By Leonardo Micua I am no fan of Deputy House Speaker Rodante Marcoleta but I believe that he did something honorable when he withdrew from the senatorial race after finding that his campaign was not getting anywhere. He had nothing to be ashamed of in the first place. He…
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo PAIN is a dance in the bottomless pit of desire. There, in the abyss, the darkness becomes the music. It is where ghosts are roused from their sleep, take your hand to the dance floor and whirl your body in the air, unmindful of danger,…
By Farah G. Decano ON May 9, the Filipino people will cast their votes as custodians of the future. Because we are stewards of our children and our children’s children, we have been entrusted the power to determine the collective path that the next generations shall take. It is…
By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. INDISPUTABLY, one of our country’s intoxicating drinks named Ginebra San Miguel is considered as the ‘king of gins’ in the land, loved by the common Filipino masses because of its affordable price and quality and became a very popular drink. Many say it is…
By Rex Catubig THE burial lot for our dear departed has always been at the Catholic Church Cemetery in Careenan Street. Even in the advent of memorial parks, we stood by the final resting ground for our deceased. Ours is just a few tombs away on the right side…
By Ermin Garcia Jr. JUST when we thought the worst was over for our families that have been long separated by the pandemic after the IATF rescinded its resolution that required provincial buses operating in the region to use North Luzon Express Terminal (NLET) in Bocaue, here comes a…
By Al S. Mendoza THE old, unlamented Marcos produced fake war medals that, when exposed, haunted him till his dying day in 1989 in faraway Hawaii. Consumed by lupus, he didn’t even know he was in Hawaii. All along, he knew he was in Paoay, a town in Ilocandia…
By Leonardo Micua MANY people in Pangasinan I’ve talked to were disappointed at their idol Manila Mayor Isko Domagoso aka “Moreno” when he unabashedly called on Vice President Leni Robredo to withdraw from the presidential race. They said his response was uncalled for even given his narrative that she…
By Farah G. Decano “NO master but the law, no guide but conscience, no aim but justice.” With more than eight thousand new lawyers in our midst, I cannot help but recall the above quote from Associate Supreme Court Justice, Jose Benedicto Luna Reyes, more popularly referred to as…
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