By Rex Catubig IT was like high tide, as if the rivers and tributaries had overflowed and flooded the city. The ginormous crowd was like shoals of fish that were washed ashore and swarmed all over the downtown loop. The parade crowd and spectators for the city’s 75th Diamond Jubilee kickstart…
By Ermin Garcia Jr. WHEN church bells toll on Christmas Eve, I pray that the Dagupan City SP’s 7 epaLiFes – Councilors Red Posadas Erfe-Mejia, Dada Manoais-Reyna Macalanda, Celia Chua Lim, Irene Chua Lim, Alvin Tolentino Coquia, Alfie David Fernandez and Malou Sampaga Fernandez will have the moral courage…
By Leonardo Micua I was taken aback and offended when I heard City Secretary Ryan Ravanzo, whom I bumped into at the River Grove on JdV Expressway, Wednesday night, tell other local media that I was already banned from attending and covering (via zoom) all proceedings in the Sangguniang Panlungsod. But when I called up Ryan Friday morning before I could…
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo IN this world, it appears that most things are possible, at the same time, most things are not. For those who try and try, the possible entails a lot of preparation and hard work. For those who do not try, it is a miracle, achieved…
By Farah G. Decano POPULAR among lawyers and law students, former Dean Chel Diokno was invited as resource speaker on the topic, “Right To Hope,” on December 5, 2022 at the College of Law of the Lyceum Northwestern University in Dagupan City. Encouraged by his meekness and “masa” charm,…
By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. I’M making this piece on December 14, four days before my 77th birthday, or 11 days before Christmas. This date is so memorable to me because it recollects the death of our friend, our province mate, the famous handsome actor Fernando Poe, Jr. popularly…
By Rex Catubig THE founding of the City Charter took place on June 20, 1947. It was the culmination of the fervent dream of the city fathers—embodied in Republic Act 170 that House Speaker Eugenio Perez, of neighboring historic San Carlos, authored and which was signed into law on…
By Ermin Garcia Jr. NO country in the world can ever beat the Philippines in celebrating Christmas. First of all, it’s the only place on earth that begins to play Christmas carols as early as September (the start of – Ber months)! Then malls and shops begin to mount…
By Leonardo Micua COMEDIAN Roderick Paulate was meted 62 years for hiring ghost employees in his office when he was Quezon City councilor in 2010, who cannot be traced if they existed or not. Note that Paulate was found guilty by the Sandiganbayan to have committed one count of…
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo INDULGE me a bit. At times when I look at the moon in the dead of the night, I wonder if, my life, as little as the lights in the houses from a distant mountain, still matters to the universe. Perhaps, this is why I…
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