By Eva C. Visperas I’VE known Mayor Dickerson Villar since he was a teenager. My first encounter with him was at the home of his late grandparents, Lolo Bebot and Lola Vivien Villar, in Sto. Tomas. He was still a student then, and I would often see him during…
By Rex Catubig WITH Typhoon Marce hovering in the vicinity as if casing the surroundings, and its tentative winds blowing the dust off the cover of memories, unearthing the treasure of past remembrances, one discovers anew the coveted fossils of time, resurrecting the worn images of life pressed on…
By Ermin Garcia Jr. LAST week I wrote about the day our youngest sibling Karina died on November 1, 1963, lifting largely from the letter that our father, Ermin Sr. wrote five days after she died. Below is a continuation of my father’s grief on November 6, a day…
By Gonzalo Duque THE Senate inquiry that heard the allegations against former President Rodrigo Duterte turned out to be a circus and a dud. Those who were expecting that former President Duterte would be cornered and make himself publicly humiliated instead become a laughing stock in the eyes of…
By Leonardo Micua THE oral testimony of no less than former President Rodrigo Duterte before the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee a few days ago was watched by millions of people all over the country on YouTube with bated breath. They wanted to hear directly from the horse’s mouth how…
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo I was told that the Senate hearing on the subject of extra-judicial killings (EJKs) is a waste of money. This is because the hearing was literally hijacked by former President Duterte with his curses. Senator Koko Pimentel, who chaired the session, no matter if he…
By Farah G. Decano THE law, Republic Act 10121, provides that each local government unit (LGU) must set aside 5 percent of its annual budget to disaster and risk reduction management projects, programs, and activities. Seventy percent of such budget should be for disaster preparedness and 30 percent for…
By Eva C. Visperas DURING the recent onslaught of Typhoon Kristine, four of us ladies working in media ventured to the Capitol area in Lingayen to observe the flooding and storm surge plus high tide and strong wind that affected the vicinity, particularly along the Baywalk. We braved the…
By Rex Catubig THE past week held us hostage in a cliffhanger situation, dreading the landfall of Typhoon Kristine, who from all accounts, is the personification of the saying: Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. Close on its heels, another typhoon named Leon, like a spurned lover, was on a…
By Ermin Garcia Jr. NOVEMBER 1 is a date that has become sacred to our family. It is the date when our youngest sibling, Karina, died. She drowned off the Tondaligan Beach in Dagupan on November 1, 1963. Know that as our mother, Paulita, revealed she overheard Karina telling…
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