Remembering the late Paco By Gonzalo Duque SAN FRANCISCO, California—We missed a lengthy meeting with our Dagupeno politician in Milpitas City, Mayor Joe “Bogs” Esteves. It’s election season in the U.S., and Bogs is busy as a bee running for mayor. What Fil-Ams and the Americans are following here…
Ludicrously easy By Al S. Mendoza AS expected, Floyd Mayweather Jr. defeated Saul “Canelo” Alvarez by decision. What I didn’t expect was he did it so ludicrously easy. He is 36 years old already but still, he didn’t just move like a wind. He moved like a howler, a…
General Admission
The congressman’s lost pork By Bebot Villar I’M sure na mamumuti na ang mga mata ng mga newly elected congressmen dahil yong inaasahan nilang “return on investment” ay gone with the wind na. Kuwarta na, naging bato pa! Naloko na. Napasubo na sila sa expenses for the 2013 election…
Deretsahan
So Sad But So True By +Oscar V. Cruz, JCD GIVEN the avaricious as well as scandalous reign of the previous administration, it was thought that nothing worse could ever happen in the same way that everything right and proper was expected to take place as a matter of…
Viewpoints
Judge CJ Ross did it again By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. AS EXPECTED the flamboyant American boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. easily won his fight against the Mexican warrior Saul “Canelo” Alvarez last Sunday via majority decision and brought home the World Boxing Council super welterweight and World Boxing Association…
Sports Eye
Kansion a Pangasinan Nen Santiago Villafania LIKUD ed ngalngali ono dawitdawit lan inkabalang na litiratura ed luyag, say sakey natan a nepeg a pantoonan na imano et say ibulaslas na kansion a Pangasinan. Asagmak tayo ed Malinak la’y Labi, Rosing, Abeten, tan saray kansion nen kaluyagan tin “Insiong” Tamayo…
Aristos
Revolution and Excellence By Johanne Margarette R. Macob ON Thursday, September 19, the EDSA People Power Commission visited the province to ‘propagate’ — especially to the youth who did not witness the events themselves — the spirit and virtues learned in the 1986 revolution. And yes, I am part…
Young Roots
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE MESS BENEFICIARIES of millions of pesos of so-called “financial assistance” extended by the Dagupan City under the administration of former Mayor Benjamin Lim, which have remained unliquidated, will soon be receiving a letter of demand from city hall. Mayor Belen Fernandez ordered the City Accounting Office (CAO) to…
BTF to fund-assisted beneficiaries: Liquidate now
UNFINISHED BUSINESS THE full dismantling of the illegal fish pens in Dagupan City has not been completed after all as earlier reported by City Agriculturist Emma Molina. Task Force Bantay Ilog has asked for another week of extension starting September 18 to finally do away with all illegal fish pens…
Extra-large illegal fish pens still up
WHILE some non-government organizations, along with people’s organizations and barangays, are under fire for millions of pesos in unliquidated “financial assistance” released in the past three years, some civic groups are prompting Mayor Belen Fernandez to bring back Dagupan’s status as a first class city. The call was made by…