By Ermin Garcia Jr. LAST week, I read another news report about the mandatory attendance in seminar on traffic rules and the subsequent written and driving tests required of applicants for new and renewal of driving licenses by the Land Transportation Office. Frankly, these new requirements only offer opportunities…
By Al S. Mendoza THE Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) was formed in 1982 mainly to unseat Ferdinand Marcos Sr. It was founded basically by the late, lamented Sen. Aquilino “Nene” Pimentel together with his fellow nationalists Ninoy Aquino and Lorenzo “Ka Tanny” Tanada, among others. For years…
By Gonzalo Duque AS we celebrated the founding anniversary of Pangasinan on April 5. Ging Cardinoza, a member of the ad hoc committee tasked to conduct a research on the day, month and year when Pangasinan was founded, said it was Governor Amado Espino Jr., father of incumbent Governor…
By Leonardo Micua As I was writing this column, people are gathering in droves at the CSI Parking Area and helipad owned by the family of former Dagupan City Mayor Belen Fernandez, where VP Leni Robredo and her teammate Kiko Pangilinan were to hold a grand rally. Naughty minds…
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo I am fascinated with shooting stars, tiny particles of dust from space that burn up above Earth’s surface as they dive down at an incredible velocity in the sky, glowing as they pass and then as quickly, gone. I remember waiting at the school…
By Farah G. Decano ABOVE title is a direct quote of Imelda Marcos’ statement in the documentary film, “The Kingmaker.” The statuesque First Lady of twenty years knew her politics well. During the reign of her husband, President Ferdinand Marcos, the Filipinos were shielded from the truth and were…
By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. THE first game of this year’s PBA Governor’s Cup’s ‘best-of-seven’ championship series started last Wednesday (April 6) and the underdog Meralco Bolts convincingly won in the first confrontation, 104-91 held at Araneta Coliseum. That dominating game that saw the re-charged Meralco five taking all…
By Rex Catubig THERE had been a portent of rain but at daybreak, a bright burning sun breaks through a bright, blue sky. At the city’s boundary welcome, the radiating heat wave creates the illusion of the bangus bas relief jumping out of the concrete arch as if in…
By Ermin Garcia Jr. DAGUPAN Mayor Brian Lim was dealt with an unforgettable lesson in politics that he never learned from his father, the politically astute Mayor BSL. He goes down in the city’s political history as the first (and hopefully the last) mayor that gave the city its…
By Al S. Mendoza I have three friends with different presidential bets. One wants Bongbong Marcos. I ask him why Bongbong? “I have no reason,” says he. “I just like him.” “Why no reason?” I ask him. “I don’t know,” says he. “Why do you like him?” “I don’t know,”…
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