Christmas By +Oscar V. Cruz, JCD PRACTICALLY every time Christmas comes, there is one question that is usually thought of and accordingly asked: What is the meaning of Christmas? Different people even those professing the Christian creed have different understanding of Christmas and wherefore forward their likewise different appreciations of…
Cyclists Barnachea, Catalan deserve recognition By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. YEAR 2012 promises to be a most memorable year for us sports devotees because it’s an Olympic year, with the games set in London, England. And I’m sure those athletes I saw during the First Youth Olympic Games staged in…
Sweet dreams are made of these By Marifi Jara IN creative writing class back in college, my teacher, the late Doreen Fernandez, would choose one of the best essays submitted the previous week and read it out loud for a group critique. The writer’s identity would not be revealed until…
DAGUPAN’S FAIREST–Denielle Joie Magno, Miss Dagupan 2011 (center), is flanked by Charlotte Visperas, 2nd runner-up (left) and Rosalyn Suratos, first runner-up, shortly after their proclamation at the Dagupan City Plaza on Dec. 18. Their coronation night will be on on Dec. 26, the eve of the Dagupan City Fiesta. (Punchphoto…
AIMING FOR NUMBER 1 LOOKING back in the year that is about to close, Governor Amado Espino Jr. says “2011 was a good one for Pangasinan.” The governor, speaking during the special edition of the Media in Action forum of the Pangasinan Press Club (PPC) last week, said 2011 “gave…
THE P100-million Seafood Processing Plant in Dagupan, bankrolled by the Korean government, could finally re-open by January but with a difference. A plan to have the seafood plant jointly managed by the city government and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resource (BFAR) is in the offing.
MISA DE GALLO AT THE CAPITOL—Pangasinan First Lady Priscilla I. Espino receives Holy Communion during a recent anticipated dawn mass held at the Capitol Plaza in Lingayen. She is followed by Governor Amado Espino Jr. and Guam Senator Rory J. Respicio. The provincial government sponsored the 5:30 p.m. nine-day novena…
PANGASINAN has sent P1 million each to the cities of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan, both in northern Mindanao, that were ravaged by flooding due to Typhoon “Sendong” on December 3. Gov. Amado Espino Jr., speaking at the ‘Media in Action’ forum of the Pangasinan Press Club last week, said…
CURVY BEAUTIES—Dagupan City’s three fairest maidens, Rosalyn Suratos, first runner-up; Denielle Joie Magno, Miss Dagupan 2011; and Charlotte Visperas, second runner-up, walk the ramp in a fashion that visibly impressed the judges. They bested nine other contestants who joined in the beauty pageant last Dec. 18 in the Search for Miss Dagupan…
THE shabu business still thrives in Barangay Bonuan Binloc in Dagupan Ctiy. The city police determined this after a successful buy-bust operation led to the arrest of another suspect, identified as Jojo de Vera, for violation of Republic Act No.9165 in Sitio America, also in Bonuan Binloc.
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