VISITING officials of the provincial government were recently hosted by the Pangasinan Brotherhood-USA (PBUSA) to a dinner on October 26,2016 at East Buffet, Hawaiian Gardens, CA. The visiting officials were led by Atty. Verna Nava- Perez, secretary of Sanggunian Panlalawigan. Benita Pizarro, Provincial Planning & Development coordinator. Malu Amor-Elduayan, Provincial…
SP Frontpage November 20, 2016 issue
PUNCHITERIA
Editorial Cartoon
SEVENTEEN corporations supporting the Angat Buhay Program of the Office of Vice President Leni Robredo are coming to Dagupan for the city’s poor, particularly children and senior citizens. This was bared by Vice President Robredo when she arrived in the city last November 12 to launch three projects by two corporations…
VP Robredo: 17 corporations to help Dagupan poor
Defying city hall is easy By Ermin Garcia Jr. FOR a while we were heartened by the report that Mayor Belen Fernandez, City Legal Officer Vicky Cabrera and City Assessor Roland Suni were finally in agreement last week that there is no legal justification whatsoever to exempt illegal fish…
Punchline
Beleaguered PhilCST and PAMMA By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. THE PRISAA regional meet was already finished but the PRISAA Metro-Dagupan tilt has yet to conclude its business due to unresolved technical problems that cropped during the elimination round involving Calasiao-based Philippine Colleges of Science and Technology (PhilCST) and the…
Sports Eye
Back to square one THE decision of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to deny the request of the provincial government to use a portion of the Camp Tito Abat in Manaoag as the site for the rehabilitation-cum-boot program for the thousands of drug users and pushers that surrendered,…
Editorial
Sen. De Lima’s dilemma By Gonzalo Duque SAYANG NAMAN, Kuya Bing. Mayor Bing Arcinue of the idyllic town of Sual was so near the Gold Mine, but by what dint of luck, he did not bring up a juicy matter to President Digong when he was in that…
Playing with Fire
Pacquiao’s legendary generosity By Al S. Mendoza NOT only is Manny Pacquiao’s boxing prowess legendary. His generosity, too. That became more pronounced after he became world champion some 20 or so years ago. Always, he would share his winnings to anyone, including complete strangers. Mostly, he would be…