By Gonzalo Duque   THE 19th Congress has just concluded with some legislations still pending. The attention of the legislature has been mainly confined to the impeachment of our Vice President  Sara Duterte. The orchestration and the magnitude of the process can only be summed up to what I call…

By Gonzalo Duque   WELL, well, well! It would seem that the oppositionists, especially the ‘regressive ones’ – starring France Castro, who is identified with the Left – want Vice President Sara Duterte tried and convicted right away for alleged crimes or impeachable acts provided in the Articles of Impeachment….

By Gonzalo Duque   I found it funny that the administration of President Bongbong Marcos has offered to reconcile with the Dutertes without any precondition at all. The Dutertes, I believe, will never reconcile with the President, given the result of the May 12 elections and the impending impeachment trial…

By Gonzalo Duque   WE had Mayor Belen as our guest during our podcast The Punching Duo last May 17. Ermin and I observed that Mayor Belen is now a picture of a relaxed public servant, having won by a margin of more than 40,000 votes. Indeed, she can now…

By Gonzalo Duque   LET us congratulate the winners of the just-concluded national and local elections. To those who did not make it, my magnanimous message to you is, “better luck next time” and  learn from the wisdom of our great philosopher that  “service  to humanity is the best work…

By Gonzalo Duque   AS I was writing this column, I heard that the Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) just announced their candidates for Dagupan City,  including mayor, vice mayor, and down to the last councilor – all from the Unliserbisyo team. One might ask why a religious group endorsed an…

By Gonzalo Duque   THE elections are just around the corner. And the Alyansa senatorial candidates, to my mind, are still finding it hard to beat the candidates of the PDP Laban. More so with the investigation initiated by Senator Imee Marcos recommending the prosecution of Justice Secretary Crispin Remulla,…

By Gonzalo Duque   SOME years ago, at the Dagupeña Restaurant, then located along A.B. Fernandez Avenue in Dagupan City, I found myself having an animated conversation with then newly elected mayor Benjie Lim, now deceased. With bravado, he declared to me that he has the long-awaited solution to the…

By Gonzalo Duque   HAPPY Easter to all! The developments in the national political scene are not looking good for the senatorial candidates of the present administration. We can see Imee Marcos, Camille Villar, and maybe Pia Cayetano abandoning ship and getting endorsement from no less than Vice President Sara…

By Gonzalo Duque   AS the mid-term election draws nearer, the COMELEC is again placed in a hot spot because of its inability to remove all illegally-placed and oversized campaign paraphernalia of the senatorial and local candidates, among other issues. Its failure to monitor the expenses of the national and local…