Media: thank you! By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. Needless to say, there are many private individuals and a good number of fortunately non-governmental groups and organizations that rightfully deserve the genuine gratitude of still good-willed citizens in this country. They have served much and continue to serve well in…
Joint techno commercialization projects launched By Sosimo Ma. Pablico The Bureau of Postharvest Research and Extension (BPRE) recently launched two collaborative projects with the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) and Fiber Industry Development Authority (FIDA) on the commercialization of postharvest machines equipment which their engineers have developed. The machines included…
Basketball Brouhaha By Jesus a. Garcia Jr. THE Basketball Referees Commission, better known as BARECOM, is the country’s pioneer in amateur basketball officiating group licensed by the Basketball Association of the Philippines (BAP) and the only basketball group that is recognized by FIBA, the world governing body for non-professional basketball….
Freedom’s heroes By Marifi Jara INDEPENDENCE is a loaded word. It connotes freedom, power and self-sufficiency. On Tuesday, June 12, we commemorate our nations 109th year of “independence”. I put that heavy word in quotation marks because in the true and deep sense, we did not really gain our sovereignty…
CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES Debate rages on issuance of permit WHO will have the last say on building permits? While the issue is being debated, MetroState Realty Corporation remains adamant and unfazed by threats of stoppage by the city engineer as it continues the construction of its tourism-commercial complex project in the…
NOW that the election hullabaloo has calmed down, time to go back and deal with old and unrelenting issues such as jueteng. Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Oscar Cruz, the country’s top anti-jueteng advocate, said his movement will resume its campaign against the illegal numbers game with renewed life and resolve. In a…
Beware of bonor or biyang dagat, bunog or parog or biya (Gobius criniger) and certain species of pufferfish or botete. Seven persons, including a two-year old girl, were brought to the Region 1 Medical Center (R1MC) after they were poisoned for eating the brown spotted goby fish, locally known as…
THE Dagupan City Government will celebrate the 60th Agew na Dagupan with a week-long activities which will start with the observance of the 109th Independence Day on June 12. Anchored on the theme “60 Glorious Years,” the Independence Day celebration will be led by Mayor Benjamin Lim who will head…
ONE last hurrah for the city treasury’s already dwindling funds. This was the apparent intent of some of Dagupan City’s outgoing officials in planning new projects despite a mere three weeks left before they step out of office. The plot was, fortunately, aborted when only seven councilors showed up…
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