By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo I MEANT to compose a poem for the West Philippine Sea for a week now, but the words refuse to come out. In times when the words freeze, I wait it out, until a voice gently rolls out an inspiration. The inspiration were photos of…
By Farah G. Decano I HAVE just quoted Karl Marx in my last column. Knowing how reckless red-taggers are for the sole purpose of quieting activists, I thought to myself that I might have just placed myself at risk. To my relief, the Supreme Court recently released a press …
By Eva C. Visperas AT 4:00 a.m., we’re all ready to go on a special mission on Friday, May 10th, in Pasay City. It was a first time for most of us journalists who were invited by the provincial government to provide news coverage for the 17th edition of…
By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. IN our last week’s issue, I acknowledged the many queries from our avid cycling enthusiasts about who, when, where and how Pangasinan’s cyclists fared and succeeded in competitive cycling over the years. I decided that the best way to respond to these questions is…
By Rex Catubig “IT’S a constant battle, a war between remembering and forgetting.” ~E.E. Cummings. Aside from family, my brother had three great loves: politics, women, and food. It was his love of food that forged the bond between us. As kids growing up in the barrio, we were…
By Ermin Garcia Jr. ONE cannot but to hand it to the 7 epaLiFes. They consistently, wittingly or unwittingly, manifest their ignorance about parliamentary rules and laws practically every week without fail! The most recent was their decision to cut the 2024 supplementary budget by 73%. They want…
By Gonzalo Duque THE onset of modern communications technology has made our political conversations easier to be appreciated by the public. Many political leaders have fallen and lost their grip on power because it is now easier to call people to assemble and stage a people power. Let’s take the…
By Leonardo Micua CITY Legal Officer Aurora Valle now agrees fully well that the seven majority councilors of Dagupan have already abused their power! They had no justifiable reason for not approving all the supplemental budgets requested by Mayor Belen Fernandez since 2022, not to mention the inexplicable delays…
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo THE image of her friend in a wheelchair bothers her. It is an image Enya had not gotten used to, having known Amira as a vibrant, cheerful woman, gifted with intelligence and a capacity to help the less fortunate. That image is somehow fading, being…
By Farah G. Decano AFTER several weeks, the rains have already fallen, albeit briefly, somewhere in Pangasinan. Last week, the hottest place in the Philippines nowadays – Dagupan City – almost missed the much needed shower. Looks like Heaven is hesitant to alleviate the condition of the already very…
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