By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo SOME time in January 2022, former Syrian intelligence officer “Anwar Raslan, 58, was found guilty of overseeing the murder of 27 people” and the torture of at least 4,000 prisoners at the Al-Khatib detention centre in Damascus, also known as “Branch 251”, in 2011 and…
By Farah G. Decano FEMININE traits are considered weak, subservient and uncertain most of the time while masculine qualities are deemed strong, courageous and resolute. What are these usual manly traits reckoned to be manifestations of fearlessness? Courage in accordance with the stereotypical masculine standard is aggression, confrontation and…
By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. “THERE’S always a first time in life,” as the maxim says. This is indisputable adage that may occur unexpectedly to anyone in our daily lives. Yes, even sports activities are not spared from this axiom. In fact, it happened during the ten-day 2022 Ronda…
By Rex Catubig IT’S an oft repeated tale of OFW woe. The domestic helper being maltreated. One is already inured to these stories. Until it hits close to home. Christina Aquino, a single mom at 32, of Sitio Bagong Barrio, Bonuan Gueset is our poster girl of worker abuse….
By Ermin Garcia Jr. AS I was looking forward to the installation and investiture of Dr. Voltaire Arzadon over the week, as the first president of Universidad de Dagupan, I recalled how I began working with the founders and presidents of the colleges in the early 70s long before…
By Al S. Mendoza YEARS back, almost right after President Duterte became President in 2016, I said here that we should not immediately believe in every word he says. For, his mind is as fickle as the weather—to use a cliché. What he says this minute, he’d say the…
By Gonzalo Duque I HEARD President Duterte’s speeches when he was still running for president that the presidency is a matter of destiny. I believe him. But when he said the next president must preferably be a lawyer, compassionate and have also served as chief executive in the local…
By Leonardo Micua ON our way home to Bonuan Thursday afternoon, we passed by the holding garage of the Dagupan Bus on Arellano Street to see it finally opened, which could mean it might soon join the fleet of provincial buses now plying from Dagupan and Pangasinan to Cubao…
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo FOUND an article entitled, “US campaign behind the turmoil in Kiev” written by Ian Traynor of the Guardian dated Fri 26 Nov 2004. It summarizes thus: “But while the gains of the orange-bedecked “chestnut revolution” are Ukraine’s, the campaign is an American creation, a sophisticated…
By Farah G. Decano PRESIDENTIAL contender Leni Robredo’s recent successive mega-rallies are now making the surveys of popular research centers look unbelievable. How can a candidate, who consistently gets less than 30 percent of the respondents compared to her closest rival who garners more than 50 percent, command such…
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