By Gonzalo Duque AS I’m writing this column, we were requested by our publisher that we submit our articles earlier. But two rallies are to be staged on January 31st, one at EDSA calling for the impeachment of both Vice President Sara Duterte and President Bongbong Marcos. The other will…
By Leonardo Micua IT remains a puzzle who uploaded the fake news that former Governor Pogi Espino has withdrawn from the race after supposedly being appointed interim secretary of the Presidential Communications Office, which Espino himself flatly denied. The same fake news claimed that Espino’s running mate, former Dasol Mayor Noel…
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo IT took twenty-nine years for Taguig to win a boundary dispute with Makati, from 22 November 1993 to 03 April 2023. In 2023, the Supreme Court affirmed Taguig’s jurisdiction over the Fort Bonifacio military reservation (including Bonifacio Global City and the ten Enlisted Men’s Barrios…
By Farah G. Decano BELOW is an annotation by Atty. Daphne Areola of a Supreme Court decision penned by Associate Justice Marvic Leonen. With her permission, I thought of sharing this here. “The family is considered an inviolable social institution in the Philippine Constitution, symbolizing its importance in society….
By Eva C. Visperas A groundbreaking medical procedure at Region 1 Medical Center’s (R1MC) Department of Ophthalmology and Eye Center restored the vision of a patient who had long suffered from severe eye damage due to a chemical injury. For the first time in Pangasinan, the Boston Keratoprosthesis, a…
By Rex Catubig “INTSIK tsonga”, “Tsikwa”– are just two of the monikers they are condescendingly called, implying disdain in how they are regarded, which reveals our bias and cultural ignorance. My father was privileged to enjoy a close association with the Chinese in the lumber business. I grew up…
By Ermin Garcia Jr. AGAIN! If you think the 7 epaLiFes have run out of abnormal precepts of how Dagupan should be governed, think again, because they have new views based on their position as the majority at the Dagupan sanggunian! After suffering serious major setbacks in their efforts,…
By Gonzalo Duque THERE is not much excitement anymore in the deliberations of the Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod. From what I understand, all questions, legal or political, have been resolved by the DILG regional office headed by Director Jonathan Lausen Jr. But I gather that the Honorable Redford Erfe-Mejia made a…
By Leonardo Micua ONE of my favorite senatorial candidates, second only to former Senator Ping Lacson, is former Ilocos Sur Governor Luis Chavit Singson who has withdrawn from the race, citing his failing health as his reason. Like former Senator Ping, Manong Chavit is a pragmatic politician who calls a…
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