Readers’ E-mailed reactions more credible By Gerry Garcia IN this province as probably elsewhere in this benighted Republic the national daily most often preferred and read is the Philippine Star. At least from this writer’s impression, who often finds the copies all sold out before noon in his favorite news-stands….
Where change begins By Jun Velasco AT PRESSTIME, Task Force Lebanon reported of two casualties who, probably gripped by fright, died while trying to escape from their Lebanese employers. Most of our countrymen who have succeeded in returning to the fatherland are full of horror stories. Many families – Pinoys…
Watch out, Mr. Pontaoe! By Gonzalo Duque IN the Punch On-line, certain contributor by the name of Pontaoe has the nasty habit of picking a fight by maligning the names and columnists in this prestigious paper. I have asked my lawyers to study how we can avail ourselves of a…
Repository of truth By Al S. Mendoza SOMEHOW SEEMINGLY, the euphoria was short-lived. And I can only commiserate with Gringo de Guzman San Diego, the Mangaldan Kid graduate of the University of Pangasinan who topped the recent board exams for nursing. I’m almost sure Gringo and his fellow passers have…
Dagupan Police Station is best in community relations By Eva C. Visperas More good news happening in Pangasinan! Of course, you have read about our fellow Pangasinenses topping the recent nurses’ board exams. Also, the number one in the last bar exams, though not a native of this province, traces…
Pangasinan’s pride in Agricultural Research By Sosimo Ma. Pablico DR. EDGAR A. Orden is another son of Pangasinan who has brought honors and distinction in agricultural research to his province. The eldest in a brood of four, he was born and raised for a while in San Manuel before his…
Integrity By +Oscar V. Cruz Honesty or uprightness as a personal completeness or total reality—this is the standard concept or total reality—this is the standard concept and common understanding of integrity. It is a wholeness that accepts no breakage such that it is either whole or broken—never both. Thus: water…
Flash floods mar Urdaneta City‘s beauty By Jun Velasco URDANETA City’s much improved infrastructure development such as the radical widening of the highway right in central poblacion (thank you, Congressman Mark Cojuangco and Mayor Amadito Perez!) is being stymied by flash floods that cause traffic jam at the slightest drop…
JDV did not deserve the presidential snub By Ermin Garcia Jr. President Arroyo’s State of the Nation address as expected turned out to be just another PR speech, an opportunity for thanksgiving and wishful thinking. I was disappointed that even as she went on with her “dedication program”, she actually…
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