Harvest Time
Posted on October 28, 2007 - Filed Under Harvest Time, Opinion | Leave a Comment
Muslim women assume a new role
By Sosimo Ma. Pablico
Women in a barangay in Shariff Kabunsuan province, Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao, have assumed a new role of providing food and income for their family. In the past, they were relegated to perform household chores, take care of the children, and help their respective husband [...]
Viewpoints
Posted on October 28, 2007 - Filed Under Opinion, Viewpoints | Leave a Comment
Beware of septic tanks!
By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D.
Now it can be said openly and loudly with great pride and distinction that the Philippines has just made a discovery for the scientific community to take note of and for world to know well. No more can Filipinos be legitimately made the object of foreign [...]
Sports Eye
Posted on October 28, 2007 - Filed Under Opinion, Sports Eye | Leave a Comment
Athletes, the politicians
By Jesus A. Garcia Jr.
POLITICS is a very big deal in the Philippines, then and especially now. Movie actors, actresses, and athletes have been jumping into the political arena, using their popularity as an advantage to win a seat of their choice.
Some of them have luckily won, and some have not been [...]
Roots
Posted on October 28, 2007 - Filed Under Feelings, Opinion | Leave a Comment
Not the enemy
By Marifi Jara
Governor Espino should take it from FVR when it comes to handling the press. (Perhaps FVR did whisper some words of advice related to that when he attended Espino's delivery of his first 100-days report.)
FVR was president when I was a reporter and while I only got the chance to [...]
Feelings
Posted on October 28, 2007 - Filed Under Feelings, Opinion | Leave a Comment
Sisonian to the Core
By Emmanuelle
Cupped snugly between the mountain and the sea, is she. Sison is her name. And this season is hers.
For years and years, she slept. So deeply, she bent herself to a curve. In this fetus pose, she waited out the decades. Now and then, she took a peep through one [...]
Alcala councilor killed over land dispute
Posted on October 28, 2007 - Filed Under Inside News, News | Leave a Comment
ALCALA—A municipal councilor here was gunned down Monday, but land dispute rather than politics is the suspected motive.
Killed was Juan Ablao, 55, a three-term municipal councilor.
The Philippine National Police (PNP) formed a joint team with agents of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group to investigate the crime.
Senior Superintendent Isagani Nerez, provincial police director, said [...]
LTO opens Bayambang satellite office
Posted on October 28, 2007 - Filed Under Inside News, News | Leave a Comment
BAYAMBANG—The Land Transportation Office (LTO) has opened a satellite office here Monday, it’s seventh in the whole of Pangasinan.
The new office is actually a kiosk, which Lawyer Graciano Tobias, LTO chief in Region I, described as the biggest of its kind in the country.
Tobias said the establishment of the LTO office is a testament to [...]
City launches singing contest
Posted on October 28, 2007 - Filed Under News, People & Events | Leave a Comment
SAN CARLOS CITY–The Cansionan ed Plaza, the city’s yearly singing contest open to participants from all over Pangasinan, has started the weekly audition.
According to Lourdes Garcia, in charge of the audition, auditions are held every Wednesday at 2:00 p.m at the Bulwagan of the city hall.
A grand launching program will be held on Nov. [...]
Espino: No P500,000 for me
Posted on October 28, 2007 - Filed Under Headlines, News | Leave a Comment
'BRIBERY' AT THE PALACE
LINGAYEN — Governor Amado Espino Jr., a neophyte governor, swore that he was not among the recipients of the controversial P500,000 supposedly distributed to new governors after a meeting with President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in Malacañang.
The League of Provinces of the Philippines, of which Espino is a member, claimed that the P500,000 [...]
San Carlos, San Fabian listed as 'hotspots'
Posted on October 28, 2007 - Filed Under Headlines, News | Leave a Comment
DUE TO PAST VIOLENCE
San Carlos City and the municipality of San Fabian have been declared by the Commission on Election (Comelec) as areas of immediate concern during the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections on October 29
Lawyer Reddy Balarbar, provincial election supervisor, clarified, however, that the declaration does not mean placing the areas under Comelec [...]
