Monthly Archives

January 2016

Editorial

By | Editorial, News

Bright future for Generation Z FINALLY, we see a light for the country before Baby Boomer generation bows out. The signing into law RA 1072 or the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) Reform Act by President Benigno Aquino III, which contains a landmark provision prohibiting political dynasties, has given flesh to Section 26…

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Editorial

By January 25, 2016Editorial, News

Punchline

By | Opinion, Punchline

Save our little girls from rape By Ermin Garcia Jr.   I WAS aghast on receiving the initial report from our Tita Roces about the little known fact that some 251 girls in our towns and cities were raped last year, and that the number of victims have increased since…

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Punchline

By January 25, 2016Opinion, Punchline

Think about it

By | Archives, Opinion

Running By Jun Velasco   LOOK at the kaleidoscope of candidates vying for various positions. It’s exciting as well as ludicrous! Such towering statures like Cezar Quiambao who is running for Bayambang mayor and Chavit Singson, a former governor and congressman who is running for councilor of Narvacan. It’s for…

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Think about it

By January 25, 2016Archives, Opinion

Playing with Fire

By | Archives, Opinion

Rosal in our eyes and nose! By Gonzalo Duque   AT a meeting with Mayor Belen Fernandez last Wednesday, some interesting subjects came up. One – the propagation of the sweet-scented flower Rosal. Don’t look now, but Rosal is our official flower in Dagupan City. No, not Sampaguita as commonly…

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Playing with Fire

By January 25, 2016Archives, Opinion

G Spot

By | G Spot, Opinion

Soul Friends By Virginia Jamin Pasalo   POETRY brought Rosa Maria Magno and I on Facebook, or shall I say, pain? We liked each other’s poems, and most of our poems were about pain, passion and death. Our poems were coming from the same source, drops of rain that makes…

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G Spot

By January 24, 2016G Spot, Opinion

Sports Eye

By | Opinion, Sports Eye

Knowing Kuya Hermie By Jesus A. Garcia Jr.   IT was afternoon of January 16 when I received a text message from PDI’s famous sports columnist Recah Trinidad informing me that our friend and media colleague Hermie Rivera had passed away in California. The news surprised me since Kuya Hermie…

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Sports Eye

By January 24, 2016Opinion, Sports Eye