A sight to behold By Ermin Garcia Jr. SOMETHING really good has happened in Dagupan City. The main tributaries are 99% clear finally of fish pens and other eyesores. Mayor Benjie Lim should take a bow although he must acknowledge it couldn’t have happened without a helping hand from Guv…
Punchline
New Deal for Dagupan City By Jun Velasco Nature and wisdom always say the same.— Juvenal WE were momentarily taken aback by the unusual turn of events in Dagupan City’s political play recently. Before it tumbled into a defensive position, Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez’s all-for-one, one- for- all camp (that’s Councilor Alfie’s phrase)…
Think about it
Super active media By Gonzalo Duque THE revitalized Pangasinan Press Club’s go-go-go action month seems to have paid off. Look, the Patrima group headed by publisher Lilia Sy started a couple of days ago its own regular kapihan. We attended their forum if only to show that we are fully in…
Playing with Fire
Rommel jumps for joy at Shanghai F1 By Al S. Mendoza SHANGHAI, China – It was a story of near misses. That, in a nutshell, was the China Grand Prix on Sunday, April 17, which I was privileged to cover – thanks chiefly to Foton Motor Phils., China’s No. 1 truck…
General Admission
Band-aid solutions By +Oscar V. Cruz JCD BAND-aids are little strips of tapes with a little gauge placed on little wounds hopefully to cause some cure. Needles to say, their key reality feature is “little”. It is little in size and coverage, little in scoop and finality. Band-aids wherefore are…
Viewpoints
Humbled in our own turf By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. THE four-day 2011 Le Tour de Filipinas concluded last Tuesday and I was there as one of the consultants of the event’s chief organizer Gary Cayton. It was done successfully and I believe it was prepared better and made more…
Sports Eye
SEE YOU IN COURT–Abono founding chairman Rosendo So (right) announces his group’s firm intent to file a case against the provincial government for enacting an ordinance that increased real property tax assessment during a Meet the Press Forum of the Pangasinan Tri-Media Association last week. Others present during the forum…
SEE YOU IN COURT
PARTYLIST Abono is determined to go to court to question the general revision of real property tax assessment schedule in Pangasinan which took effect this year. Rosendo So, founding chairman of Abono, said all avenues for a dialogue with the provincial government has been exhausted leaving his group no other…
Abono set to sue Capitol
JOIN THE FUN—Beauteous contestants for the Limgas na Pangasinan beauty tilt of the Pista’y Dayat celebration in Lingayen gamely pose to invite visitors to join the ultimate summer fun in the capital town on May 1. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao) * * * * * 19…