STILL STRONG AT 102—Mrs. Emiliana Embuido, a retired school teacher of barangay Bonuan Boquig, Dagupan City, kisses a crucifix as a gesture of thanksgiving when informed she would be honored as the oldest living Dagupeña and would be given recognition and prizes during the 60th Agew na Dagupan.
THE DAY’S YOUNGEST DAGUPENO—A nurse holds newly-born Jayvee James Daroy who was born at the Lyceum Family Hospital in Dagupan City in the morning of June 20 and was adjudged the Diamond Baby of Dagupan in connection with the city’s 60th charter anniversary celebration.
DAGUPAN’S YOUNG ARTISTS – Dagupan City’s young artists and organizers of the “Malaineng ya Dagupan”, the Dagupan Music Artists Concert, take time to be with Fr. Benildo Perez Maramba, O.B., the guest pianist, a holder of an “Artist Diploma” from Peabody Conservatory, John Hopkins, Baltimore, USA. The concert was one…
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People for the government By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. The present administration has successfully changed the consecrated democratic principle that the government is for the people. The reality is now precisely the other way around: the people are for the government. Sad but true—and dangerous. The plain and simple…
Pangasinan’s Icons SAY Pangasinan and what do people immediately think? Easily two things: Hundred Islands and bangus (and not necessarily in that order). But over the last two weeks, we’ve had dreadful events that deeply wound these two things that have become the icons of our province. First, four people…
Who will clean up the candidates’ mess? By Ermin Garcia Jr. Every election year, we see fence walls, buildings, electric posts, bridges, etc. in every nook and cranny in the country vandalized to the hilt by our politicians, this despite an election law prohibiting the posting of campaign posters in…
Perplexing June 12 By Gerry Garcia THE proclamation of Philippine Independence in Kawit, Cavite on June 12, 1898, was more an expression of will and faith than actual acquisition. What we gained freedom from did not strike us as fully convincing as we were still under Spanish domination fighting against…
Unstoppable Globalization By Jun Velasco AN INDICTMENT of a joint venture between the Philippine and Chinese governments for the exploitation of some l.5 million hectares of idle real estate (PDI full page ad p. A 4) as anti-poor and anti- Filipino overlooks the unstoppable globalization phenomena. We sympathize with the…
Good luck, Mayor Al By Gonzalo Duque SEOUL, South Korea – Can’t help shed a tear when I see enormous advancement by other countries. Most often, I told myself when I was in the United States, “ano kaya ang naging kasalanan ng Pilipino at hindi makaahon sa kahirapan at di…
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