The tragedy is about us By Ermin Garcia Jr. HOW most reacted to the Christine Dacera “rape-slay” case is certainly a case for behavioral science study. I say this because within minutes of the news in media, netizens (and, yes, the police) branded her death as a sordid case of rape-slay all because of […]
Opinion
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The seeming unending saga of Trump By Al S. Mendoza THE Trump truck of tricks keeps on rolling. It’s getting even worse. Only last Wednesday, January 6, Trump’s trumpeters stormed the Capitol Hill in Washington D.C., America’s capital. You know what Capitol Hill represents? It houses both America’s Senate and House of Representatives. It is […]
G Spot
The thing called happiness By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo IN 1972, the 4th King of Bhutan, King Jigme Singye Wangchuck declared, “Gross National Happiness is more important than Gross Domestic Product.” It is the very first time that the concept was articulated, changing the perspectives and measurements of Bhutan’s overall development. As an alternative indicator for Gross Domestic Product […]
Andromeda’s Vortex
Twin Vision By Atty. Farah G. Decano “IT was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of […]
Sports Eye
Pangasinan tops PH cycling By Jesus A. Garcia, Jr SOME friends of mine, young cycling fans, including bashers, too, mostly outside the province keep asking me to name all the Pangasinan professional cyclists who won national multi-stage cycling since the birth of Philippine cycling races, like the fabled Tour of Luzon, Marlboro Tour, Tour […]
Learnings in Life
Walking on Water Unknown Author Contributed by Ashok G. Vasandani Here’s a story I read in www.developgoodhabits.com that I’d like to share, something that we can all learn from. OONCE there was a boy who lived with his family on a farm. They had a beautiful dog who would go down to the pond […]
Random Thoughts
Brian’s new E.O. not good enough By Leonardo Micua ON January 4, Mayor Brian Lim did not lose time in issuing an executive order reimposing the liquor ban and restoring the 10:00 p.m. to 4:00 a.m. curfew in a bid to slow down the increasing number of active COVID-19 cases in Dagupan: 184 cases […]
Feelings
Her place! By Jing Villamil IF you studied, post-studied, lived thereabout, visited or were here confined – you would know . . . This place, her place. Which she has in common with her grandfather, a few aunts, a fewer cousins. If I happened to spend regular motherly days with her, so rare (as […]
Punchline
DCWD-Pamana JVA, a case for FOI By Ermin Garcia Jr. IN the eyes of the Government-Owned and Controlled Corporations (GOCC), the joint venture agreement (JVA) between the Dagupan City Water District (DCWD) and Pamana Water is valid and legal, but it still doesn’t remove the fact that the DCWD board of directors remains accountable […]
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Be happy when none is received in return By Al S. Mendoza NEW Year. New life. New approach. There is always a New Year but there will never be a New God. Our God is forever. Now to simply forget the just-ended year could send us repeating the same mistakes again. For, to be able to […]