Editorial
A ‘QuadCom’ play in Urdaneta
AFTER the three successive attempts to suspend Urdaneta City Mayor Julio Parayno over the flimsiest complaint on governance, it has become much too obvious to Urdanetans that both Governor Ramon Guico III and Vice Governor Mark Lambino are conspiring to serve the city’s mayoralty post to the governor’s wife, Maan…
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Pangasinan backed Duterte’s drug war
THE continuing probe of the drug war by the QuadCom at the House of Representatives is nothing but a trial by publicity in aid of the reelection of its chairmen and their confederates and to put an end to the Dutertes’ continued political influence. The hypocritical motive is not about…
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Another unenforceable Comelec rule
THERE must be something inherently wrong with the mindset of both the voting populace and the candidates vying for positions that Commission on Elections (Comelec) has to set stringent rules and guidelines on campaign activities. Over the past decades, Comelec issued rules vs. vote-buying, designation of common poster areas, limitations…
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A mission for the Sangguniang Kabataan
THE worsening corruption of the country’s elections under the cover of a democratic system will again take a heavy toll not only on both the candidates and voting populace for the 2025 election but in the next administration of the local government. Already high in the minds of voters during…
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Another “Your days are numbered?”
FOR too long, we have seen presidents come and go, grappling with the issue of how best to support farmers’ livelihood. They ordered subsidies to keep costs of production low, built more roads for better access to markets, delivered equipment, etc. But one thing they failed to do was to…
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