Punchline

Posted on December 31, 2006 - Filed Under Opinion, Punchline | Comments Off

Why are the Siapno cousins ominously silent? By Ermin Garcia Jr. In the spirit of the New Year, I'd like to begin with the good news first. A conscience bloc has finally surfaced from within the Dagupan City Sanggunian. Manning the frontlines are Vice Mayor Alvin Fernandez, Majority Floor Leader Michael Fernandez, Councilors Farah Decano, [...]

Here and There

Posted on December 31, 2006 - Filed Under Here and There, Opinion | Comments Off

Sudden fires, blast mayhem greet the New Year By Gerry Garcia BARELY days before the count-down reaches the zero hour (12 on the dot between today and tomorrow) we're getting hotter news about fires suddenly breaking out in rapid succession in various places in the country and the increase in firecracker-caused mayhem expected to break [...]

Think about it

Posted on December 31, 2006 - Filed Under Opinion, Think about It | Comments Off

A meaningful Rizal Day observance By Jun Velasco RIZAL Day yesterday did not just come to pass. Yes, unlike in many observances past when meaningless rhetoric filled the air ad nauseaum. There was felt a kind of yearning for a liberator, a Philippine hero to appear on the scene, to come to the rescue of [...]

General Admission

Posted on December 31, 2006 - Filed Under General Admission, Opinion | Comments Off

Happy New Year! By Al S. Mendoza THE GOOD Book said: "Each year his parents went to Jerusalem for the feast of Passover, and when he was 12 years old, they went up according to festival custom. "After they had completed its days, as they were returning, the boy Jesus remained behind in Jerusalem, but [...]

Business Log

Posted on December 31, 2006 - Filed Under Business Log, Opinion | Comments Off

You know there's election when… By Eva C. Visperas So, every aspirant in the coming May 2007 elections is now on his or her toes, trying, of course, to please almost everyone to gain those precious votes. Well, that's one good thing I like about elections. Interested candidates, even the notorious ones, suddenly become good [...]

Harvest Time

Posted on December 31, 2006 - Filed Under Harvest Time, Opinion | Comments Off

DOSEPCO, a model in hybrid rice subsidy abolition By Sosimo Ma. Pablico Even as the subsidy for hybrid rice production is now about to end, members of the Davao Oriental Seed Producers Cooperative [DOSEPCO] in Banaybanay, Davao Oriental remain as aggressive as before in producing the much needed seeds of the public hybrid Mestizo 1. [...]

Feelings

Posted on December 31, 2006 - Filed Under Feelings, Opinion | Comments Off

Don't promise me a Rose Garden By Emmanuelle Just offer me a rose. Don't promise me a crown and a kingdom. Just a headband and a bahay kubo or a rented apartment or a little house painstakingly built through Pag-ibig funds, with big, big windows and a wonderful view of heaven on earth. Don't promise [...]

RIMC ready for firecracker victims

Posted on December 31, 2006 - Filed Under Inside News, News | Comments Off

Regon I Medical Center in Dagupan City is now on white alert to receive and treat victims of firecracker explosions. Dr. Jesus Canto, R1MC chief, said he placed on white alert to ensure that trained personnel are on duty, sufficient stocks of medicines, particularly anti-tetanus vaccines, are available, to effectively respond to emergency situations expected [...]

FVR tells Pangasinenses: Emulate Palaris

Posted on December 31, 2006 - Filed Under Inside News, News | Comments Off

Former President Fidel Ramos has urged his kabaleyans to measure up to the fierce nationalism, daring and self-sacrifice demonstrated by the Pangasinan folk hero Juan de la Cruz Palaris by helping reduce poverty in the country. Speaking at the grand  fellowship and recognition of the Kaluyagan Nen Palaris (KNP) at the Manila Hotel last December [...]

PROMOTING RP'S INTERESTS

Posted on December 30, 2006 - Filed Under Business, Inside News, News, Photo Gallery | Comments Off

PROMOTING RP'S INTERESTS—German Professor Manfred Ollik (left) of Bonuan Gueset Centro in Dagupan City shows his report to House Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. upon his return from Germany. It was Speaker de Venecia who tapped Ollik to promote the Philippines in Germany and invite his countrymen to invest in the country. – (Punchphoto by [...]

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