By Leonardo Micua THE series of legal setbacks suffered by the opposition councilors of Dagupan City could mean that justice and reason are not on their side in their continuing efforts to undermine the administration of Mayor Belen Fernandez. It started on January 12, 2024 when the Regional Trial Court…
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo A good friend, art curator Bina Sarkar Elias, requested me to participate with a short 6-8 lines poem on women’s empowerment for an art show she will be curating entitled “Free, Fearless & Fantastical!” scheduled for the Pen + Brush Gallery in New York (Jan….
By Farah G. Decano THEY say that Philippine politics on the national scene is high level. In the academic sense, high-level politics tackle issues about international relations and national security. This concept, however, has earned a new connotation in our country to mean the involvement of powerful and influential…
By Eva C. Visperas IT had been a long time since we last spoke to Engr. Rosendo “Sendong” So, chairman of the homegrown Abono Partylist. For years, Rosendo has been a media fixture, always available to discuss anything related to agriculture. His commitment to the sector was evident during…
By Rex Catubig MY return to movie watching in the theater early this week, after a six-year hiatus, in part brought on by the Covid pandemic, was disenchanting. The movie that seduced me into going, Hello, Love, Again, is the much-ballyhooed sequel to an earlier smash hit and stars…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! DECEMBER 01 – (Dagupan City) Amanda Fernandez; (Sunny Vale, CA) Daisy Ortiz Smith; (Hillside NJ) Ernie B. De Vera DECEMBER 04 – (Umian, NJ) Manny A. De Vera DECEMBER 05 – (San Jacinto) Oudrey Duque; (Manaoag) Leslie Ann De Guzman DECEMBER 07 – (Calasiao) Analyn de Guzman, Miguel…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! NOVEMBER 24 – (Calasiao) Raymart De Guzman, Minda De Guzman; (Manaoag) Linda Galliguez NOVEMBER 28 – (Dagupan City) Amanda dela Cruz; (Mangaldan) Arnold Buenavista NOVEMBER 30 – (Dagupan City) Orlando dela Rosa Happy Birthday! NORMAN D. DAGANAG (November 24 – Dagupan City) Happy Birthday! ELMA BENITO & ELCID…
Salamat po, Cong. Mark – Residents in the Second District affected by the series of storms, particularly those in evacuation areas, expressed their gratitude to Rep. Mark Cojuangco’s unwavering commitment to assist them. They said his constant monitoring of their situation and distribution by his staff of nutritious cooked meals…
ACTING MAJORITY LEADER DADA ADJOURNS SESSION CONTENDING that all acts of the new majority in the Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod since November 5 are ultra vires and void ab initio — or beyond the scope of authority and has no legal effect — the depleted opposition again walked out of the…
OPPOSITION COUNCILORS DISPROVEN THERE was nothing in the House Rules drafted on July 7, 2022 and supposedly amended in October 2023 that requires 2/3 of the votes of all members present to amend or change the same claim contrary to the claim of the new opposition councilors in the Dagupan…
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