Editorial

Posted on September 3, 2007 - Filed Under Editorial, Editorial Cartoon, News | Leave a Comment

Jail the pusher, save the user

ILLEGAL drugs have long been a menace to our society.
Particularly lethal  have  been the modern-day synthetic variety, the most popular of which is the methamphetamine hydrochloride or more commonly known for its street name "shabu", because of their easy production, proliferation and affordability.
Many a life, and an entire family's [...]

Punchline

Posted on September 3, 2007 - Filed Under Opinion, Punchline | Leave a Comment

Indicators for the resurgence of jueteng

By Ermin Garcia Jr.

Where there is fire, there is jueteng. Let's stop beating around the bush, forget about the old adage referring to the smoke and the fire, and call a spade a spade. The fact is, the conflagration of moral and ethical values in the province is there [...]

Wanted: Coop-Student Program

Posted on September 3, 2007 - Filed Under Punch Forum | Leave a Comment

Isidro Ramos
3 Sept 2007
 
 
Atty. Duque, the proposal Benchmarking with International Standards is well taken however, there is one thing you and the rest of the committee had missed to observe is that corporate America and Europe for that matter sponsor top notch college candidates as coop-students exposing them to the real world of entrepreneurship and [...]

Here and There

Posted on September 3, 2007 - Filed Under Here and There, Opinion | Leave a Comment

Kayaking means ‘boating’

By Gerry Garcia

A  world-CLASS wharf for Lingayen is seen as preferable to an international airport as it could be a convenient jump-off point to tourist destinations, like Sual, Alaminos City, and the Ilocos. After all, the international airport is better located in the city as it's the home of the famous [...]

Think about it

Posted on September 3, 2007 - Filed Under Opinion, Think about It | Leave a Comment

Mother’s 80th birthday bash

By Jun Velasco

Quote of the Week: "Gonzalo Duque's timely and brilliant ideas on education should make him a shoo-in as Dep-Ed secretary." - Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez
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Not so easily seen by Dagupan motorists and residents is a half finished landmark - an alternate road that connects sitio Dawel to [...]

Playing with Fire

Posted on September 3, 2007 - Filed Under Opinion, Playing with Fire | Leave a Comment

A new city hall for Dagupan

By Gonzalo Duque

KUDOS to the Sitio Tocok folk in Barangay Lucao,Dagupan City.
They already have potable water - thanks principally to Speaker Joe de Venecia, Tocok Family Association president Apring Dawana, JDV's chief of staff in Pangasinan Engr. Nelson Sotto and other concerned LGU's and civic-spirited citizens who have directly [...]

General Admission

Posted on September 3, 2007 - Filed Under General Admission, Opinion | Leave a Comment

Road to Suratos

By Al S. Mendoza

THERE are stretches of roads between Tarlac and Camiling where concrete roads are being punctured by heavy equipment traversing them every now and then.
Motorists can see that the roads are under repair.
But my golly, they completely, literally destroy the roads there only to rebuild the same roads.
Tarlac must be [...]

Viewpoints

Posted on September 3, 2007 - Filed Under Opinion, Viewpoints | Leave a Comment

Victory

By + Oscar V. Cruz D. D.

All Filipinos of good will may not but want and wait for the victory of the present administration in its avowed all-out war against the terrorists particularly in Mindanao. But one big and signal question is what costs would such a victory entail, what mind frame the victory [...]

Sports Eye

Posted on September 3, 2007 - Filed Under Opinion, Sports Eye | Leave a Comment

Pangasinan’s longest and biggest

By Jesus A. Garcia Jr.

FIRST, I have to thank the Lord for hearing our prayers not to pour rains during the 2007 PD Cycling Challenge last Sunday. As I said last week, a bicycle road race with rains, especially with gusty winds, will surely endanger the life of every contestant and [...]