ASINGAN – Was it the handiwork of terrorists or killers-for hire? A grenade explosion that tore the frontage of Aqua Mega Mineral Water Refilling Station on Soloria Street in Poblacion East here Monday night left the police facing a blank wall. Supt. Fidel Drapeza, chief of police, said initial investigations…
FINALLY, cleaner water is assured for Dagupan consumers. Five more water refilling stations in Dagupan were closed by the city for various violations. The five closed stations are Jaravata Water System (Montana) on Burgos Extension, Aqua Scent on Nable Street; Rebecca’s Water Refilling Station in Tapuac District; Armajo Purified Drinking…
Five Dagupan water refilling stations closed for violations
NATIONAL Basketball Conference (NBC) new expansion team Pangasinan Hundred Islands picked up an easy victory against the host PRISAA Region 1 squad in a ‘goodwill match’ last Wednesday held at the Lyceum Northwestern University sports complex. The newly formed semi-professional squad of the province which yielded a first quarter deficit,…
100 Islands quintet dump Region I five
BAYAMBANG Mayor Leocadio “Boy” de Vera continues to support Pangasinan cycling competitions by staging another renowned bicycle road race on April 7 in conjunction with the celebration of his town fiesta. De Vera, one of a few political leaders in the province who is an avid aficionado in cycling, said…
‘Tour de Vera’ race set April 7
Some 1,800 indigent Dagupeños were treated last month for various illnesses by a medical mission from New York, USA. The activity was organized and coordinated by the City Government, the Rotary Club of Dagupan, the Innerwheel Club of Dagupan and the Pangasinan Medical Society. A dinner-reception was tendered…
New York medical mission treats 1,800
AIM CITATION – Vice Mayor Alvin Fernandez (second from left) receives from Asian Institute of Management president Roberto de Ocampo the citation for Dagupan City as one of the “Most Competitive Cities in the Philippines for Small Cities” category at the Intercontinental Hotel in Makati City. With the vice mayor…
AIM CITATION
Rotary’s Five Way Test By Ermin Garcia Jr. Anent my item last issue about Rotarians and their fellow Rotarian Joc-joc Bolante, Rotarian Jun Velasco of the Rotary Club of Metro-Cubao informed me that his club was among the first to manifest its disappointment over the flight of Rtn, Joc-joc, away…
Punchline
RP, Asia’s perpetual sad sack? By Gerry Garcia THE recent 6-car bombing suicides which ripped through a major Shi’ite militia force in Baghdad and killed 46 people, injuring 204 others were a trifling event casualty-wise compared to the Ultra stampede in Pasig City last month. This tragic incident netted 74…
Here and There
Get those stone throwers shot at the plaza By Jun Velasco “Everyone wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die.” — Ashok V FRIDAY over breakfast, our youngest son, Youssef, 22, glancing at two Rizal books on the table, asked if the Rizal Law was still being…
Think about it
Experiencing God By Gonzalo Duque BELOW is a paper written by my daughter, Ma. Florinda Princess E. Duque, l8, Pebbles— for short, as her assignment in Theology Class as a freshman in Mass Com at Miriam College. I am taking the liberty to reprint it here, with very minimal editing…