Culture or law: Gambling activities during wakes in Binmaley, Pangasinan

At around 9:50 in the evening of December 26, 2017, Zaldy Salazar was stabbed by Roldan Castro on the streets of Barangay Camaley in Binmaley, Pangasinan. According to Salazar’s sworn statement submitted to the Binmaley Police Station, the disagreement started while Salazar and Castro were playing Lucky 9, a card game, in a wake near …

MTB-MLE, better as one subject than a medium of instruction?: Re-evaluating the case of Lingayen I

“Kapag tatanungin mo ang mga bata sa Pangasinan, sasagutin ka naman nila sa Filipino,” (“When you will ask the pupils in Pangasinan, they will answer in Filipino.”) Romulo Ramos, Grade 1 teacher from Matalava Elementary School, said. “Okay sana kung isang subject na lang siya [MTB-MLE]. Kasi halimbawa kapag sa Math at Science mahihirap at malalalim …