A STUDY ON WASTAGE IN GOVERNMENT. Road widening in many road lines of Pangasinan is now almost complete but in a few months‘ time, the same completed concrete pavements will again be dug up to give way to the relocation of the concrete electric posts that still encroach on the…

COURTING PANGASINAN VOTE. Senator Grace Poe, whose presidential ambition at this stage now hangs by the thread because of the impending decision of the Supreme Court regarding her disqualification handed down twice by the Commission on Elections en banc, was among those who came to Pangasinan and wooed its voters…

PEOPLE POWER IN POZORRUBIO. Listen to your boss. This was the collective call of residents of Pozorrubio town as they held their version of people power in their pergola as the nation marked its 30th anniversary of the world famous People Power revolution on Feb. 25. It was supposed to…

DISRESPECTUL TOWN. Nice town hall, beautiful plaza, robust economic activity in the market but, sadly a tattered flag swaying up there on a flagpole in front of the seat of local government of Malasiqui town. That’s what I saw when I drove through the town on Feb. 6 on my…

WHEN ALL THE TREES ARE GONE – With highway widening projects now being implemented right and left –at least those that were started prior to the ban on public works projects in view of the coming election – many decades-old trees will again be certainly sacrificed and cut down till perhaps there will…

BI OFFICE CLOSES AT 3 P.M. Two lady reporters could not help but pity the foreigners who went to the Bureau of Immigration (BI) field office at the Dagupan City Astrodome last week, only to find it closed or unattended. The two reporters decided to help the foreigners who were…

THE UGLIES ARE BACK! They did it again. Another giant tarpaulin of a candidate for an elective post installed near the boundary of Binmaley and Dagupan City was vandalized! But this time, it was no longer that of former Congressman Mark Cojuangco’s tarpaulins but by Mayor Sammy Rosario and Vice…

BARBARIC ACTS. The heat is on. The political pot in Pangasinan is already nearing boiling point which is why methinks it is only right that the province be included in the election watch-list by the Philippine National Police because of anticipated intense political rivalry, especially for the gubernatorial post. I…

STARTING THE YEAR WRONG. Old habits are hard to break. Our honorable board members in the Sangguniang Panlalawigan were obviously still on vacation mode when they had their first regular session for 2016 last January 11. It was a Monday and was supposed to be the first working day for…

APPLAUSE FOR SSS-DAGUPAN. I was impressed. I visited the new Social Security System (SSS) office at the Eastgate along A.B. Fernandez Ave. East, Dagupan City twice last week and there were no more long queues under the sun for SSS members. Instead, I found them comfortably waiting inside a spacious…