Rotarians also want Benjie and Belen to reconcile By Gonzalo Duque AT the Rotary night at the Dagupan plaza, most of those we met  and talked to endorsed  our column last week  about reconciling Mayor Benjie Lim and Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez “for the good of the city.”. Everybody knows…

“Bayang Magiliw” +Oscar V. Cruz JCD Lately, there have been really nasty things said and done about the Philippines – which of course and the Philippines stand for the Filipinos own the Philippines, and the Philippines stand for the Filipinos. This is why, it is still the Filipinos who know…

The dream is still to work overseas By Guia Charissa Cerezo I HAVE been wandering around and thinking of the things that happened in the past year. It has been years since I first started thinking about how I must live my life in the face of what our society…

Pangasinenses or Pangasinanes or Pangalatok or Pangalato? Take your pick! By Jun Velasco HAPPY New Ear! We were meaning to use the head “Happy New Ear!” to warn against our common practice of exploding “paputok” (firecrackers) in welcoming the New Year. Hopefully, we’d have less casualties this time with P-Noy’s…

Chito has a good idea to reconcile for Benjie and Belen By Gonzalo Duque OUR New Year’s wish: the political reconciliation of Mayor Benjie Lim and Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez. On this account, our cumpadre, Councilor Chito Samson proposed a sensational idea — “man intsik lara ompiano sikara labat so makatalos,…

Christmas wishes By +Oscar V. Cruz JCD Considering that it is not bad to wish and that a wish is but a yearning, attending to the practice that Christmas time is the customary occasion to make wishes and that anybody can make a wish or two, the following wishful thoughts…

Polka dots and 12 round fruits By Marifi Jara ILHA de Mozambique–My senior high school niece, via e-mail, has recently asked me to help her in shaping up her thesis paper. She wants to do something on ‘Filipino traditions that are disappearing’. I gave her some guidelines and suggestions, and…

Crisis of faith By Jun Velasco WE were probably the first, along with Mayor Benjie Lim, city museum czarina Nora Siapno, and tourism director Rose Teng-Mejia, to witness the switching on of the beautiful Christmas tree in front of the city museum Tuesday night. Amid a myriad of troubles tearing our…

A legacy By Gonzalo Duque THE year — 2010, that’s about to go — should be the most meaningful to this columnist. No, no beautiful girl landed in out heart this year.  Tapos na tayo diyan ha with our beloved Ruth who has stood by us for how many years now. More…

“Wind beneath my wings” By +Oscar V. Cruz JCD TO this date and time, surveys made to show the standing of the leadership in the present administration can be said as “So far, so good.” Translation: Majority of the Filipinos still places their trust and repose their hope upon the…