By Gonzalo Duque By the time you read this column Sunday, January 16, I am already officially 70 years old. My good friend Ermin has been requesting me to resume my column “Playing with Fire” since I stopped writing here two years ago due to my failing health. I…
By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. I began writing this piece on January13 when I learned from the official website of the provincial government that the whole province is (now) under Alert Level 3. Yes, it had to be done and we cannot blame our local lawmakers and Gov. Pogi…
By Leonardo Micua IF Dagupan City is still without a new budget, Mayor Brian Lim has no one to blame but himself and his staff for taking their sweet time first in completing all the requirements needed to have the annual city budget approved. Neither can he put the…
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo REVIEWING the rankings for the educational institutions in the Philippines, it is evident that Pangasinan universities need to take measures to improve their overall standing among educational institutions in the country. The ranking was sourced from the “2021 Philippine University Ranking of 232 Philippine higher-education institutions” published by…
By Atty. Farah G. Decano A few days ago, Buhay Representative Lito Atienza was quoted saying, “[w]e do not believe in same-sex marriage because marriage is meant for a male and a female and the purpose is reproduction.” On the same day, Supreme Court Justice Marvic Leonen, in a…
By Rex Catubig (I wrote this piece much earlier, but not much has changed since then. Except for a plan to relocate the monument–which very much depends on who is in the City Hall). There are no road markers to lead visitors to the site. The site, in fact,…
By Ermin Garcia Jr. THE DOTr/NLET partnership’s slip is showing. The duo’s efforts to promote NLET’s profit agenda obviously does not have a leg to stand on except the outdated provision in IATF’s Resolution 101 that called on bus companies to use “Integrated Terminal Exchanges” ostensibly as another health…
By Al S. Mendoza THIS is the story of Philip Ella Juico. No, he’s not history. Very much around. Popoy to his friends, Philip is presently the president of the Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (Patafa). That means he wields power. No less than 50 or so athletes…
By Leonado Micua IN this age of fake news, it is necessary that we fact check some of the information that we are getting especially if it is from a doubtful source in the social media which is now obviously being used conveniently by some evil minds as medium to…
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