CONG POL’S FRUSTRATION – What should one do with stray cows at the beachfront of Lingayen? Shoot to kill? Or shoot pang-lechon festival or bulalo? But be kind to animals, we are told. But should we also accord the same kindness to irresponsible animal owners? Killing the cows is, of course,…

ONE OF MAYOR BELEN’S BEST LEGACIES – There was one positive development that happened during the last long hot summer in Dagupan. According to a Bonuan resident, for the first time in many years, the residents in the village did not have to put up with the obnoxious black smoke…

ILLEGAL STRUCTURES VS. PENRO – I hope my good friend and kumpadre Second District Board Member Nestor “Nikki Boy” Reyes was only joking and was using a metaphor when he said “Engineer, I live a stone’s throw from the beach”. BM Reyes was reacting to OIC PENRO (Provincial Environment and Natural Resources…

ELDERS STILL CORRUPTING SK — The cat is out of the bag! Some Sangguniang Kabataan chairmen in Asingan were paid ₱5,000 each to favor a candidate for president of the SK Federation preferred by a town official. This is a most shameful incident and a direct affront to the SK Reform…

ERFE-MEJIA’S CONFUSED VOTE– Many are wondering if the vote of the lone wolf in the Sangguniang Panlungsod, Councilor Redford Erfe-Mejia, as “partial objection” to a measure put under consideration is a “yes” or “no” and whether such a vote is acceptable in parliamentary practice. I say “lone wolf” because it…

VOTE-BUYING TRENDS — What did you receive during the campaign for the recent barangay and sangguniang kabataan elections? Rice, sardines, noodles? Kuya /Ate, may calamity? Or were some of the candidates so health conscious that they opted to distribute tilapia, bangus or galunggong instead? Fish be with you was their…

NOEL VS RICO —With malice towards none, with charity for all, please permit me to discuss the platform of Manuel “Noel” Bumanglag, the candidate for Barangay Chairman under the team Balon Bonuan Gueset, whose personal slogan is “All is well kay Noel”, and of incumbent Kapitan Rico Mejia Why only…

FROM LINGAYEN TO SAN FERNANDO, LU? –The Lingayen Baywalk built through the initiative of Second District Rep. Leopoldo Bataoil, the Pangasinan provincial government and the Department of Tourism through its Tourism Infrastructure Enterprise Zone Authority is now a big boon to health buffs, tourism and, of course, to commuters rushing to their destinations….

ENJOY THE POLITICAL CIRCUS—We know election is coming when prospective aspirants for national elective posts start going to Pangasinan, one of the country’s top vote-rich provinces in the country. These past weeks, newsmen have been invited to cover the visits of Ilocos Norte Gov. Imee Marcos, Senators Cynthia Villar, JV…

MEET THE NEW CONG. TOFF — In just two years as congressman of the Fourth District of Pangasinan, Rep. Christopher de Venecia has definitely transformed from lightweight to heavyweight politician in the mold of his famous parents, former five-time Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. and Cong. Gina de Venecia. This we found…