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Christmas, Dagupan Fiesta and JDV
By Eva C. Visperas WHENEVER Christmas comes, my thoughts naturally drift to three celebrations that have shaped my life in deeply personal ways: the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Dagupan City Fiesta, and the birthday of the greatest statesman I have ever met in my 37 years…
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When words hurt more than politics
By Eva C. Visperas IT looked like an ordinary Monday morning at the Sangguniang Panlalawigan—the last regular session of the year. The usual faces were there. The usual routine unfolded. Media practitioners quietly settled into their familiar corners of the session hall and the Vice Governor’s lounge, ears tuned…
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The Heart of Christmas
By Eva C. Visperas THE true essence of living is not measured by the ease of our days but by the courage with which we rise after each fall. To start again, with faith intact, hope unwavering, and the same vibrant spirit that refuses to dim—this is the heartbeat…
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Where the lights remind us to keep going
Eva C. Visperas THE sky was overcast, the kind that suggests rain but holds it back just long enough to let the day pass. Traffic crawled from Dagupan to Sual as I drove to my last coverage for the day, the steady red taillights ahead of me marking a…
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DENR, where are you?
By Eva Visperas WHEN farmlands begin to look like a mining site, something is terribly wrong. And in Barangay Samon, Sta. Maria, Pangasinan, the wrong is no longer creeping—it is gaping. About 20 hectares of fertile farmland now bear deep holes, stripped soil, and scars that should never exist on…
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