By Farah G. Decano VICE President Sara Z. Duterte released a video last week clarifying some issues regarding her behaviour during the congressional budget hearing of the Office of the Vice President. In her explanation, VP Sara revealed that the fund hearing was all for show because there were…
By Eva C. Visperas AS next year’s elections loom on the horizon, many are wondering about Governor Monmon Guico’s feelings — Is he worried? Excited? Anxious? Or, perhaps he’s confidently anticipating victory? During a recent interview with Gov. Guico, in Lingayen during the celebration for President Bongbong Marcos’ birthday,…
By Rex Catubig SHE was the joy of his heart, the love of his life. For Adams, an amiable young man who worked as a waiter in a local diner, Lyka was like no other–the beauteous surprise of his dreams. They had met nine years earlier on a blind…
By Ermin Garcia Jr. ALLOW me to highlight here how the Quad committee formed by House Speaker Martin Romualdez acted as investigator, prosecutor and judge to all its invited resource persons whom they have identified as “persons of interests” initially in hearings on the illegal activities of POGO…
By Gonzalo Duque WE just learned that the House of Representatives, through the Committee on Appropriation, recommended P733 million budget for next year of the Office of the Vice President, cutting the proposed original budget of P2.3 billion. The committee re-allocated the bigger chunk of P1.567 billion as additional…
By Leonardo Micua FOR the nth time, the members of the majority bloc in the Sangguniang Panlungsod of Dagupan again indicated they are in no mood to approve a resolution that could lead to the establishment of the P150 million Maternal and Child Care Hospital (Mother and Child Hospital)….
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo PARTICULARLY numbing is the realization that most people rely on memes and soundbites from the social media to form their opinions, without watching the context of the issues at source. It requires enormous efforts for those who try to explain, as they also get dragged…
By Farah G. Decano THE House of Representatives (HOR) did not terminate its hearing on the proposed budget of the Office of the Vice President (OVP) despite the matter being set already for the second time around. Afterward, the Lower House came under fire from the Duterte camp because…
By Eva C. Visperas AFTER nearly a decade, I found myself once again witnessing an episcopal ordination at the St. John the Evangelist Cathedral in Dagupan City. It was September 7, and while waiting for my online tutorial class, my newsfeed lit up with the live stream of Father…
By Rex Catubig THERE’S always an urgency to reach out and express oneself. Man’s burning desire to communicate his being is second nature to him. When he coughed, he began to articulate a sound, and learned to speak and then as he screamed, he began to sing. When he…
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