Epic come-from-behind win by Warriors By Jesus A. Garcia, Jr. WE, ardent fans of basketball and boxing, watched on television last week the come-from-behind victory of NBA’s defending champions Golden State Warriors against the hunters Oklahoma City Thunder, and the triumph of our very own Donnie “Ahas” Nietes vs….
Sports Eye
Happy birthday, Papa! By Johanne R. Macob BY the time this issue comes out, we are celebrating my Papa’s birthday. I just realized now, I haven’t really talked much about my father in this column or even in casual conversations with friends. Not that there’s not much to say…
Young Roots
FINALLY, A CURFEW! — The imposition of curfew hours for minors in Dagupan City ahead of many other cities in the country, invoking a long standing ordinance enacted way back in 2003, is certainly a welcome move. It is a step closer towards attaining the grander plan to clear the…
Random Thoughts
VM TELLS OFF MAYOR A STORMY session is seen on Tuesday when the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) of Dagupan will hold its regular session with the inclusion of the Comprehensive Land Use Plan (CLUP) in the agenda, whose inclusion is being opposed personally by Vice Mayor and SP Presiding Officer Brian…
Showdown seen in CLUP passage
PSU president Dexter Buted (2nd from left) answers questions during the hearing while the father of Dahrel dela Cruz, Rogelio, (extreme right) listens idly. THERE appears to be more than meets the eye in the supposedly regular arrangements for on-the-job (OJT) training of graduating students of the Pangasinan State University…
PSU probed for irregularities in OJT program
LINGAYEN—Thirty-three students of Pangasinan State University (PSU) signed a sworn joint affidavit saying they have not encountered any problems or issues when they had their on-the-job training (OJT) in a pharmaceutical company in Canlubang, Laguna. The signatories are Bachelor of Science in Business Administration students executed the affidavit on June…
33 PSU students say they are ok
PARENTS, GUARDIANS ACCOUNTABLE THE Dagupan City government will soon start strictly enforcing the 2003 ordinance imposing curfew for minors from 10:00 p.m. to 4:00 a.m. the following day, ahead of the planned nationwide curfew that the incoming-Duterte administration announced it would do. City Ordinance No. 1771-2003 directs parents, guardians, owners of boarding houses…
Dagupan to enforce curfew ordinance
BULLYING BY CHINESE COAST GUARD STOPPED INFANTA—The town’s fishermen no longer fear going out to fish again at the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the West Philippine Sea. Reason? The Chinese Coast Guard no longer harasses them. Fishing boats like this in Barangay Cato, Infanta, Pangasinan are now free to fish…
Fishermen finally allowed to fish near disputed Scarborough Shoal
2016 BRIGADA ESKWELA — Teachers, parents, barangay officials and police rush the preparation of the city school in Barangay Malued under the Brigada Eskwela program of the Department of Education for the opening of classes on June13. Mayor Belen T. Fernandez (2nd from left) joins Kapitan Ampeng Delos Santos (on the ladder) and School Principal…
