New year, new love? By Johanne R. Macob HAPPY New Year, everyone! I just felt like having that greeting start this article, for a change. (I usually to put my greetings on the last part of my articles). The ingress of the New Year is significance for me and…
APPLAUSE FOR SSS-DAGUPAN. I was impressed. I visited the new Social Security System (SSS) office at the Eastgate along A.B. Fernandez Ave. East, Dagupan City twice last week and there were no more long queues under the sun for SSS members. Instead, I found them comfortably waiting inside a spacious…
Bishops not in sync with Pope Francis By Ermin Garcia Jr. WOE is the couple that has long planned on a meaningful wedding ceremony in the Catholic Church this year! The Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines dashed those plans when it decided that any declaration of love and affection…
A Dagupenos’s odyssey to greatness By Jun Velasco “Behold, you desire truth in the inner being; make me therefore to know wisdom in my inmost heart,” Psalm 51:6 HAPPY New Year! Happy New Year? Come to think of it. There are things we say and do without meaning it or…
That chair fall is a wake up call By Gonzalo Duque HAPPY New Year to all! * * * * At the close of the year, 2015, just past, we did a lot of reflection on our life. Senior citizen na tayo e. We can’t say for sure what really…
Power of the unexpected By Al S. Mendoza THE past year wasn’t good for Manny Pacquiao—but only insofar as his win-loss record is concerned. Life is irony it surprises me no more. After his 12-round loss on points to Floyd Mayweather Jr. last May, Pacquiao became Asia’s highest paid athlete…
Liquidation of funds imperative By Bebot Villar THE year 2015 has ended and accountability for funds released and spent must already be established. The Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 has made it a state policy to provide assistance to drug users and dependents through effective programs of treatment and…
A breath of starlight By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo WE have lost most of the trees after a long and painful struggle. There are many sectors who participated in the movement to save them, and I am grateful to everyone. I would like to particularly cite the consistent support of the…
Ups and downs of PH pro boxing in 2015 By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. WE have four world professional boxing champions in 2015 headed by Filipino boxing icon Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao (welterweight, 147 lbs), Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire, Jr. (super bantamweight-featherweight, 122-126 lbs), Brian “The Hawaiian Punch” Viloria (flyweight,…
NO SURRENDER. NO RETREAT. The city of Dagupan greets the New Year with no approved budget. This is not new. The same situation happened last year when approval of the budget took the city council sometime to approve it, forcing the city to operate on a reenacted budget initially for a few weeks. Now that…
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