By Gonzalo Duque   THE recent brouhaha about the big drug bust in Pozorrubio by the PDEA speaks a lot about Gov. Mon-Mon Guico. After the successful  PDEA operation, not a word was heard from him, even if Pozorrubio is only about a few kilometers away from his hometown Binalonan….

By Gonzalo Duque   WHEN I attended a birthday party of Chito Samson, one of our best friends and a cumpadre, at the Breadhouse on JDV Highway, the hot conversation of one group among his well-wishers was the problems of Dagupan, zeroing on the recurring floods and—hold your breath —Pamana, the…

By Gonzalo Duque   LAST week, I traveled to Northern Luzon to visit my brods and friends in that area. You know, the Duque clan originated from Paoay, Ilocos Norte. On my way to Ilocos Norte,  I had a stopover in Vigan City where I and company had a nice conversation…

By Gonzalo Duque   I’VE been privileged to be named by Mayor Belen T . Fernandez as member of an executive committee tasked to prepare the activities for our 75th Diamond Anniversary this year with Mayor Belen herself as chairperson. In the first meeting of the executive committee held at…

By Gonzalo Duque   I missed to write my column last week because I was in the hospital for my routine executive check-up, checking on my diabetes, heart condition, if I have lipid, liver and kidney disorders, neurological disease, and diseases in the colon and other body organs, including my…

By Gonzalo Duque   THE perennial flooding in Dagupan City, occurring even if the sun is shining brightly, is a matter that seriously concerns us. But we are consoled by the fact that Mayor Belen Fernandez took steps at the start of her term to ask for help from the DPWH to solve this problem. Through her strong…

By Gonzalo Duque   I apologize for not expounding on the executive order of Mayor Belen Fernandez last week, creating an executive committee that will prepare Dagupan’s Diamond Jubilee Year on account of space limitation imposed by our editor. I had wanted to discuss some guidelines set by Mayor Fernandez’s…

By Gonzalo Duque   WE are saddened by the sudden departure of our beloved President Fidel V. Ramos, whose presidency we had the privilege of serving as Director and Deputy Administrator of the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA). What was very significant during those times was the problem of our…

By Gonzalo Duque   I first hesitated to write any topic under the sun, but the call of duty made me change my mind. What happened Wednesday in Northern Luzon, which was jolted by a powerful earthquake (Magnitude 5 in Dagupan, Magnitude 6 in La Union and Magnitude 7 in Lagangilang,…