By Gonzalo Duque   I had a brief conversation with Orly Navarro, manager of radio station DWIZ and a close friend of Brian Lim and family about politics in Dagupan. I asked him why he interviewed Mayor Belen Fernandez three times in his radio program “ Orly You” and what…

By Gonzalo Duque   THE resignation Sara Duterte as Secretary of Education has been long in coming. Everybody has long been expecting her resignation. Many are aware that the Vice President has been treated as an outsider in the Marcos administration. It must be lonely to be an outsider but…

By Gonzalo Duque   WE just celebrated our 126th Independence Day last June 12. Every year since we were under Martial Law, our government leaders were always barking the same line that before we became independent “we need to work for it and if necessary, die for it.” Such a…

By Gonzalo Duque   OUR class of 1976, known as the 100 Percenters of BAR ‘76, had a meeting last week. We pride ourselves as the last batch from San Beda College that achieved that 100 percent mark that year. No batch had broken that record yet. Among those who passed the…

By Gonzalo Duque    A lot of things have been happening in the national scene lately. The reorganization of the Senate is one instance that happened preparatory to the 2025 local, congressional and senatorial elections. There will be a lot of realignments to be seen soon. Of course, many of the possible aspirants will be…

By Gonzalo Duque    I CITED Barangay Captain Sidney Lomboy of Tapuac as a different breed of barangay captain in my last week’s column. I was proud of him. However, I inadvertently omitted to cite others who also received commendations for their outstanding performances as barangay captains, particularly, one special barangay…

By Gonzalo Duque   MARK my word. Our Barangay Kapitan of Tapuac, Sidney Lomboy will go places. And his secretary, Ike Palinar, can only agree with me so I am urging all his kagawads to unite and support Sidney’s programs because I believe all these will redound to the benefit…

By Gonzalo Duque   THE onset of modern communications technology has made our political conversations easier to be appreciated by the public. Many political leaders have fallen and lost their grip on power because it is now easier to call people to assemble and stage a people power. Let’s take the…

By Gonzalo T. Duque    THE annual Bangus Fest has just ended. What comes next? Just a rewind. Years back, I recall that we experienced a devastating typhoon two weeks after the Dagupan Bangus Festival. Many houses and buildings had their roofs blown down by the typhoon. Parang yong wind…

By Gonzalo Duque   WHEN Mayor Al Fernandez was still alive, he formed a political alliance and named it LiFe. It’s an acronym for Lim and Fernandez. That was the time when then Fourth District Congressman Benjie Lim run for mayor of Dagupan with Al’s son, Alvin as his vice…