Ka-plastic-an By Marifi Jara QUELIMANE, Mozambique–Plastic = synthetic. So when we say (Filipinos, that is) “Ang plastic mo!” (You’re so plastic), it means you are being a fake, putting up a front, not being true to what you really feel, speaking and acting in ways that do not show what…
MANIFESTO VS. ARCH. CRUZ— Second District Board Member Von Mark Mendoza (right) reads the manifesto signed by all members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan and Vice Gov. Jose Ferdinand Calimlim, Jr. rebuking retired Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Oscar Cruz for linking Governor Amado Espino, Jr. to the jueteng scandal during a news conference…
LINGAYEN—If the provincial board decides to file the manifesto signed by its members on October 1, retired Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Oscar Cruz will be formally declared persona non grata in Pangasinan.
LINGAYEN–Six towns and two cities in Pangasinan are under the watch list of the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in connection with the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections on October 25. These are cities of Dagupan and San Carlos, and the towns of Urbiztondo, Bayambang,…
HATAW’S REGULAR VICTIM –An unidentified boy who obviously has become a regular habitué of the game shop located near a college on Arellano St. in Dagupan City, eagerly plays hataw in the hope of doubling his baon for the day. Hataw, an illegal gambling machine, like drop ball tables, have…
THE heat is on jueteng and the illegal numbers game has been stopped, albeit temporarily in all likelihood, but there is another form of illegal gambling that is alive and thriving in Dagupan City: The “Hataw”. Hataw, known as ameneng in Pangasinan, is played on a video game machine, most…
THE controversial reclamation work being undertaken by 888 Dagupan Properties, Inc. along Calmay River on one side of the De Venecia highway in Dagupan has finally been called to a halt after the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) recently cancelled the environmental compliance certificate (ECC) issued to the company.
CITY COUNCILORS LEAGUE–Local Government Operations Officer Roderick Dawis (third from left) administers the oath to Dagupan City councilors as members of the Dagupan City Councilors League: (from right) Jesus Canto, Jeslito Seen, Redford Christian Erfe-Mejia, Alvin Coquia, Karlos Reyna, Alfie Fernandez, Maybelyn Fernandez, Dada Reyna, Liga president; Marc Brian Lim; Dawis and Lino…
LINGAYEN—Welcome, the “river marshals”. In response to Governor Amado Espino Jr.’s call for the entire provincial police force to get involved in the ongoing province-wide river clean-up operation, the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office has activated the PNP river marshals who will support members of Task Force Kalikasan.
CITY Social Welfare Officer Elsa Santillan is on preventive suspension for 60 days effective September 9. City Administrator Vladimir Mata clarified that the suspension is not a punishment but a matter of course to prevent her from unduly influencing an ongoing investigation on charges she is facing.
© 2024 Sunday Punch. Dagupan.
