By Ermin Garcia Jr. AT the rate the impeachment fever is affecting most everyone, we may soon see a loose cannonball that’s going to wreak havoc aimlessly in our faces. Yet, if one looks closely at the facts, there’s hardly anything that should make people highly emotional about the…
By Gonzalo Duque THE 19th Congress has just concluded with some legislations still pending. The attention of the legislature has been mainly confined to the impeachment of our Vice President Sara Duterte. The orchestration and the magnitude of the process can only be summed up to what I call…
By Leonardo Micua THE most recent attempt to smuggle over one ton of methamphetamine hydrochloride (shabu) valued at P6. 89 billion into Pangasinan was foiled by law-enforcement authorities with crucial help from local fishermen. Unfortunately, this is not an isolated incident. Similar illicit operations have taken place in the…
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo TODAY, a big miracle happened to Vishwas Kumar Ramesh, a British national, lone survivor of the Gatwick-bound Air India flight, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner that crashed in less than two minutes after take-off. There were 242 passengers, including 12 crew members. Of the 230 passengers,…
By Farah G. Decano SENATOR Chiz Escudero is widely regarded as a staunch Marcos loyalist. Even during his time at the UP College of Law, he made no secret of his admiration for the deposed dictator, Ferdinand E. Marcos. This stance is understandable, considering his father served as the…
By Eva C. Visperas WHILE many of us marked the 127th Independence Day on June 12 with flags, parades, wreath-laying and online tributes, a group of humble fishermen in Pangasinan and Ilocos Sur celebrated the spirit of Filipino heroism in its purest form: through action, sacrifice, and moral courage. Between…
By Rex Catubig JUNE is branded as the marryingest month. Of the several schools of thought, one harks back to the Roman times, citing the goddess Juno, who the month is named after, as the inspiration behind. “The goddess was the protector of women across all aspects of life,…
By Ermin Garcia Jr. I had hoped the 7 epaLIFE in Dagupan’s city council had already learned their lesson in Public Service 101 after they were dumped around the city’s 60-year-old dumpsite in their attempt to be reelected, but they didn’t. Did they honestly think that by rushing the…
By Gonzalo Duque WELL, well, well! It would seem that the oppositionists, especially the ‘regressive ones’ – starring France Castro, who is identified with the Left – want Vice President Sara Duterte tried and convicted right away for alleged crimes or impeachable acts provided in the Articles of Impeachment….
By Leonardo Micua SHORTLY after being sworn in as the next chief of the Philippine National Police, General Nicolas Torre III issued a marching order to the men in uniform nationwide to be out on the streets so they can be more responsive to calls for help from the civilian…
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