Editorial

Posted on March 26, 2007 - Filed Under Editorial, Editorial Cartoon, News | Comments Off

A Time to Remember All the candidacy pronouncements, retractions, and indecisiveness for the past several weeks have been dizzying, to say the least, for the voting population of Pangasinan. Just to cite a couple of examples, there’s retired Philippine National Police Chief Arturo Lomibao, who earlier said he is 99.99% sure of competing for the [...]

Punchline

Posted on March 26, 2007 - Filed Under Opinion, Punchline | Comments Off

Another conspiracy in the offing By Ermin Garcia Jr. There are questions about the ongoing illegal construction activity inside the Magsaysay Park in Dagupan City that just boggle my mind. If the city engineer says the construction was never issued a building permit, and that her office has no knowledge of any authorized activity inside [...]

Here and There

Posted on March 26, 2007 - Filed Under Here and There, Opinion | Comments Off

Pareng Oca’s clout Obos na? By Gerry Garcia FOR the first time since its conversion into a chartered city some 60 years ago, Dagupan is now   blessed with construction of a pedestrian overpass over its most traveled highway in barangay Tapuac, especially in the vicinity of the Dagupan City National High School and Edna’s School, [...]

Think about it

Posted on March 26, 2007 - Filed Under Opinion, Think about It | Comments Off

Orbos magic By Jun Velasco ONE lazy afternoon, a friend and a former “seminarista” were playfully making a gubernatorial survey somewhere in eastern Pangasinan, the political bastion of the Estrellas. While refreshing themselves in a little store, our friend approached a group of young people who were mimicking the Beatles and, introducing himself as a [...]

Playing with Fire

Posted on March 26, 2007 - Filed Under Opinion, Playing with Fire | Comments Off

Is Allan Peter Cayetano a liar? By Gonzalo Duque JUDGEMENT Day is less than two months away. Amayamay laray manggatel so ebet da o manggiwgiw. May the best man win, and may the worst lick his or her wounds. Hope you would learn a lesson or two from the exercise. Pundits say the Philippines is [...]

General Admission

Posted on March 26, 2007 - Filed Under General Admission, Opinion | Comments Off

Believe in Bebot:  Politics is personal ambition By Al S. Mendoza WHAT’S happening? Suddenly, almost everybody is backing out. Bebot Villar, my idol, said he is out as a gubernatorial candidate of Pangasinan. Next, we hear Art Lomibao, my phone mate, backing away from his bid to run for congressman in the province’s fourth district. [...]

Business Log

Posted on March 26, 2007 - Filed Under Business Log, Opinion | Comments Off

Political twists By Eva C. Visperas One week more to go and Pangasinenses will finally know who will be the candidates in several elective positions in every town, city, as well as the provincial level of Pangasinan. Last Monday, Undersecretary for Local Governance Antonio “Bebot” Villar Jr. said that he will not run anymore, despite [...]

Technical, vocational scholarship fund launched

Posted on March 26, 2007 - Filed Under Business, News | Comments Off

A P2-million scholarship fund is now up for grabs under the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority’s (TESDA) Technical/Vocational/Livelihood Scholarship Program in the 4th district of Pangasinan. The funding was equally provided by the office of Speaker Jose De Venecia Jr. and TESDA. Ding Gomez, Project Coordinator from the office of De Venecia duly and [...]

Taiwanese group here to observe bangus culture

Posted on March 26, 2007 - Filed Under Business, News | Comments Off

A 15-member Taiwanese delegation, composed of businessmen, government officials and students, visited Dagupan City last week for a ­lakbay-aral tour to benchmark the city’s aquaculture industry and other major programs. The group, composed of officers and members of the Association of International NGOs (AINGOS), was led by Lin The-Chang, AINGOS executive director and former chairman [...]

Harvest Time

Posted on March 25, 2007 - Filed Under Harvest Time, Opinion | Comments Off

RP-Japan project promotes peace in Muslim Mindanao By Sosimo Ma. Pablico An agriculture technical cooperation project of the Philippines and Japan that started in early 2005 is now promoting peace in the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) by introducing new technologies that would help farmers improve their farming systems. The project is in keeping [...]

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