By Farah G. Decano TITO Ermin, please accept my mea culpa. As a former legislator, I regret that I was not able to pass a resolution to honor your father, Ermin Garcia Sr.’s, profound heroism. While you never sought his recognition, I take full responsibility for this oversight –…
By Eva C. Visperas A shift is underway in the Philippine National Police (PNP), one that might redefine public service and community security in the years to come. It began with a bold challenge from the newly installed PNP Chief Gen. Nicolas Torre III and echoed through the hallways…
By Rex Catubig NOTE: This article pays tribute to the lives of those hardy individuals who dared to break out of the mold in a cruel and uncertain time, and face an unwelcoming world. The Pride Month of June seeks to review that world, to overcome the gay stereotype,…
By Gonzalo Duque I found it funny that the administration of President Bongbong Marcos has offered to reconcile with the Dutertes without any precondition at all. The Dutertes, I believe, will never reconcile with the President, given the result of the May 12 elections and the impending impeachment trial…
By Leonardo Micua RUSHING against time to make a last hurrah, the seven majority councilors in the Dagupan Sanggunian believe they can still ramp up the approval of three proposed ordinances and two resolutions before the term of six of them expires on June 30. Based on the May…
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…
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