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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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The real cost of a single boom
By Eva C. Visperas I never liked firecrackers. Not when I was a child, not when I began working as a reporter, and certainly not today. I hate them—not simply because they pose hazards to lives and properties, but because they destroy the peace of my dogs, who tremble…
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When lies go viral
By Eva C. Visperas WAS it about starting a joke? Was it to gain more views and reactions in exchange for social media income? Was it part of the continuing saga of discrediting and destroying the leadership of incumbent city officials? Or was it simply to spread hate and…
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A bold move for a drug-free Calasiao
By Eva C. Visperas COMING back from a long weekend after All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day usually means slow Mondays, sleepy offices, and half-hearted attempts to return to reality. People are still thinking about family reunions, cemetery visits, and the short but well-loved break from work. But…
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