CHEd in the hot seat By Gonzalo Duque AS president of the Lyceum Northwestern University, I have just caused the filing of a libel suit against officials of the Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) led by their chairman Carlito Puno for maligning the good name of our university for saying…
Pandan gives new twist to Pangasinan’s cuisine By Eva C. Visperas Pandan (screw pine), a tiny plant abundantly grown here which the town’s name Mapandan was also derived from, gave a different twist to Pangasinan cuisine when it was used in cooking exotic foods in the “Hapag Pandan” festival Thursday….
Sammy Samson, a Pangasinan icon By Ermin Garcia Jr. Pangasinan lost another icon in the field of education in the person of Dr. Luis F. Samson. Between him and Dr. Blas F. Rayos of the Dagupan Colleges (now University of Pangasinan), I would not be exaggerating if I say that…
RP’s crying need today — united leadership By Gerry Garcia OFF-the-cuff survey of public sentiments relating to the on-going drive to gather a convincing number of signatures in support for the people’s initiative for Charter change . . . . is bound to be extra-positive. Especially if it’s made by…
Conflicting emotion By Jun Velasco DAGUPEÑOS are in a grip of conflicting emotions. Sad because a good man who has cast a giant shadow in education, civic leadership and family rearing has just passed away – Dr. Luis F. Samson, beloved founder of the University of Luzon and the Mother…
What’s Ping Lacson’s game plan By Gonzalo Duque FOR coming out with his latest anti Erap antics, Sen. Ping Lacson is being pilloried and also praised. But come to think of it. Is he for real? Or he has a deeper agenda? He was anti jueteng, true, but why did…
‘Pirma’ By Al S. Mendoza MY BROTHER called me up last Sunday and said, “Will I sign my name for the cha-cha, Kuya?” He lives at General Luna St., Mangatarem, Pangasinan. He said the captain in his barangay came personally to him to solicit his signature. “Our kapitan is here…
Feast of tarpaulins By Eva C. Visperas THEY’RE all over. Dagupan City and most towns and cities in Pangasinan are decorated with this latest craze to convey congratulatory messages to someone for his or her success, to inform the public about a big affair, or anything relevant or otherwise. Mind…
Gambling lords By +Oscar V. Cruz Now it is official. Not it can be told. The present government is the biggest gambling lord in the country. Its hands are full of gambling—PAGCOR at the right and PCSO at the left. All other gambling lords of all gambling forms operating in…
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