Freedom’s heroes By Marifi Jara INDEPENDENCE is a loaded word. It connotes freedom, power and self-sufficiency. On Tuesday, June 12, we commemorate our nations 109th year of “independence”. I put that heavy word in quotation marks because in the true and deep sense, we did not really gain our sovereignty…
Gambling incorporated money unlimited By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. To claim that PAGCOR does not give payolas in furtherance of its corporate gambling interests is so hard to believe and accept. For PAGCOR to claim that it is freely leaving its survival and operation to but the deliberate will…
“What has God got to do with politics?” By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. Politics is a self-defined and defining human activity that specifies the governance of civil society. It has its own principles and objectives, its own value system and pursuant decision making pattern. It is as old as…
Jueteng and election By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. As expected, the National Elections were closely accompanied by the jueteng racket—practically nationwide. As predicted, the administration and its allies together with uniformed agencies saw nothing, heard nothing, said nothing—and did nothing. And as foreseen, the Krusadang Bayang Laban sa Jueteng…
San Carlos City’s dev’t project still on track By Gerry Garcia THE making of laws is a complicated and no-nonsense matter, yet in this free-wheeling democratic republic of ours, even celebrities from the sports and entertainment world who have not gone through high school always manage to become representatives or…
Speakership By Jun Velasco WE in the Fourth District of Pangasinan are still held in suspense three weeks after the nerve-wracking elections because of the House Speakership fight involving our Congressman-elect Jose de Venecia Jr. Most of you, we’re sure- would dismiss the speakership fight as anti climactic given the…
Advice to VM-elect Belen Fernandez By Gonzalo Duque ANOTHER good news for Pangasinenses: Our friend USEC Bebot Villar was recently appointed anti-smuggling task force czar by Malacañang. Knowing Bebot, he will find his new job challenging and worth his time and interest. Congrats! May you succeed and bring honor to…
Possessiveness knocks out Pacquiao By Al S. Mendoza DID Manny Pacquiao really lose? I mean, did Darlene Antonino-Custodio knock Pacquiao out in the last elections in South Cotabato? There are two ways to answer this. One, Pacquiao lost the votes to Darlene. Two, the voters won Pacquiao back to their…
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