By Farah G. Decano   SUNDAY Punch’s very able news reporter and columnist Ding Micua wrote last week that there seems to be an ongoing creeping travel plan among provincial officials.  Reportedly, these officials, including department heads and special assistants, have been going out of the country one after the…

By Farah G. Decano   WITH the rift between President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Vice President Sara Duterte becoming more and more apparent through their identified vloggers, their appearances of unity in recent events are less credible. The suspected animosity between the two leaders that started circulating immediately after the…

By Farah G. Decano   IF I were governor, I would be very much concerned about the recurring floods in Districts 2, 3, and 4 of Pangasinan.  I will make sure that, under my watch, no Pangasinan resident would say that I did not take this matter seriously. If I…

By Farah G. Decano   THE tension in the West Philippine Sea is escalating once again. Lately, China has repeatedly fired water cannons at a Philippine vessel that tried to replenish the resources of the BRP docked at the Ayungin Shoal. The present reaction of the international community is very…

By Farah G. Decano   I celebrated my first anniversary as Dean of the Lyceum Northwestern University College of Law recently.  My gratitude to President Luz Duque-Hammersheimb, Atty. Gonzalo Duque, and Dr. Francisco Duque III for giving me a free hand in steering the college to new heights. The leadership…

By Farah G. Decano   THERE is a growing number of disgruntled supporters of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (hereinafter referred to as BBM).  Some justify their change of hearts due to their disappointment over the way the younger Marcos has been running the country while some reason out that they…

By Farah G. Decano             PLEASE do not excessively extol politicians for the construction of  markets, open gyms, schools, towers, bridges, highways, and airports. It is their job to do so.   Because they sought the position by running in elections, they must consequently perform their duties attached to it. In…

By Farah G. Decano   THE level of toxicity that any individual can tolerate, whether physical or psychological, is limited.  Beyond a certain threshold, the poison will either cause death or insanity. The same is probably true for the Dagupan populace which is presently bombarded with, and drowned in, constant…

By Farah G, Decano             IF what a Duterte vlogger is saying is true – that the present First Lady wields the power of presidential appointment – there should still be reason for her to smile whether or not she gave her imprimatur to Larry Gadon’s appointment as presidential adviser…

By Farah G. Decano   THE onslaught of the Covid virus in 2020 forced most Colleges of Law to go online in order to lessen the prejudice that the pandemic would have caused to education.  This stop-gap instruction however led to the discovery of the virtues of online education. Sometime…