By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo I always take brewed coffee at home, from freshly-ground beans bought from various places, and those sent to us by friends from their travels. On very rare occasions, I have my coffee at McDonald’s. Whenever I do, I remember Philippine National Artist for Literature F. Sionil…
By Farah G. Decano I am seeing more rainbow flags displayed this month of June in places I expected the least because of the offices’ perceived tendency to be conservative. While attending a hearing in Urdaneta City two weeks ago, I was very much surprised to see two multicolored…
By Eva C. Visperas IT was Father’s Day last Sunday, June 18, when we, a group of Pangasinan reporters, headed to Bonifacio Global City (BGC) to catch SandboxFest2023 featuring Duncan Macmillan’s plays “Lungs” and “Every Brilliant Thing”. We had more than eight-hours roundtrip to-and fro BGC in our van…
By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. WITHOUT a doubt, our Filipino boxers are our perennial hopes to win medals since we started to join the world’s most prestigious multiple sporting events called Olympic Games in 1924. Eight Filipino amateur boxers had already given us four silver and four bronze medals,…
By Rex Catubig I grew up in Calmay which was cut off from the población by the river. Our barrio had everything a village needed, but we would cross the river aboard a banca to partake of life on the other side. On Sundays, my mother and I would…
By Ermin Garcia Jr. THE release of the Department of Budget and Management’s decision finding Dagupan City’s 2023 annual budget as “inoperative in its entirety” was actually anti-climactic. That it even took DBM more than two months to make that decision is disappointing. There was simply no way for…
By Leonardo Micua IT no longer surprised me and, of course, many others, why the Department of Budget and Management declared the 2023 annual budget of Dagupan “inoperative in its entirety.” It is because, it’s no secret that the passage of the city budget by the majority in the…
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo WHEN I think of the many things I have left undone, I am overwhelmed. For example, if I die or get incapacitated tomorrow, what are the most likely things I want to focus on doing now? Often, I find that the things I want to…
By Farah G. Decano IF the seven Dagupan City councilors also known as Magic 7 wish to be seen in high regard by the public, then they must stop being mere stallers. They recently boycotted a Sanggunian regular session. They delayed the approval of the scholarship program of the…
By Eva C. Visperas FOR 92 long years, I held him, touched him, hugged him, kissed him as often as I could and personally greeted him “Happy Father’s Day” every year. His wish to live longer was granted and became a nonagenarian. But his dream was to be a…
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