‘There can be no eternity if you choose not to live today’ By Jun Velasco THIS should be a sequel to our column with the head “Seize the day” a couple of weeks back. Last Wednesday evening at our Rotary Club’s turnover, as we transferred the presidential mantle to Henry Asistin, who is…
Pangasinan’s rich history By Gonzalo Duque LAST Thursday was the 40th day of Kuya Ado’s (the late Dr. Salvador T. Duque) passing. Many of his friends were wondering why we did not deliver a eulogy during his wake. But in his last two nights at the LNU multi-purpose hall, we made…
Election shockers & all, let’s go NBA for a change By Al S. Mendoza THE May 10 election is history. Noynoy Aquino winning isn’t a shocker. Noynoy has always been the presidential front-runner from Day One. But Jojo Binay winning shocks us all. He was a dark horse (no pun…
PHILIPPINE PESO – AMERICAN DOLLAR EXCHANGE RATE By +Oscar V. Cruz JCD There was a time the American dollar had a fixed exchange rate of two Philippine pesos. Thus it was when the equivalence was observed for decades with neither questions asked nor hesitations made. Then it came to pass…
GOLDEN GIRL— Friends and family of Jean Dy gather at the Cima Restaurant of the posh Pacific Palms Conference Center at the City of Industry, California, June 5, to celebrate her 50th birthday. Among her guests were close friends from Dagupan Yvette Aguirre and Jun Cruz, Joji Beltran and John…
Pangasinan sports’ pride By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. OUR cyclist-rich province sent its three elite riders to Indonesia to compete in the Tour de Singkarak slated June 1-6. Sponsored by 7-Eleven Convenient Stores, the three, namely: Baler Ravina of Asingan, Sherwin Carrera of San Fabian and Ericson Obosa of Manaoag,…
Freedom’s enemies By Marifi Jara QUELIMANE, Mozambique–A century, a decade and two years (officially) from Spanish colonization. Half a century, a decade and four years (technically) from American occupation. Two decades and four years from the Marcos dictatorship. It would be fair to say that those are long periods now since…
THE BEST OPTION VICE Mayor Belen Fernandez has defended a resolution of the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) asking Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr. to transfer the administrative control of the Seafood Processing Plant from the city government to the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR). The re-elected vice mayor, who sits as…
JUST one month before former Mayor Benjamin Lim retakes his seat at city hall, a new officer-in-charge has been assigned to take over the helm of the Dagupan City Police. But Chief Superintendent Constante Azares Jr., police regional director, quickly doused insinuation that the early change of command in the…
CHIEF Superintendent Constante Davis Azares Jr., Region I Police Director, announced that the Ilocos Region has been named the most peaceful region throughout the country during the last election. He made the announcement during the turnover of command in the Dagupan City Police Station. But the better news was, Pangasinan,…
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