By Rex Catubig I’M the youngest in a brood of five. There is an eight-year gap between me and the brother who preceded me. But before my mother reluctantly bore me, (I was an unplanned child), she had prepared for this other baby boy. I had not asked my…
By Ermin Garcia Jr. THE minority in the Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod is again being pushed by the seven epaLiFes on the defensive with their latest attack on the established law and rules on lawmaking, compelling it to seek legal opinion from the DILG and DBM if the epaLiFes were…
By Leonardo Micua YOU must have noticed that the ongoing 2023 Dagupan Bangus Festival is being held and actually now about to reach its climax, without the usual baratillo and a food strip that were always seen in past editions of this yearly festivity. This time, Mayor Fernandez does…
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo A MUSEUM embodies the soul of a people. In order to fully comprehend the identity of a people, a museum depends on two important components. Firstly, the people who curate, gather, preserve, interpret and tell the stories. Secondly, the depth, the breath and the quality…
By Farah G. Decano IT is a sad reality that shrewdness and greed are characteristics attached to lawyers in many parts of the world. In fact, the terms sharks and attorneys have become synonymous in the same way that crocodiles and politicians are considered identical. It may surprise others,…
By Eva Visperas ONE can imagine it that way when the Schools Division Office (SDO) of San Carlos City hosts the Region 1 Athletic Association (R1AA) Meet from May 14-19, bringing the young athletes to a magical world that promises to be a once-in-a-lifetime experience. San Carlos has a…
By Jesus A. Garcia Jr THE first four games of this year PBA’s Governors’ Cup best-of-seven championship series between the reigning and defending champion Ginebra Gin Kings and title-contender TNT Tropang Giga resulted all in a tension-filled skirmishes with deadlocks, 1-1, 2-2, all held at the historic Araneta Coliseum….
By Rex Catubig I ALWAYS threw it a glance but never really acknowledged its presence so that it might as well be non-existent. It has always stood there–silent and steadfast amid the cacophony and chaos of the marketplace. Its facade looks perpetually unfinished, painted in “carboro” white that makes…
By Ermin Garcia Jr. THE Holy Week that passed must have been a stressful and dreadful week for the seven irresponsible councilors of Dagupan City, namely, Redford Erfe-Mejia, Celia Lim, Librada Reyna-Macalanda, Alfie Fernandez, Alvin Coquia and Marilou Fernandez. Judging from their antics, falling all over themselves “to correct…
By Leonardo Micua FROM where I sit, I can only deduce that the majority in the Sangguniang Panlungsod was working on another game plan when they forced a special session to be held last April 12 at past 4:00 p.m., to pass a new Annual Investment Program (AIP), to amend…
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