By Farah G. Decano WITH eyes flaming in anger, Percy Lapid stared at me. He likely believed that he could scare me with that conduct when he appeared at a Manila court for his arraignment some ten to twelve years ago. He had, at that time, several unimplemented warrants…
By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. I WAS stunned and saddened by the news that the football game tragedy in East Java’s Malang City, Indonesia last October 2 was marred by a stampede that killed 131 people. The talk now in the world of sports describes the disaster as the…
By Rex Catubig THERE are no road markers to lead visitors to the site. The site, in fact, is hardly known in the vicinity. The name Villa Milagrosa no longer rings a bell, silenced by the hands of time. Undeterred, we found the way through some remembered route much…
By Ermin Garcia Jr. FINALLY, Guv Mon-mon Guico appeared on national TV newscast – TV Patrol on September 27 – in an interview for an update on the status of the province after TC “Karding” exited. I’m sure his appearance on TV Patrol surprised many of the newscast’s regular…
By Al S.Mendoza MANNY Pacquiao is staging a comeback. But it is not really a comeback in the strictest sense of the word. He is coming back to fight but not actually in a real brawl. Well, it will still be a fight atop the roped ring when he…
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 Leonardo Micua PANGASINAN and Dagupan City may have been spared by the wrath of Typhoon “Karding”, but our neighboring provinces in Central Luzon up to Calabarzon were not. An example is Nueva Ecija, the undisputed rice granary of the Philippines and today’s largest rice producer in PH, with Isabela…
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo SEPTEMBER is associated with the number seven. I remember September with the blooming of three shades of blue purple flowers: aster, forget-me-not and morning glory. I remember an IVLP General Assembly where Prof. Jose David Lapuz stood up to chastise the credibility of a report,…
By Farah G. Decano THIS is a traditional phrase used by lawyers who appear before the Supreme Court during oral arguments. It is supposed to be a very respectful expression of reverence and respect for the honorable occupants of the august judicial chambers. Former undersecretary and NT-ELCAC spokesperson, Lorraine…
By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. DESPITE the imminent threat of super Typhoon Karding last Sunday (September 25), the much-awaited post-pandemic province-wide basketball cagefest dubbed as “Excellent Noodles Cup DBL Pangasinan Inter-Town/City/School U18 Basketball Tournament 2022” still officially unfolded at the Dagupan City’s People’s Astrodome. Yes, I witnessed the well-orchestrated…
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