General Admission
Posted on July 1, 2007 - Filed Under General Admission, Opinion | Leave a Comment
If I were Spines
By Al S. Mendoza
FROM General to Congressman to Governor. That's Amado T. Espino, a.k.a. Spines.
Spines was the former provincial commander of Pangasinan before he became congressman of my beloved Second District where I had been voting since Cory's reign.
A two-term congressman beginning 2001, Spines is now our governor.
It was a [...]
Business Log
Posted on July 1, 2007 - Filed Under Business Log, Opinion | Leave a Comment
Political will is the key
By Eva C. Visperas
How do you stop the operation of fish pens?
Re-elected Mayor Sammy Rosario of Binmaley, whose town used to have hundreds of illegal fish pens and cages when he assumed his post, said it was not an easy task demolishing these fishing apparatus.
First, one has to be [...]
Harvest Time
Posted on July 1, 2007 - Filed Under Harvest Time, Opinion | Leave a Comment
Pineapple firm gets prestigious Rainforest Alliance certification
By Sosimo Ma. Pablico
A relatively new pineapple firm in Bukidnon, the Mt. Kitanglad Agricultural Development Corporation (MKADC), has received the Rainforest Alliance certification for protecting the ecosystems, wildlife and people in and around its plantations.
Only eight years old since it started in 1999, MKADC has become the first [...]
Viewpoints
Posted on July 1, 2007 - Filed Under Opinion, Viewpoints | Leave a Comment
Image perception, reality
By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D.
The national leadership is some kind of an addict in self-image building. No persons are spared, no funds are enough. No holds barred. The avidly desired self–projection of dedication to public service, generosity for the common good and affection for the poor, constitutes its combined standing goal.
Its [...]
Sports Eye
Posted on July 1, 2007 - Filed Under Opinion, Sports Eye | Leave a Comment
Two promising Pangasinan athletes
By Jesus A. Garcia Jr.
IF YOU are truly a lover of sports and have been following our provincial athletes' stints in national and international competitions, then you would know who our heroes are, both of yesteryears and our current cream of the crop.
Our beloved province has already produced a lot [...]
Roots
Posted on July 1, 2007 - Filed Under Opinion, Roots | Leave a Comment
Talking Pangasinan
By Marifi Jara
About more than one year ago, I attended a forum wherein a graduate student under the Master of Arts in Language and Literature program of the University of the Philippines Baguio presented a proposal for a research paper on the supposed dying Pangasinan language.
I forget now what exactly the paper [...]
Hunt still on for killers of San Manuel VM
Posted on July 1, 2007 - Filed Under Headlines, News | Leave a Comment
LINGAYEN–Sr. Supt. Isagani Nerez, police provincial director, has called on the people to help them find the three suspects in the gunslaying of San Manuel Vice Mayor Bonie Apilado and the wounding of his bodyguard driver in Urdaneta City last June 20.
The appeal came following the release of the cartographic sketches of the three suspects [...]
Feelings
Posted on July 1, 2007 - Filed Under Feelings, Opinion | Leave a Comment
Cooling Off!
By Emmanuelle
Last week, we got heated up with Of curses, Of course! This week, we cool it.
This column ran out of space for a more lengthy soliloquy, tongue-in cheek, on the fire-wallowers or those who would rather swallow the fire of their anger. The fire-spitters, or those who spontaneously spit out their anger, [...]
Espino: We'll reclaim Pangasinan's lost glory
Posted on July 1, 2007 - Filed Under Headlines, News | Leave a Comment
Strong economic program vowed
LINGAYEN– The new governor of Pangasinan, Amado Espino Jr., took his oath of office on Saturday, bringing fresh winds of hope to his more than 1.5 million constituents.
Espino, who was congressman in the second district for two terms after a lustrous career in the military and the police, is expected by Pangasinenses [...]
Dengue again on the rise
Posted on July 1, 2007 - Filed Under Headlines, News | Leave a Comment
LINGAYEN-With the onset of the rains, the threat of rise in cases of dengue fever again looms.
For the period January to June this year, four persons have already died due to the deadly mosquito-borne disease while 68 suspected cases have been reported by the Provincial Health Office as of Tuesday.
Dr. Ana Theresa de Guzman, assistant [...]
