Teach Pangasinan, not preserve it.
Posted on August 13, 2007 - Filed Under Punch Forum | Leave a Comment
Sonny Villafania
13 Aug 2007
Re: Pangasinan college graduates as “one of the most unfit for employment” worldwide.
Sir Jun Velasco, certainly the governor will not junk English. On the other hand, we should NOT merely preserve the Pangasinan language. It should be taught in schools.
Many studies have shown children do better if they get a [...]
Editorial
Posted on August 13, 2007 - Filed Under Editorial, Editorial Cartoon, News | Leave a Comment
Back in the Limelight
Jueteng has once again become the burning issue of the day.
As much-needed rain quenched the parched earth during the week, sizzling words gushed out from the powers that be over this undying illegal numbers game following national media attention singling out Pangasinan as one of the major hubs still of this gambling [...]
Punchline
Posted on August 13, 2007 - Filed Under Opinion, Punchline | Leave a Comment
Accidental killing
By Ermin Garcia Jr.
Just as we feared, the suspects among the bodyguards of Tayug Mayor Carlos Mapili will never be charged for anything, not even for physical injuries, over the death of a lowly passenger dispatcher in that town.
Leave it to people in the know about technicalities in law particularly in the [...]
Here and There
Posted on August 13, 2007 - Filed Under Here and There, Opinion | Leave a Comment
With fingers crossed, we'll beat the odds under - Al
By Gerry Garcia
THE move of some administration stalwarts to push their bid for charter-change and eventually secure shift of governance [...]
Think about it
Posted on August 13, 2007 - Filed Under Opinion, Think about It | Leave a Comment
RP 30 years behind Malaysia?
By Jun Velasco
OUR weeklong visit of Malaysia (4 days) and Singapore (2 days) last week was an uncalled-for moment of melancholia.
Neighbor columnist Gonz Duque was right. He cried while touring South Korea because he saw progress all around and remembered his hapless country.
While divining the palm tree-lined- highway from the [...]
Playing with Fire
Posted on August 13, 2007 - Filed Under Opinion, Playing with Fire | Leave a Comment
Congrats, Madam Auring!
By Gonzalo Duque
CONGRATULATIONS! We felicitate the Dagupan City Schools Division headed by Supt. Dr. Aurora Domingo for placing First among the 13 school divisions in the recent National Career Assessment Test (NCAT) in the whole Ilocos Region.
I used to annoy them for not scoring well enough in some regional evaluations. But I [...]
Not in same league
Posted on August 13, 2007 - Filed Under Punch Forum | Leave a Comment
Jess Delfin
13 Aug 2007
Mr. Isidro Ramos,
I realize that you are entitled to your own opinion, however, I will have to disagree with you about lumping Heidi and Ms. Ric in the same league. Looking at their past Forum postings, Ms. Ric is by FAR more thoughtful, articulate, and most importantly has the common sense.
General Admission
Posted on August 13, 2007 - Filed Under General Admission, Opinion | Leave a Comment
Finding Padre Pio
By Al S. Mendoza
MAYOR Rey Velasco of Sta. Barbara and I see each other mostly on a Friday. Not a planned date, though.
Just heeding a vow: Love God with all our heart.
In fact, to Rey and I, TGIF does not only stand for "Thank God, It's Friday." To us, TGIF [...]
Viewpoints
Posted on August 13, 2007 - Filed Under Opinion, Viewpoints | Leave a Comment
Exploitation unlimited
By Oscar V. Cruz D. D.
Exploitation is a reality that leaves a foul taste in the mouth, a shameful thought in one’s sound value system. It generally connotes appropriating something while giving nothing back in due return. In more plain language, exploitation forwards the shameful phenomenon of taking advantage of someone who is [...]
Harvest Time
Posted on August 13, 2007 - Filed Under Harvest Time, Opinion | Leave a Comment
Drying with rice hull-fed furnace eliminates kerosene cost
By Sosimo Ma. Pablico
Farmers, cooperatives and rice millers using recirculating batch dryer for grain drying may now replace the kerosene burner with a rice hull-fed furnace as source of heat and be spared from the spiraling cost of non-renewable petroleum-based fuel.
Agricultural engineers of the Bureau of Postharvest [...]
