Goodbye Mayor Romero By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. LATE evening of December 23, I was roused from slumber by a shocking text message informing me that our Mangaldan Mayor Herminio A. Romero suffered a heart attack, taken to a hospital in Dagupan City, and was declared dead on arrival. I…
The One By Emmanuelle SHE grew up worshipping the ground he walked on. Um, but she did not actually worship the ground he walked on. She did not light candles, burn incense, chant hymns then dance whirls around his footprints. The ground was for walks and wheels and for ungainly…
2013 By Johanne Margarette R. Macob THIS marks the second time I am writing about the new year, not to mention for the same outfit. And just like the last time, it feels great. The leap year is about to end to give way to the Year of the Snake….
ALL IN THE FAMILY—Dagupan Councilor Brian Lim, son of Mayor Benjamin Lim, laughs heartily after he and his mother, Celia, signed their certificates of candidacy substituting for Alex Siapno as city vice mayoralty candidate and for Mario Lim as candidate for representative of the 4th District, respectively, at the provincial…
PNP CHIEF CLARIFIES PANGASINAN’s inclusion in the Department of Interior and Local Government’s election watchlist areas does not mean the province is a “hot spot”, according to newly- installed Philippine National Police Chief Director General Alan Purisima. Purisima, who visited the region last Thursday, clarified that the list that also…
LINGAYEN—Just a week after a new police chief was assigned in Pangasinan, yet another has been appointed effective December 26 and it is possible he could be out again by January. Senior Superintendent Marlou Chan, a native of San Quintin town, has been named officer-in-charge (OIC) police provincial director, replacing…
OPPOSITION BACKS ESPINO LINGAYEN–Bigwigs of Philippine and local politics doubted the timing of the recent allegation that has dragged the name of Governor Amado T. Espino, Jr., linking him TO the operation of the ‘illegal numbers’ game jueteng. Former representative and Nationalist People’s Coalition President Mark Cojuangco said that despite…
SHELLFISH from the western waters of the province are again safe to eat as the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in Region 1 has declared four coastal areas there now red-tide free. In an advisory dated December 26, BFAR Region 1 Director Nestor Domenden said the coastal waters…
DOH REMINDER “APIR”, which stands for “Aksyon: Paputok Injury Reduction”, is the Department of Health’s campaign this year to reduce the usually numerous incidence of firecracker or fireworks-related injuries during the New Year revelry. Dr. Noel Manaois, staff coordinator at Region 1 Medical Center’s (R1MC’s) health emergency management section, said…
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