Andromeda’s Vortex
Running the country like an LGU
Atty. Farah G. Decano PRESIDENT Duterte runs the country like a local government. By winning a plurality of the votes in 2016, he must have easily concluded that his voters wanted him to govern the Philippines that way. Or perhaps, he has been so entrenched in this LGU style…
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Government’s insecurity is bad for the nation
By Atty. Farah G. Decano THAT Vice President Leni Robredo incurred the ire of President Rodrigo Duterte for helping the victims of typhoon Ulysses last year and for assisting the riding public in Manila during the early parts of the pandemic, was understandable, not that I am saying Malacanang’s…
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Humanap Ka Ng Panget
By Atty. Farah G. Decano “KUNG gusto mong lumigaya ang iyong buhay Humanap ka ng pangit at ibigin mong tunay” I can’t believe that it was thirty long years ago when this song first dominated the airwaves. It seems as if this was just recently popularized. It has become…
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“Akubid”
By Atty. Farah G. Decano WITH the recent news that one out of three Covid survivors eventually suffer from mental issues, “akubid,” I predict, will soon be part of Pangasinan’s rich vocabulary to refer to someone who is psychologically unstable. Remember the word, “atipus?” Atipus refers to someone…
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Mad about lugaw
By Atty. Farah G. Decano “PINULITIKANG lugaw” The Filipinos have just been served “pinulitikang lugaw” this Holy Week. It started with a barangay official who denied passage to a food courier by vehemently claiming that the “lugaw,” he was about to deliver, was not considered essential. The actual apprehension of…
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