By Farah G. Decano   THE numerous road elevations and drainage installations going on simultaneously in Dagupan City are negatively affecting countless residents and business owners.  They are either forced to cough out significant amounts of money or incur loans to cope with these infrastructure changes.  Not only are the…

By Farah G. Decano   THE almost towering height of the ongoing road elevation in various parts of the city is causing agitation among business owners and residents.  The usual animosity between the two political factions – administration and opposition – seems to eclipse their focus on what is essential. …

By Farah G. Decano THIS quaint interior called Pagasa along Arellano Street has been home to some families of political influence. Located in this village are properties of the Rayoses, Melendezes, Ravanzos, Marambas, Fernandezes, Coquias, and the Decanos. But, it is only now that its ever-deteriorating narrow roads are seriously taken into consideration…

By Farah G. Decano   I worry about my former colleagues in the Dagupan City Council who now belong to the opposition.  Joining the bandwagon of their haters is not my bag of chips because I only remember our good and innocent times.  As former city councilor, I had good…

By Farah G. Decano   MY ever-reliable college secretary told me that a certain senior male educator was in disbelief when I was awarded by the Lyceum Northwestern University a Special Achievement Award during the university’s Christmas party.  She understood his negative reaction to mean that I did not deserve…

By Farah G. Decano   2024 is around the corner. How do we prepare ourselves for the coming of the new year? What better way to start the turn of the calendar than to unload ourselves of those that burden our psyche and our soul? Has anyone offended us this…

By Farah G. Decano T’WAS past nine o’ clock at night when I finally decided to turn off the lights in the first floor, go up my bedroom and rest my tired half-a-century sexy body. Don’t get me wrong. It is always good to have a little amount of delusion for…

By Farah G. Decano   FROM January 2020 up to October 2023, the Philippines has lodged a whopping four hundred sixty-five diplomatic protests against China. Despite these numerous formal actions, the Asian superpower recently resumed its vexatious water canon attacks against our Philippine vessels on a resupply mission in the…

By Farah G. Decano   INSOFAR as foreign policy regarding the West Philippine Sea is concerned, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. seems to be on the right track.  Unlike his immediate predecessor, the younger Marcos courageously identified the aggressive Chinese conduct in that area as troubling and the culprit of the…

By Farah G. Decano             NOVEMBER 30 – celebrity Kathryn Bernardo confirms her break-up from actor Daniel Padilla. I didn’t expect that this news will explode on Philippine social media to epic proportions. Almost every scroll of my Facebook wall yielded posts about this unexpected separation.  Group chats (GC) and…