Good luck to Phl Smart Gilas By Al S. Mendoza (My deepest condolences to Hermie & Tina Rivera of Dagupan City/Rosario, La Union/San Francisco, CA, whose daughter, Christine, succumbed to cardiac arrest during a business trip to New York last week. Christine was so young, so alive, when the “thief…
Jueteng – Daang matuwid – Jueteng By +Oscar V. Cruz, JCD THERE is something not only interesting but also intriguing—if not downright suspicious—about the above tripod wherein strangely enough, the so called “Daang Matuwid” has Jueteng precisely before and after it. The former supposedly stands for integrity and honestly. The…
Meeting Marquez again By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. (First of two parts) I HAD the opportunity of meeting world boxing champ Juan Manuel Marquez three times in the past and after those encounters, I longed to meet him again. Those previous meetings were not good enough for me because I…
Phl is no chicken By Marifi Jara “CHICKEN!” That is Filipino slang for ‘easy’, typically spoken with a tone of confidence or arrogance or both. It sends the message that something is achievable without needing much effort. “Chicken yan, pare!” would be a sample response if for instance someone asks…
Fishpond pest good for dengue control? By Roberto Garcia DID you know that a pesky little fish found in fishponds can eat mosquito larvae as soon as they hatch from eggs? Locally called tuyong, this type of fish breeds so fast in fishponds that it competes with the cultured bangus…
AFTER 2-MONTH LULL LINGAYEN—Jai-alai is back with a vengeance all over Pangasinan after a lull of just two months following a temporary restraining order (TRO) issued by the 6th Division of the Court of Appeals.
LACK OF LETTER CARRIERS–Postmaster Rebecca Fangon (left) admits there is a huge volume of undelivered mails and parcels at the Dagupan Post Office due to lack of mail carriers on account of retirement and resignation and aggravated by the no-hiring policy by Philippine Postal Corporation. Back to Homepage
EVEN in this day and age of texting, e-mailing and online social networks, there is still a significant amount of paper that passes through the postal service, dubbed snail mail since the dawn of the internet era.
LINGAYEN—Police Provincial Director Senior Superintendent Rosueto Ricaforte reported to the provincial board that the peace and order situation in Pangasinan today is better than last year.
FIRST, the good news. The province was ranked 5th out of the ten top performing provinces in the country in 2010 by the Department of the Interior and Local Government’s (DILG) based on its latest state of performance report on local government units.
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