Editorial
2025 Midterm Elections is about 2028
TOMORROW, we go to the polls to vote for candidates who we believe can make a difference in our lives in the years ahead. Such is the norm for each election - to cast our votes for individuals who we believe can shape our country and our communities for the…
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“Don’t connect to the Internet!”
AS the country prepares to go to the polls next week, mistrust of the election system continues to be felt by most. After all, the charges of cheating involving Smartmatic were never resolved and the Comelec officials who governed were never held accountable. Not a few have come forward to…
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Infighting for control from outside
FOR decades till now, local political contests have been defined by the incumbents vs. former officials, incumbents vs. new wannabes but have always been with one common denominator: they were all residents from the same town or city. Incumbents vs. former officials contests are what we are seeing in Dagupan…
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Where is God in our politics?
AS the country approaches mid-term elections, both our politicians and their constituents find themselves completely engrossed in talking about what can be expected – largely about how much one can receive from the campaign dole-outs until election day, not about changes in their lives after the elections. Indeed, how could…
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A call to action for NAMFREL in Pangasinan
LAST week, former DICT Secretary Eliseo Rio Jr., an advocate for transparency in computerized vote-counting, posted four (4) measures that he said Comelec should adopt to ensure transparent, clean and honest May 12, 2025 election. While it is unlikely that Comelec will do so as he recommended, there is nothing…
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