IT was all a misunderstanding. This may be a politically-correct reaction from the Philippine National Police leadership to the brouhaha over the reported harassment of the widow of an onion farmer who committed suicide, but that is an understatement as well. It was an embarrassing encounter for all the parties…
By Ermin Garcia Jr. THE item below is for the eyes of the once mighty 7 epaLiFes … so don’t bother reading on. He-he. * * * * Hi there, 7 epaLiFes! The sense of invincibility that you made yourselves believe to have is already fast crumbling. But because…
By Leonardo Micua FROM where I sit, I view the incident in Bayambang where a woman onion farmer, who testified in the senate hearing and cried harassment when the police visited her not once but eight times, as an eye-opener . From what I gathered, the issue started when…
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo SHE could not remember their faces. Their faces have changed with time, and the expression of their bodies changed with their mindsets and physical wellbeing. What is there to say after more than thirty years, barely touching each other’s lives or not touching at all…
By Farah G. Decano SIMPLY stated, the Maharlika Investment Fund is a collection of mandated amounts from various government financial institutions (GFI) to be managed by a board chosen by the President for investment purposes. This is similar to the sovereign fund of other countries which is sourced from…
By Jesus A. Gacia Jr. DESPITE my retirement in competitive cycling after an accident that struck me in 2001, and now as an aging hombre, the two-wheeled event still never escaped my mind as an organizer, race director, and sometimes even as sponsor (when I have the means) like…
By Rex Catubig (Note: This is an updated version of my opening remarks at the Darapilan Art Exhibition held in conjunction with the National Arts Month at the so-called Saudi Building in DCNHS campus in February 2020). THERE’S a poem by Langston Hughes inscribed on a flexiglass divider at…
DAGUPAN City Mayor Belen Fernandez vetoed Ordinances Nos. 2053-2022 and 2054-2022 and returned these to the Sangguniang Panlungsod on January 19, 2023. Ordinance No. 2053-2022 sought to institutionalize the conduct of the Kalutan ed Dalan of the Dagupan Bangus Festival along the stretch of A.B. Fernandez Avenue while Ordinance No. 2054-2022,…
FOR CLIMATE CHANGE — Gov. Ramon Guico III and Vice Gov. Mark Lambino, sign the memorandum of agreement with the Disaster Risk Reduction (DDR)-Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) Stakeholders for Environment and Mass Casualty Incidents at the Urduja House on Wednesday, January 25. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
THE Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP), particularly the 7- member majority, has some explaining to do to the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) regional office when it inquired into the status of Proposed Supplemental Budget No. 1 before reviewing the approved Supplemental Budgets No. 2 and soon No. 3 ….
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