Creator of our unforgettable komiks remembered By Gonzalo Duque WE are taking the liberty of reprinting an article by Joanne Rae M. Ramirez on a well-loved komiks artist Francisco V. Coching, a National Artist, as his works reminds all of us including Pangasinenses and Dagupenos who loved komiks as…
Playing with Fire
Appreciating Sol’s Sydney sojourn & reunion By Al S. Mendoza SYDNEY—Hi, mate! This city, booming and bursting to the seams but still sparse of population that makes it still very lovably livable, continues to charm me even as this was already my sixth visit here since 1985. A highlight…
General Admission
Distractions By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo Of course, you are a ghost. I already killed you before. You resurrected, walked by towards the comfort room, and back. Your bladder still malfunctions, after all these years. Were you wondering if, it was me, your assassin, because you stood there, like you…
G Spot
Lakers’ precarious situation By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. THE Los Angeles Lakers failed to enter the NBA’s playoffs last season and I believe it was due to the retirement of their injured point-guard player, the superstar Kobe Bryant. Records say, Kobe, who stayed with the LA Lakers for 19 consecutive…
Sports Eye
Lesson Learned Author Unknown By: Dr. Ashok G. Vasandani Here’s a story or an article I read in a page on www.moralstories.org. I’d like to share, something we can all learn from. ONE day, the father of a very wealthy family took his son on a trip to the country…
Learnings in Life
PhilHealth staff not considered health workers By Leonardo Micua A RECENT decision of the Supreme Court that declared that officers and employees of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) are not public health workers and therefore are not entitled to the privileges granted under the Magna Carta of Public…
Random Thoughts
Who’re the drug protectors in Dagupan? By Ermin Garcia Jr. SOMETHING very wrong appears to be pulling back the war on drugs in Dagupan City. About six weeks ago, I received and relayed reports to the authorities about rampant shabu trading in some barangays, particularly in Barangay Pantal, but…
Punchline
President’s approval shoots up to 75% By Gonzalo Duque IT’S becoming a non news anymore; President Digong’s high approval rating, recently hitting 75%. How, what’s his secret? You ask. Ho-hum!” We’ve told you before, and we tell you again! Totoong tao siya! Unlike most of his predecessors. Kung totoong…
Playing with Fire
Dynasty, biological son of democracy By Al S. Mendoza DYNASTY again? Old hat. Why we still hear some people blabbing about dynasty makes a lot of us angry, if not endlessly irritated. Since we won back our democracy after the 1986 Edsa Revolt, dynasties started to crawl back into…
