By Farah G. Decano   THE 2023 budget was finally enacted by the Sangguniang Panlungsod with a vote of 5- 4.  Allegedly, the five votes came from the minority councilors who are pro-administration, while the four came from the majority councilors who are aligned with the opposition. The question is,…

By Farah G. Decano   FLORANGEL Rosario Braid honored her city of birth anew by naming her recently launched book, “TAGPO: Right Place and Right Time.” Her book chronicles her life and the opportunities she encountered at the right time and right place. Dr. Braid is a much respected intellectual…

By Farah G. Decano   DURING the recently held seminar on human rights education held on September 12 and 13 in Iloilo City under the auspices of the Human Rights Institute (HRI), the latter proved to the participants that it does practice what it preaches.  The HRI is the education…

By Farah G. Decano   THE Philippines will be celebrating the Law Week this September so I thought of asking a young lawyer, who recently passed the bar, to write about her heartaches in and hopes for the legal profession. Atty. Iyay Vargas-Malicdem is a magna cum laude graduate of…

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…