By Gonzalo Duque MANY people are asking me who among the presidential candidates am I going to vote for on May 9. My answer: I’m still waiting for President Duterte’s signal on who he will support. But some of the Duterte die-hards, among them former Agrarian Reform Secretary John Castriciones,…
By Leonardo Micua ONE of the bombshells that the city councilors of Dagupan discovered in their review of the proposed Annual investment Plan was the non-enrollment of the indigents for two straight years. This is a very serious matter that needs to be looked into as Mayor Brian Lim…
No PhilHealth coverage for indigents is anti-poor
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo IT rains again, and I am calm. I have accepted you are gone. A thing I remember when it rains. I remember your eyes, your soft eyes against the backdrop of pine needles in whose tips tiny round balls of rain gather before they drop…
The pain in the rain
By Farah G. Decano THE love month is still here so I thought of a very intriguing but age-old issue in relationships – infidelity. It is very damaging not only to the couple’s relationship but also to the psyche of the cheater and most of all, the cheated. Because…
Infidelity
By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. “IT’S summer time so it’s cycling time,” as the saying goes for media people comes summer time. Yes, that’s so true because in less than two weeks from today, the annual summer sports spectacle “LBC Ronda Pilipinas 2022” multi-stage cycling race will definitely reel off…
2022 Ronda’s route and our Pangasinan participants
By Rex Catubig IT’S been two years since it happened, the historic event on a February love month that made the world sit up and notice this tiny patch of islands, whose people became giant poster figures of bravery amid adversity. But as I lay on my bed watching…
A Valentine story, deleting
By Ermin Garcia Jr. THE rampant, unchecked and tolerated protection racket at the Magsaysay Market by personnel appointed by the city hall can no longer be covered up by the Lim administration. In fact, the NBI and the Dagupan City Prosecutor’s Office will be shocked to discover that the…
City hall and its cover-up of corruption
By Al S. Mendoza (Happy birthday today, Feb. 20, to Dante F. Fernandez of SSS Village/Roxas City, Dada R. Mendoza of Kyusi and Olympic champion Hidilyn Diaz. Cheers!) * * * * THERE are 14 of 37 candidates running for senator with multiple parties in the May 9, 2022,…
This political poison called ‘guest candidate’
By Gonzalo Duque THE Team Unity forged by Bongbong Marcos and Sara Duterte makes them the pair to beat in the coming May 9 elections. The latest SWS survey from January 28 to 31 showed Marcos obtained 50% support while VP Leni Robredo garnered 19%; Mayor Isko Moreno and Senator…
How to beat BBM
By Leonardo Micua MANY of my colleagues in the print and broadcast media, the legit ones, have indicated they are not in conformity with the plan of the PNP to admit bloggers in the social media as members of the PNP Press Corps. They clarified they have no rancor…




