MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS. Who is paying for the electric and water bills of Bayambang Central School in its temporary location from Poblacion to Barangay Bical? The municipal government, the one behind the school’s temporary transfer, amid strong protests, cannot do so as the place is privately owned. The Department…

THOSE EVIL MINDS – Now that Manay Gina has spoken, we hope the rumor being spread around that she and Mayor Belen will clash in the “Battle of the Titans” in 2016 polls must now die down. Only people with evil minds would float such a dirty tactic to drive a…

NO FEAR. My crystal ball did not fail me again with my forecast in our last issue. Another four counts of libel were filed by the top man of the province against the fightingest dwPR broadcaster, Lina Cervantes, making her the highest scorer, aptly the Queen of Libel Suits, as…

STOPPING GRIDLOCKS. A broadcaster believes that the installation of digital traffic lights in major street corners of the city would be the ultimate solution to the daily traffic gridlocks in Dagupan especially during rush hour. He cited the case of Urdaneta City which, he said, solved its once monstrous traffic…

BILL THE FISHERMEN. The dream zero casualty in any calamity in Pangasinan will always be elusive if there are fishermen who often slip out to the sea despite warnings of high waves spawned by a coming or passing storm. Of the nine fatalities recorded by the Provincial Risk Reduction and…

MAYOR WANTS ONE MORE CHANCE. The wife is mestiza, beautiful and sexy. The husband is a good-looking mayor. They were picture perfect for being happy family until the shocking news was whispered by a confidante. They have parted ways. “What?,” I asked in complete disbelief. The culprit was the man’s…

INTIMIDATED BY CCTV CAMERAS. Education supervisors in one school division in Pangasinan let out howls of protest over what the perceive acts of intimidation of their superintendent intended to sow fear in their minds. Reason was the installation of 10 closed circuit television cameras in their building, placed in strategic…

DAVID AND GOLIATH. A high school graduate trounced her supposed big time opponents, a former vice mayor, a councilor and a barangay captain, in the hotly contested presidency of the Parents Teachers Association (PTA) of the Bayambang Central School Tuesday in the presence of a dozen policemen to avert possible physical…

BLOOPERS GALORE. Without Board Members Alfonso Bince Jr, Mojamito Libunao Jr and Ranjit Ramos Shahani in the provincial board session, discussions/deliberations become 100 percent boring. While some board members are trying their best to speak out, though their best is not good enough. One board member who loves to talk…

ACKNOWLEDGING THE PROBLEM. The problem posed by the garbage dumpsite in Binmaley town located inside a military reservation appears to be more serious than the controlled garbage dumpsite in Dagupan although both are located near the beach. Fortunately, Mayor Simplicio Rosario did not lose his cool and easily acknowledged that…