Eduardo Pontaoe 20 Nov 2007 When will Tolong – the pre-Hispanic name of Santa Barbara – regain its meaning, its courage, its morality? In 1967, when the Papacy discharged Santa Barbara from sainthood of being unsaintly, it sent a moral upheaval thru all those towns and entities…
Eduardo Pontaoe 20 Nov 2007 When was Pangasinan founded? This question is as archaic as the province itself. The only recorded history of the province’s founding can only be found from the Spanish perspective. Before the coming of the Spaniards, there’s no written chronicles pertaining to, but just…
Pangasinan, per Spain’s journal
Jeremias Andrade Carrera 20 Nov 2007 The recent news about the $232 M loan being withheld by the World Bank due to bid rigging and overpricing just means that indeed corruption is engaged in high gear. Walang ng preno, at baka ilalagay pa sa OVERDRIVE bago 2010. Kaya…
Corruption on high gear
Heidi 20 Nov 2007 Re: Mr. Carrera’s Excellent Studied Assumptions I’m so sorry to call your well-researched study “assumptions” because they are just simply as that. There is nothing more to it, regardless of how much reading and research you have spent in coming up with those statements….
More good ideas please
Alfredo Natividad 20 Nov 2007 When will Binalatongan regain its real name before the friars changed it to San Carlos? When will Tolong regain its real name before the friars changed it to Santa Barbara? When will towns all over the country shed their colonial trademarks?
Shed off colonial trademarks
Jeremias Andrade Carrera 19 Nov 2007 Ms. Heidi: How do you know that my statements are assumptions? Do you know how much reading and research I do before making those statements? There is not enough space if I will respond in minute detail on your stated ASSUMPTIONS. How…
Not assumptions but studied opinion
Sonny Villafania 19 Nov 2007 Sir Gonz, no agto onggalaw nen Gov. Espino, mas marakep no sikayo la so onggalaw. Agyo la iilaloan ira’y totoon anggapo’y pililikna ra ed luyag da. Say “toon tonger” anggano pekpeken yo, tonger nin siansia. Remember the Pangasinan Studies Center that I am…
Just do it!
Jose Ceralde 19 Nov 2007 Tandang Sora Voice of Pangasinan, I wonder what my great grandfather would have said if he saw what I saw when I was in Bonuan Dagupan City three weeks ago. The many kids that troop to our car to beg when we stop…
Get involved now!
Roel ‘Daboy’ Fernandez 19 Nov 2007 My week will not be complete without THE PUNCH delivered to my office. This is a great newspaper!!! By the way, how can I have a copy of the book KARINA AND ERMIN? I want to have it in my mini-library. God…
More power ROOTS!
Remegio P. Albarracin 18 Nov 2007 Please give me contact numbers of Dr. Manolito C. Bulaong. I need his help for designing of Thresher, Sheller and Turtle. Thank you.




