Origin of Pista’y Dayat By Gonzalo Duque THESE festivals we are having these days — from Lingayen to Dagupan and all the coastal towns of San Fabian, Binmaley, Labrador and Sual including Alaminos City — have their stories of origin. Read on. Manong Resty Basa, well-known local historian and awardee…
A trip rooted to roots By Al S. Mendoza I HAD a chance encounter with Mayor Rey Velasco of Sta. Barbara on Tuesday at the fabled Dagupeña Restaurant. After the usual handshakes and hellos, I asked the good mayor, “What’s the latest on your airport project?” Rey was quick to…
Craving for mushroom turns into a thriving agribusiness By Sosimo Ma. Pablico Eleven years ago, a mechanical engineer in San Leonardo, Nueva Ecija craved for mushroom but was not able to buy any because no one was culturing it. This prompted him to look for mushroom spawns instead so that…
Uprooting By Marifi Jara This time last year, I wrote a melancholy piece about celebrating the sea. This year, there is a happy note. Our barangay, Nibaliw Narvarte (though it will always be Sabangan in my heart), just celebrated its first Tuyo Festival, timed with the province-wide Pista’y Dayat. Activities…
Re-evaluating our values By Emmanuelle Doctors of the mind claim that our realities are stuff that dreams are made of. On the other hand, they also claim our dreams cross-over to the reality of our days. Usually, the lingering waking effects of these dreams diminish to nothingness. Sometimes though, these…
Gloria P. Geronimo 3 May 2008 Inquiry for Visually Impaired Patient Discount in Provincial Hospital (Bolingit) Payment System This is a comment regarding the Provincial Hospital (Bolingit) pay. Just recently, on May 1, 2008, my sister in-law (half blind & the husband of visually impaired) gave birth to a…
LINGAYEN—Pangasinan may not know it yet but it could very well be the “Orchestra Capital” of the country. Governor Amado Espino Jr. said the success of the recent Orchestra Festival held during the celebration of the Pista’y Dayat shows that the province could very well be the country’s ‘orchestra capital’….
BEATING THE SUMMER HEAT—Hundreds of residents and visitors take a refreshing dip in the clear invigorating water of the Lingayen Gulf in Bonuan during the celebration of the Pista ng Dagat in Dagupan on May 1. (Photo by Willy Lomibao)
TOP CROWD-DRAWER, TOURIST ATTRACTION Bigger prizes vowed ALTHOUGH rained out, there’s no doubt that the “Festivals of the North” held at the city plaza will return next year as one of the top features and crowd drawers of the Dagupan Bangus Festival 2009. Mayor Alipio Fernandez and Vice Mayor Belen…
ROSALES–Rice millers in Pangasinan offered to sell to the government 200,000 bags of rice at discounted prices starting for the month of May. The group made the offer during a dialogue last week with Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap at the latter’s office in Manila. Rosendo So, president of the Eastern…
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