By Rex Catubig 2,000 years ago, an unlikely birth made the biblical headlines, and subsequently became the matrix of Christianity. We are familiar with the circumstances of Joseph and Mary’s trek to Bethlehem from their home in Nazareth to comply with an edict for villagers to return to their…
By Ermin Garcia Jr. IN our editorial this week, we called on our congressmen (and senators) to stop moves to decriminalize libel. While the move appears to support and protect journalism practice, the consequence of such a move will serve not only to increase risks to journalists’ lives but…
By Leonardo Micua TWO persons, two different strokes. These could be the reason, to my mind, why Pangasinan failed to bag this year’s Seal of Good Local Governance (SGLG) because Governor Mon-Mon Guico works differently from former Governor Pogi Espino, or even the Governor before him, his father, Amado…
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo I never intended to officially publish the poem Spillway which I wrote in 2015. I sent the poem to Marian Eikelhof of the Foundation Literary International, upon her request to write about “love”. A month after, I received this notification: Thank you for your wonderful…
By Farah G. Decano INSOFAR as foreign policy regarding the West Philippine Sea is concerned, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. seems to be on the right track. Unlike his immediate predecessor, the younger Marcos courageously identified the aggressive Chinese conduct in that area as troubling and the culprit of the…
By Eva C. Visperas ON December 1, 2023, Pangasinenses and visitors that gathered at the Capitol area witnessed another yet grand ceremonial lighting of the Christmas display, with a purpose. The usual fanfare and attendance of VIPs were expected but the purpose for which all the glitz and glamour…
By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. I WAS born a week before Christmas Day and that’ one of the two reasons why my first name is Jesus. The second, it’s also the first name of my father, Jesus Rivera Garcia, the late Mexican blooded U.S. army veteran hombre who came…
By Ermin Garcia Jr. WITH the proliferation of motorcycles by thousands every month in the country, many have long wondered why most still do not carry LTO plates, but notices signs merely indicating number of ORs issued by motorcycle dealers. This situation explains in part why an unregistered motorcycle…
By Leonardo Micua WHILE the Israel-Hamas War is still raging with just brief lull of fighting because of a four-day ceasefire, and the Russia-Ukraine War is now entering almost on its second year on February 24, 2024, both at the cost of thousands of human lives, another potential global pandemic…
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