By Ermin Garcia Jr. AS I recall how Frank Sinatra’s enduring “My Way” song that begins with – “ And now, the end is near…” I cannot but feel that no other line in that song would best describe the scenario for the 7epaLiFes’ short-lived power play to heir…
By Leonardo Micua I WAS no longer surprised at all when the DPWH commenced its stalled cutting of overgrown trees, especially mango trees, from Barangay Tebag in Sta. Barbara to Calasiao and up to the boundary of Dagupan and Calasiao. DPWH was rushing to finish its old road widening…
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo YESTERDAY, a friend of mine was talking about how she felt differently towards a former colleague. She remembered him as one who had a deprecating way of looking at things, but lately she said, she realized that it was probably because it was his way…
By Farah G. Decano CONGRATULATIONS to Atty. Jason Mejia, a L-NU College of Law alumnus, for clinching the presidency of the IBP Pangasinan Chapter last weekend. His triumph did not surprise me at all because his relations with fellow lawyers have always been on the level. He certainly treats…
By Eva C. Visperas FOR two weeks now, I couldn’t help but overthink and wonder about the approved Sangguniang Panlalawigan resolution authorizing Gov. Monmon Guico to negotiate and enter into a loan agreement with the Land Bank of the Philippines in the whooping amount of six billion pesos (P6-B)….
By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. THE talk in Philippine sports last week was about the two-day basketball skirmishes of the FIBA World Cup Asia qualifying sixth window hosted by our country both held at the 50,000 seater Philippine Arena in Bocaue, Bulacan. We, ardent buffs of basketball, watched on…
By Rex Catubig YEARS ago we had lunch at the Dulag, Binmaley bucolic church grounds as our high school classmate, Fr Jon Songcuan, was assigned there. After eating, Fr Jon toured us around. As we walked past the circular-domed chapel, having some discussion about the state of the…
By Ermin Garcia Jr. PANGASINENSES will finally see their non-working governor at work with the expected windfall of infrastructure projects that will be funded by the P6,000,000,000. loan with Land Bank! Guv Mon-Mon Guico will no longer be seen only signing memorandums of agreements but physically inspecting the 1)…
By Leonardo Micua ON February 14, members of the majority in the Dagupan Sangguniang Panglungsod, except one, wore red in tune with the spirit of Valentine’s Day. That would have been just fine as many others wore red that day. Many thought with red as the dominant color of…
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo I NORMALLY prefer the silence of the morning to inspire myself to write. Debussy competes with the silence at times, but not often. This morning I spontaneously played Debussy’s Clair de Lune, one of my favorites among his compositions. It is probably an impulse, or…
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