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Birthdays/Anniversaries April 2 – 8, 2023

By | Birthdays/Anniversaries

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! APRIL 2 – (Dagupan City) Annaliza De Vera; (Manaoag) Joana Rhian Azurin, Jennylyn Mercado APRIL 4 – (Dagupan City) Rowena Sabalboro; (Calasiao) Rowena Joy de Vera APRIL 6 – (Dagupan City) Armando M. Ochenta Happy Birthday! MARY ANN S. FERNANDEZ (March  31 – Dagupan City) Happy Birthday! MELONY…

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Birthdays/Anniversaries April 2 – 8, 2023

Mockery, hypocrisy vs. political will

By | Editorial, Punch Gallery

DAGUPEÑOS have seen and heard enough of the diabolical plotting of the Dagupan City councilors in the majority, and inability of the executive to stop them. Bereft of any semblance of civility and respect for the law, the members of the Committee on Finance, Budget and Appropriations, namely, Councilors Redford…

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Mockery, hypocrisy vs. political will

No moral courage?

By | Punchline

By Ermin Garcia Jr.   THE unprecedented move of Mayor Belen Fernandez appearing before the committee of finance and appropriations t where the 7 epaLiFes hold sway, to defend the annual budget got an immediate, predictable response! They demanded the presence of the all the department heads in the next…

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No moral courage?

By March 27, 2023Punchline

Playing politics

By | Random Thoughts

By Leonardo Micua   WHEN the SP majority banned journalists from covering the committee hearings on the 2023 annual budget of Dagupan, I had no choice but to watch the footage of the hearing  again via the Facebook page of Mayor Belen Fernandez to get an insight into that proceeding….

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Playing politics

By March 27, 2023Random Thoughts

Love, chaos and unity

By | G Spot

By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo   LOVE could be many things, comforting at times, dislocating too. It can upset equilibrium as well as balance the point where our very center rests. It is beautiful in its own chaos. You and Me Yes, you listen to reason as you said, reason keeps…

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Love, chaos and unity

By March 27, 2023G Spot

Too much ado with Latin

By | Andromeda's Vortex

By Farah G. Decano             IT saddens me to read on social media and in online news some strongly worded dissensions against Pope Francis’ recent reiteration on “Traditionis Custodes.”  The July 16, 2021 decree is perceived by traditionalists as a restriction of Latin Holy Masses. While his predecessors, Pope John…

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Too much ado with Latin