MERRY CHRISTMAS! By Gonzalo Duque DAGUPAN City’s pride, former Speaker Joe de Venecia Jr., will celebrate his 82nd birthday on December 26, fiesta ng Dagupan. Papano yan, Mayor Belen, mangala kilay helicopter, so you can be in both places on the same day. Venue of the Speaker’s…
Magnolia victory caps SMC ‘Grand Slam’ By Al S. Mendoza AS usual, several heroes emerged from Magnolia’s victory in the just-ended Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Governors’ Cup. Those who stood out were Romeo Travis, Paul Lee and Mark Barroca. Of course, the natural biggest hero of them all was coach…
Crossing the thin line By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo WE always straddle between and among choices, filling gaps in our existence. In between, we are transported to dimensions of reality that live inside us, taking us to a journey replete with symbolisms, deeper realities that we have chosen, consciously or unconsciously,…
Beauty contestants are athletes, too! By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. NOT so many people know that beauty contestants who join any kind of beauty pageant purposely shape their curvaceous figures by involving themselves in physical activities, particularly in sports like zumba, aerobics, running, bicycling, dancing, skating, taekwondo, karate, to name…
By: Dr. Ashok G. Vasandani Here’s a story I read in a page on www.moralstories.org. I’d like to share, something we can all learn from. The Ship of FriendshipAuthor Unknown A voyaging ship was wrecked during a storm at sea and only two of the men on it were able…
To VM Brian: Fill in the blanks By Leonardo Micua Merry Christmas to one and all! * * * * READERS, noting the column item of Atty. Gonz in his “Playing with Fire” insinuating or directly telling us that Vice Mayor Brian Lim has no or zero accomplishment in office…
Wrong slogan for LI-FE By Ermin Garcia Jr. THERE is something that bothers me about the campaign slogan of the Lim-Fernandez tandem for the 2019 elections in Dagupan City -LIFE IS MAGIC! The coined phrase LIFE IS MAGIC sounds cutesy. But“Magic”? VM Brian’s family owns Magic Group of companies. Is…
The achievements and accomplishments of VMBrian Lim By Gonzalo Duque WE offer sincere condolences to the family of the late lawyer Hermogenes Decano,former Dean of the University of Pangasinan College of Law, for his passing recently. He was not only a successful law practitioner but a doting and proud…
How to correctly deal with Simbang Gabi By Al S. Mendoza TODAY, December 16, is the start of Simbang Gabi. Called Dawn Mass in English, Simbang Gabi has been a tradition observed religiously yearly by the Catholic faithful. This ritual calls upon you to go to Church and hear Mass….
“It’s complicated” By VirginiaJasmin Pasalo “IT’S complicated” is a common status, a status in limbo, when you’re “with” someone, but you’re not with him or her in full commitment. It is a period of resolving, a state of purifying, but also, a state of being. A complication I cannot forget is…
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