No MERS-CoV in Pangasinan By Bebot Villar THERE were five — not one — Pangasinan overseas Filipino workers (OFW), who were on the same Saudi Airlines flight with a Filipino nurse infected with the dreaded Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus or MERS-CoV. The good news is lahat ng mga…
Trip to Houston By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. FORT WORTH, TEXAS—-AFTER six days in Houston and three days visiting the farthest southern part of the state of Texas like McAllen, Alamo, San Juan and Pharr, my father’s hometown, I’m back here at Fort Worth where my twin daughters Raina…
Our Three Missions By Johanne Margarette R. Macob I AM not a church-goer. I haven’t read the bible in its entirety. I haven’t been praying the novena regularly. I’ve attended just a few Holy processions. If these were the standards of what makes a person religious, then I must admit…
WINE DRINKING BOSS. A medical doctor confided to this reporter how her former boss in a government-owned hospital in Pangasinan collected bottles of red wine, his favorite, without spending a centavo. The boss doctor uses the supposed request of some members of local media for some bottles as his convenient…
SOPA SIDE ISSUE LINGAYEN— Another lie! A visibly angry Gov. Amado Espino Jr. underscored this before a surprised audience at the start of the delivery of his prepared State of the Province Address, bewailing a news report in a national daily that he said intended to continue embarrassing him over…
LINGAYEN – “This is ugly”. IT was the terse reaction of former Fifth District Rep. Mark Cojuangco, who came to listen to Gov. Amado T. Espino Jr.’s SOPA, after listening to the surprise tirade of the governor in his speech. He was seen leaving the premises immediately visibly annoyed after…
THE outspoken Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte came to Dagupan swinging from the left field to the right in his colorful language, and left a message for Pangasineneses to ponder – Federalism is an option for the government if no compromise is reached on Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) to avert…
BEHOLD THE GRANDEUR OF THE MINOR BASILICA — The majestic grandeur of the brightly-lit altar of the Shrine of Our Lady of the Rosary in Manaoag was a sight to behold never seen before by devotees. The cardinals and bishops sat, garbed in their immaculate white vestments, wearing their red…
MANAOAG—Thousands of pilgrims and devotees came in droves Tuesday to witness the solemn formal proclamation of Our Lady of the Rosary Church of Manaoag as Minor Basilica led by the papal nuncio. Papal Nuncio to the Philippines Guisseppe Pinto led the formal declaration with Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle as the main celebrant,…
THEY CAME TO PRAY — The front pew inside churches during special occasions is somehow always reserved for VIPs, and the proclamation of the Shrine of Our Lady of the Rosary of Manaoag as Minor Basilica was no exception. Occupying the front pew are Former Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr., Gov….
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