Unknown Author Contributed by Ashok G. Vasandani Here’s a story I read in www.moral-shortstory.blogspot.com that I’d like to share, something that we can all learn from. A MOTHER was very fond of her only son. When he married, she felt that he was more attached to his wife than…
By Ermin Garcia Jr. I watched Dagupan City Mayor Brian Lim’s video-taped message on the downgrading of the quarantine classification of Dagupan City, from MGCQ to GCQ keenly. I had hoped to hear him tick off the strategy he crafted to help Dagupan residents fight the fast-spreading COVID-19 virus…
By Al S. Mendoza BONG Go said he is not running for president on May 9, 2022. This, after he was endorsed as the official presidential candidate by the PDP-Laban Party on Sept. 8 in San Fernando City, Pampanga. President Duterte was nominated for vice president in the…
By Leonardo Micua WITH its 333 active cases as of September 8, San Fernando City, La Union, voluntarily placed itself under the General Community Quarantine, a notch higher than the Modified General Community Quarantine classification of the whole of La Union, by virtue of Executive Order No. 129-2021 issued…
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo I learned that a monument of Rizal was taken down to give way to another monument in a Pangasinan town, fermenting a quiet dissent among Masons and Rizal advocates. Another monument was beheaded by a lightning in a Pangasinan island some time ago. Whether these…
By Atty. Farah Decano SIX years ago, a nurse from an elderly home abroad came to my office and talked about the administration of painkillers to those who are already in the twilight of their lives. He contended that those who were already advanced in age would be vulnerable…
By Jesus A. Garcia, Jr. THE 21-day 2021 Tour of Spain popularly known in the cycling world as Vuelta a España ended last Sunday, September 5. Being a former professional cyclist, I cannot help but comment on this multi-stage annual bikefest considered by the world governing cycling body Union Cycliste…
Unknown Author Contributed by Ashok G. Vasandani Here’s an article I read in www.moral-shortstory.blogspot.com that I’d like to share, something that we can all learn from. SOCRATES, the great Greek philosopher, had a nagging and quarrelsome wife, Xanthippe. One day she shouted furiously at Socrates and his friends. Finding…
By Ermin Garcia Jr. THE filing of the cases against PhilHealth officers and employees in both national and regional offices with the Ombudsman by the NBI Dagupan District comes as a breath of fresh air even as we wear face masks and face shields! It’s the development that the…
By Al S. Mendoza I’VE said it before and I’ll say it again: Let’s hold next year’s elections for three days. One day for Luzon. One day for the Visayas. One day for Mindanao. This will be for the good both of the Comelec and the nation long embroiled in hurtful…
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