By Farah G. Decano PRESIDENT Bongbong Marcos has already named some of his re-appointees as of this writing. He has re-appointed Secretary Ralph Recto of the Department of Finance and Secretary Amenah Pangandaman of the Department of Budget; transferred Secretary Popo Lotilla from the Department of Energy to the Department…
By Eva C. Visperas AFTER over three decades of covering the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) of Pangasinan, I must say I have seen it all — the ceremonial resolutions, the recurring motions authorizing the governor to enter into this or that agreement, the perfunctory roll calls, and, yes, the painfully…
By Rex Catubig FOREWORD: By a stroke of serendipity, I came across this piece I wrote in the Village Voice Newsmagazine of Cesar Duque, which detailed the assassination of a police officer in a town then infamous for unsolved killings. It’s been almost four decades, but with the spate…
By Ermin Garcia Jr. ON May 21, 1966, the country was agog. It was a day after Ermin Erfe Garcia, a community journalist in Dagupan City, was shot and killed in his Sunday Punch editorial office. It took then President Ferdinand E. Marcos to issue a “shoot-to-kill’ order against…
By Gonzalo Duque WE had Mayor Belen as our guest during our podcast The Punching Duo last May 17. Ermin and I observed that Mayor Belen is now a picture of a relaxed public servant, having won by a margin of more than 40,000 votes. Indeed, she can now…
By Leonardo Micua IT is sad to note that not one of our homegrown party-list groups won a congressional seat in the May 12 elections. This is the first time that one of the most populous provinces in the country is not sending a party-list representative to the House….
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo WE moved to The Celandine on May 2. It is a high-rise residential development project by D.M. Consunji, Inc. (DMCI) built on a land area of 8,600 square meters at Balingasa, commonly known as Balintawak and Cloverleaf, an urban barangay in Quezon City, near its…
By Farah G. Decano BEFORE the public cries this slogan once more, President Bongbong Marcos made an anticipatory remedial move. He dismissed his cabinet secretaries, allegedly due to the disappointing performance of his candidates in the recent elections. Some opinion writers suggest that he acted rashly, seeking a scapegoat…
By Eva C. Visperas ON a blistering May morning in Barangay San Bartolome, Rosales, Pangasinan, something monumental quietly took place — an act so sincere, so deeply rooted in compassion and responsibility, that it demands not just acknowledgment, but praise. It was not just about land titles. It was…
By Rex Catubig I often wonder what spell it casts, but among the months, May is embedded in our consciousness, not for the colorful events it celebrates– the fiestas, Flores de Mayo, Santacruzan– but for the simple memories it holds amid the flamboyance of summer. May is youth remembered….
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