By Ermin Garcia Jr. RESIDENTS of Dagupan City must take the impact of Typhoon ‘Enteng’ both as a blessing and a warning. What could have been another usual knee-high flooding in the city’s commercial district restricting movements of residents at the height of the typhoon, the major roads that…
By Gonzalo Duque WE have observed that a lot of would-be candidates for the different elective positions in the 2025 mid-term elections are already feverishly campaigning even before the go-ahead shot could be fired. In this case, these different candidates have found that unless one has filed his or…
By Leonardo Micua WITH the arrest of dismissed mayor Alice Guo, also known as Gou Hua Ping, in Indonesia and her deportion back to PH right after, her protectors for the POGO scam business in both the past and present administrations must now be panic-stricken. That’s because of the possibility that…
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo WATCHING Pulang Araw (Red Sun) makes me juxtapose the Japanese occupation of the Philippines (1942-1945) and the insidious, creeping occupation that is happening, being peeled layer after layer, during the hearings on Philippine Offshore Going Operators (POGOs), through the relentless efforts of the Senate and…
By Farah G. Decano THERE is a current online battle of political posts and memes trying to gain supremacy over social media: Shimenet vs. Code Blue. “Shimenet” came a week ahead. It was culled from Vice President Sara Duterte’s now famous reply to the members of the House of…
By Eva Visperas CHRISTMAS came early in Bolinao this year as the town celebrated the groundbreaking ceremony for a long-anticipated bridge connecting the mainland to Santiago Island. Though it was only September, the event marked a significant milestone in the town’s decades-long dream. Eager to cover the historic occasion,…
By Rex Catubig PEOPLE point to it as Abong na Panangaro or House of Love, a secluded compound in Barangay Lucao in Dagupan, off the road going to Binmaley. It is the Missionaries of Charity, Home of Peace, a shelter run by the sisters of the Missionaries of Charity,…
By Ermin Garcia Jr. THE news that former Health Secretary Pincoy Duque will face graft charges for “illegally” transferring funds during the Covid-19 pandemic is another desperate move to discredit the Duterte administration without filing a case against PRRD. Same strategy is being pursued against Harry Roque, Sen. Bato…
By Gonzalo Duque I will not write about any local issue except about BASURA. Hanggang ngayon, BASURA pa rin ang amoy ng ilang parte ng Dagupan. Wala akong maisulat dahil hanggang ngayon, basura pa rin ang pinag-uusapan. Paging the 7 EpaLifes… and Mayor Belen Fernandez. * * * *…
By Leonardo Micua THE Department of Justice is not buying the narrative given by Sheila Guo, who is actually Zhang Meir, a Chinese, before a Senate panel, that she, dismissed Bamban Mayor Alice Guo and brother Wesley Guo fled the Philippines by taking a boat ride to another until…
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