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Bantay Dagupan: The City’s New Voice

By | Newsy News

By Eva C. Visperas   “GOOD governance is not just about being seen, it is about being heard—and more importantly, being acted upon.” In Dagupan City, this philosophy now takes center stage with the launch of Bantay Dagupan, Sumbungan ng Bayan, an initiative of Mayor Belen Fernandez that puts the people…

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Bantay Dagupan: The City’s New Voice

By October 5, 2025Newsy News

The butt song from hell

By | G Spot

By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo   I am looking at “The Butt Song from Hell”, detail from Hieronymus Bosch’s 15th-century triptych, “The Garden of Earthly Delights”, depicting a hellish chorus singing a song while the devil is inscribing the notes on the buttocks of a tortured figure in the hell panel….

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The butt song from hell

By September 27, 2025G Spot

The ayuda, bow

By | Entre'acte, Punch Gallery

By Rex Catubig   THEY are the calamity and crises staple. Once referred to as “Relief”, they have since mutated  into various aid acronyms,–AICS, Tupad, 4P’s, etc., but are collectively popularly known as “Ayuda”, the palliative, temporary support in emergency situations, financial or in kind. During typhoons, flooding and other…

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The ayuda, bow

By September 27, 2025Entre'acte, Punch Gallery

The people are angry

By | Out of the fire

By Gonzalo Duque   THE moro-moro that just happened in the House of Representatives might have mitigated the anger of the public, so they say. But for those who are more circumspect in appreciating the issues confronting the House of Representatives, the change in leadership could just merely be a…

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The people are angry

By September 21, 2025Out of the fire

Get the secrets out

By | Random Thoughts

By Leonardo Micua   THE sudden resignation of two top executives from the Pangasinan provincial government two weeks ago has sparked widespread speculation. The resignations of Provincial Administrator Melicio Patague III and Provincial Accountant Marlon Operana came as a shock to many. Both had been with Governor Ramon Guico III…

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Get the secrets out

By September 21, 2025Random Thoughts

September 21

By | G Spot

By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo   IN 1981, September 21 was declared by the United Nations (UN) as International Day of Peace, a global observance dedicated “to strengthening the ideals of peace through non-violence and a temporary worldwide ceasefire” through Resolution 36/37. In 2001, the UN General Assembly passed a second…

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September 21

By September 21, 2025G Spot