Wait another day! (A study in poetic redundance) NOT only constantly. But continuously, incessantly, perennially, perpetually . . . she was and is puzzled, bewildered, perplexed. Imagine her through the years, from a young girl to grown-up, braking halting freezing on her tracks, standing still, her eyes squeezed…
Good news is bad news By Ermin Garcia Jr. IS the good news about status of COVID-19 contagion in Pangasinan, being on the decline, actually bad news?? That appears to be so when we look around and observe the behavior of people in the barangays. Residents are starting to…
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Order of vaccination must be strictly enforced By Al S. Mendoza BREAKING NEWS: LeBron James has signed for a two-year pact worth $85 million with the Los Angeles Lakers, the team he had just powered to the NBA championship past the Miami Heat. That deal is roughly P4.5 billion! How many 35-year-olds…
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On-line chess tournament, plans to write my cycling book By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. ANOTHER sport that has started to defy the COVID-19 pandemic is the mental game called “Chess.” The world chess body FIDE (Federation Internationale des Echecs) organized its latest tourney billed as “Skilling Open,” the inaugural on-line…
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A Strong Woman Never Gives Up on Herself Unknown Author Contributed by Ashok G. Vasandani Here’s an article I read in www.thoughtcatalog.com that I’d like to share, something that we can all learn from. A STRONG woman never gives up on herself even when her whole world collapses. Even…
Learnings in Life
Conflict in policies By Leonardo Micua THE recommendation of Health Secretary Francisco Duque III for LGUs to still maintain the ban on minors in shopping malls, where they run the risk of infection from COVID-19 is laudible. Children, according to Secretary Duque, are not immune to COVID-10 and they could easily…
Random Thoughts
Official ‘protection’ network in Dagupan By Ermin Garcia Jr. IN case you have been fully distracted by efforts of the local governments to restart the economy, and the Christmassy lights on the two main bridges, there are two crises (human and nature) that are waiting to happen in Dagupan…
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Biden giving hope to Filipino immigrants? By Al S. Mendoza THERE is reason to rejoice for Filipinos still not totally settled in the U.S. Meaning, those with loose immigration papers may yet realize their American dream soon: Become either American citizens or permanent residents in the U.S. When it…
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November rain By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo NOVEMBER started with heavy rains and strong winds with Typhoon Rolly. Less than two weeks after, Typhoon Ulysses howled at dawn on the 12th of November, like a madman, breaking the limbs of trees that forced the plants to kiss the wet ground,…




