their height and chubby, grubby little fingers, such as measuring, mixing, turning-over chops frying…
Indicators for the resurgence of jueteng By Ermin Garcia Jr. Where there is fire, there is jueteng. Let’s stop beating around the bush, forget about the old adage referring to the smoke and the fire, and call a spade a spade. The fact is, the conflagration of moral and ethical…
Punchline
Kayaking means ‘boating’ By Gerry Garcia A world-CLASS wharf for Lingayen is seen as preferable to an international airport as it could be a convenient jump-off point to tourist destinations, like Sual, Alaminos City, and the Ilocos. After all, the international airport is better located in the city as it’s…
Here and There
Mother’s 80th birthday bash By Jun Velasco Quote of the Week: “Gonzalo Duque’s timely and brilliant ideas on education should make him a shoo-in as Dep-Ed secretary.” – Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez * * * Not so easily seen by Dagupan motorists and residents is a half finished landmark –…
Think about it
A new city hall for Dagupan By Gonzalo Duque KUDOS to the Sitio Tocok folk in Barangay Lucao,Dagupan City. They already have potable water – thanks principally to Speaker Joe de Venecia, Tocok Family Association president Apring Dawana, JDV’s chief of staff in Pangasinan Engr. Nelson Sotto and other concerned…
Playing with Fire
Road to Suratos By Al S. Mendoza THERE are stretches of roads between Tarlac and Camiling where concrete roads are being punctured by heavy equipment traversing them every now and then. Motorists can see that the roads are under repair. But my golly, they completely, literally destroy the roads there…
General Admission
Victory By + Oscar V. Cruz D. D. All Filipinos of good will may not but want and wait for the victory of the present administration in its avowed all-out war against the terrorists particularly in Mindanao. But one big and signal question is what costs would such a victory…
Viewpoints
Pangasinan’s longest and biggest By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. FIRST, I have to thank the Lord for hearing our prayers not to pour rains during the 2007 PD Cycling Challenge last Sunday. As I said last week, a bicycle road race with rains, especially with gusty winds, will surely endanger…
Sports Eye
Trash talk By Marifi Jara If the government were to prosecute all the local officials around the country who have failed to do their administrative duties in implementing the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act, the Office of the Ombudsman would be trashed in heaps of cases. Nay, the files would…




