The tragedy is about us By Ermin Garcia Jr. HOW most reacted to the Christine Dacera “rape-slay” case is certainly a case for behavioral science study. I say this because within minutes of the news in media, netizens (and, yes, the police) branded her death as a sordid case…
The seeming unending saga of Trump By Al S. Mendoza THE Trump truck of tricks keeps on rolling. It’s getting even worse. Only last Wednesday, January 6, Trump’s trumpeters stormed the Capitol Hill in Washington D.C., America’s capital. You know what Capitol Hill represents? It houses both America’s Senate and…
General Admission
The thing called happiness By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo IN 1972, the 4th King of Bhutan, King Jigme Singye Wangchuck declared, “Gross National Happiness is more important than Gross Domestic Product.” It is the very first time that the concept was articulated, changing the perspectives and measurements of Bhutan’s overall development. As an alternative…
G Spot
Twin Vision By Atty. Farah G. Decano “IT was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light,…
Andromeda’s Vortex
Pangasinan tops PH cycling By Jesus A. Garcia, Jr SOME friends of mine, young cycling fans, including bashers, too, mostly outside the province keep asking me to name all the Pangasinan professional cyclists who won national multi-stage cycling since the birth of Philippine cycling races, like the fabled Tour…
Sports Eye
Walking on Water Unknown Author Contributed by Ashok G. Vasandani Here’s a story I read in www.developgoodhabits.com that I’d like to share, something that we can all learn from. OONCE there was a boy who lived with his family on a farm. They had a beautiful dog who would…
Learnings in Life
Brian’s new E.O. not good enough By Leonardo Micua ON January 4, Mayor Brian Lim did not lose time in issuing an executive order reimposing the liquor ban and restoring the 10:00 p.m. to 4:00 a.m. curfew in a bid to slow down the increasing number of active COVID-19…
Random Thoughts
Her place! By Jing Villamil IF you studied, post-studied, lived thereabout, visited or were here confined – you would know . . . This place, her place. Which she has in common with her grandfather, a few aunts, a fewer cousins. If I happened to spend regular motherly days…
Feelings
BARANGAY TAPUAC’S MURAL – A resident rides past the nature-themed mural along a 50-meter wall along the Amado-Tapuac road in Barangay Tapuac featuring the artwork of Engr. Jelery Celi. Initiated by Sangguniang Kabataan chairman Jemuel Pangan, the mural is intended to help improve the image of the barangay which had earned the…
BARANGAY TAPUAC’S MURAL
THE SURGE AFTER THE HOLIDAYS THE number of active COVID-19 cases in Pangasinan already breached the 400 mark as 258 more new cases and 13 new deaths, were added to the tally in contrast to the 126 cases that recovered during the first week of 2021, according to the monitoring of the Provincial…