By Ermin Garcia Jr. DAGUPAN Mayor Brian Lim already has nothing going for him except what the national government can download for the city, and I’m talking about the vaccines allocated to the city. Even the earlier press announcement that he was purchasing city’s own vaccines was nothing…
By Al S. Mendoza I am a resident of Quezon City for decades now. I love it here. No reason to whine. Trees all over. Open spaces as wide as the sky. Air still fresh and smells sweet on mornings mostly misty in the non-summer months. It’s our leaders whose…
By Leonardo Micua “DON’T blame the DOH for (the) COVID spike. It’s the DILG. They fumbled their contact tracing efforts.” This was recently posted by Wilson Chua, CEO of the Dagupan-based Bitstop, Inc. in his social media account. He has been analyzing data about the COVID-19 situation in the country,…
By Atty. Farah G. Decano WITH the recent news that one out of three Covid survivors eventually suffer from mental issues, “akubid,” I predict, will soon be part of Pangasinan’s rich vocabulary to refer to someone who is psychologically unstable. Remember the word, “atipus?” Atipus refers to someone…
By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. THE 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games which was supposed to be held last July 24 to August 9 was unanimously postponed by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) headed by its President Thomas Bach and Japan Prime Minister Abe Shinzo together with the President of the…
Unknown Author Contributed by Ashok G. Vasandani Here’s an article I read on Demic’s page on Facebook that I’d like to share, something that we can all learn from. I was once walking alone in the wilderness of the Himalayan mountains, when I came across a crowd of homeless…
By Ermin Garcia Jr. I volunteered to take a “sabbatical leave” from posting and reading points of view last Wednesday, because I knew I had to clear my mind and focus on God’s teachings and suffering. These after all are what the pandemic is all about. There are lessons to…
By Al S. Mendoza THE Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) may yet be moved again from its April 18 opening to possibly early May. No worries. The PBA’s fate will always be dependent on health protocols in Metro Manila and its environs. With the ECQ (Enhanced Community Quarantine) in full force…
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo THIS is not another word from a friend who uses “foots” as the plural form of foot, or his extension of its context when a lot of people march on their “feets”. Goods is not a new word, it is an old word with a new…
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