By Gonzalo Duque    PALM Sunday is the day when Catholics go to mass and bring with them fronds of coconut or palm tree inside the church and ask the priest to bless these in observance of the old tradition centuries back. This tradition reenacts the triumphal entry into Jerusalem…

By Gonzalo Duque   I’VE been following up the case or cases filed by Vice Mayor Bryan Kua against the three councilors from the majority in Dagupan City. I understand that they had to file a motion for reinvestigation to reopen the case or cases after the prosecutor had already…

By Gonzalo Duque   I happened to get hold of a copy of  a resolution of Maychelle Ablog-Sergio, acting city prosecutor for Dagupan, denying the motion for reconsideration made by Councilor Irene-Lim Acosta, one of the respondents in the case filed by Vice Mayor Bryan Kua against the three majority…

By Gonzalo Duque   IN my enthusiasm to bring a civil case against the majority councilors in our city, I started getting in touch with our friends at the Dagupan City Hall. But I suffered an initial snag because Mayor Belen Fernandez has not been taking my calls. Ditto with…

By Gonzalo Duque    I’VE  been on a semi-retirement mode for some time which is why I suspended my favorite pastime, column writing. Truth is, my editor, Ermin, had been prodding me to resume my column to put my mind in shape but I could not find the right motivation…

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…