Proud to be Filipino By S. Bill Jimenez Thank God I’m Filipino TGIF! Thank God I’m Filipino! Indeed, I’m proud and grateful as a Filipino. Meeting other nationalities I’d say, “Yes, I’m Filipino. Ako’y Filipino. On, Filipino ac. Yo soy Filipino.” I tell something good about the Philippines and Filipinos….

Character change, not Charter Change By S. Bill Jimenez CHARTER CHANGE has become a hot topic in the Philippines. Some Filipinos, in favor or against the change, are engaged in confrontational debates. Big rallies are held where top government officials and religious leaders are vocal participants. In a recent rally,…

‘Reject the Lie’ By Dr. Minguita Padilla “Pareho lang silang lahat” (“They are all the same”). This, to my mind, is one of the most unenlightened, defeatist, and downright destructive statements I hear nowadays. No blog, no gathering, is without its self-styled pundits who preach their faulty beliefs as they…

St. Valentine’s Day – Trivia submitted by Nida Rofe THE celebration of this day goes back thousands of years, to ancient Rome. Falling during the season of spring, it was considered a time particularly propitious for love. It was believed that birds started to mate on this day and that,…

DAGUPAN CITY By Nida Rofe Last night I lay a-sleeping, There came a dream so fair, I stood in old Dagupan City Beside the church there. I heard the children singing, And ever as they sang, Me-thought the voice of angels From heaven in answer rang: “Dagupan City!   Dagupan City!…

For Pangasinenses in uniform By Ms. Ric Before You Go By Dr. Sam Quietly you’ve all turned gray You did your job, you saved our way Our life of freedom you preserved We’ve thanked you less than you’ve deserved You never boasted, bragged, or asked For adulation for your past…

The House My Father Built By Ms. Ric Last August I had the opportunity to visit the house that my father built … for the last time. As I stood there in awe of its disrepair, its insignificance to decades of emptiness and neglect hit home. The corrugated bent tin…

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MacArthur landed in Lingayen By Paul M. Verzosa Lingayen Beach Landing, Jan 9, 1945– The photographer during his sentimental visit told my father, MCV, that he took the picture behind the Capitol bldg. (lol, hindi sa Tondaligan!) In the Leyte landing photo, Sergio Osmena and Carlos P. Romulo waded the…

Sheba’s graduation By Yoli Tucay-Ricasata Graduation day is a very special and emotional day for the individuals and their families. It is a day they will probably remember for the rest of their lives. As the graduates march indoor or outdoor serenaded by popular or classical music, their parents, brothers,…