By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo WHEN I reflect about what happened in the last five years to my siblings and their families, I am surprised how they could have surmounted so many difficulties seemingly without solutions in sight, then. But they did, so did I. Amazing how the human spirit,…
By Farah G. Decano ATTY. Glenn Bauzon entered the Dean’s office passing by the College of Law Secretary’s desk and the Faculty Lounge where gifts were being wrapped. He heard the yuletide songs of Andrea Bocelli being played audibly in my work area when he blurted, “I already feel…
The elusive Christmas spirit
By Eva C. Visperas THE public scoping for two proposed projects, one for the dredging of Limahong River Channel and Delta and the dredging of Agno River Channel and Delta located in the municipalities of Lingayen and Labrador, came under intense scrutiny during a public hearing on December 17…
Transparency, accountability demanded in river dredging projects

By Rex Catubig SOME 2,000 years ago, an unlikely untimely birth made the biblical headlines, and subsequently became the matrix of Christianity. We are familiar with the circumstances of Joseph and Mary’s trek to Bethlehem from their home in Nazareth to comply with an edict for villagers to return…
Reinventing Christmas in Dagupan
By Ermin Garcia Jr. THE national brouhaha over the impending impeachment of VP Sara Duterte, has deeply polarized the country on two fronts: For or against impeachment, for or against PBBM! It has become much too obvious that the allies of Speaker Martin Romualdez, particularly the appointed attack dogs,…
VP Sara impeachment hits PBBM
By Gonzalo Duque AS I write this, I am hopeful that the ‘Punching Duo’ of my editor, Ermin Garcia Jr., and myself will be launched Saturday, December 14. It will be from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. with replay on Wednesdays. We call this, in radio parlance, a test broadcast,…
Marcoleta will be senator
By Leonardo Micua WITH all those hard as granite accusations thrown at VP Sara Duterte, an ordinary human being would have easily crashed and crumbled. But not the VP. She’s fighting back with steel-like nerves and a heart of stone, and despite her bruises, if you can call it that, is…
Crucial days before Christmas
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo THERE is something magical in our lives, stories narrated by our grandparents and our parents, before Santa Claus came to our consciousness. As children, my grandfather Laki Ilot, often told his experiences with the magical as a natural part of everyday life. He would tell…
Magical realism
By Farah G. Decano IN celebration of International Human Rights Day, the Lyceum Northwestern University College of Law through its Legal Education and Advocacy Discourse (LeadDTALKS) program recently invited the fearless Queen of Bardagulan herself, Atty. Rowena “Bing” Guanzon of the P3pwd partylist. Her topic was, “Human Rights, Online…
Bardagulan
By Eva C. Visperas DECEMBER, the month of joy, warmth, and festive lights. It’s that magical time of year when every town and city in Pangasinan glows with vibrant Christmas displays, their lights shimmering in the cool evening air. It’s supposed to be a time of family gatherings, laughter,…