Fernandez & Pacquiao grab sports headlines By Al S. Mendoza TWO screaming sports stories this week: One, Ramon Fernandez did not make an empty threat, proceeding to sue Jose “Peping” Cojuangco for libel. Two, Manny Pacquiao is fighting Jeff Horn of Australia after all. Fernandez filed the case in…
Passion, prayer and remembrance By Virginia J. Pasalo Things I remember during Pangasinan’s 437th Founding Anniversary: The Ecumenical Prayer. I was expecting a prayer that was not read on paper, but delivered with the passion of one inspired by God, with each word reverberating with the energy from its…
It’s Manaoag vs Binmaley in finals By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. AFTER Alaminos City and Urdaneta City convincingly subdued their foes in the second game of their best-of-three semifinal series of the First Governor’s Cup Inter-Town Basketball Tournament on March 26 to force a knockout game on April 1,…
Agew na Pangasinan by @SiRVis A travel journal that will give you a pleasant view of people, places, food, culture, history and events from a refreshing perspective ____________________________________________________________ AGEW na Pangasinan or Pangasinan Day is celebrated to commemorate the province’s foundation 437 years ago. Malacanang declared April 5 a…
STRICT ENFORCEMENT OF TRAFFIC IN THE CITY. The mini-bus I rode on my way to Lingayen was flagged down by a POSO enforcer for parking along the road in front of the Caltex gasoline station on Perez Boulevard to wait for passengers. The driver did not deny the charge but…
PDEA SET TO VALIDATE REPORT LINGAYEN—While reports from the ground operatives in the war on drugs indicate that about 75 percent of barangays in Region 1 are already drug-cleared, the oversight committee led by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) intends to validate the submitted data given the new guidelines…
NO TURNING BACK! — Exulting in her progressive and honest governance, Mayor Belen T. Fernandez stands between the members of the Sanggunian Panlungsod and the city government employees as she delivers her State of the City Address on her second term as city’s chief executive in a simple ceremony at the city plaza. …
STATE OF THE CITY “DAGUPAN is not turning back, not now, not ever.” This was the battle cry for the city articulated by City Mayor Belen T. Fernandez when she delivered her State of the City Address (SOCA) before the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP), city hall employees and residents at the…
FOR THE BOODLE FIGHT –Volunteers prepare the long line of food for the Longest Picnic after establishing the record for the Longest Line (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
BID FOR GUINNESS WORLD TITLES STO. TOMAS— The entire town was in a festive mood, from the welcome arc in the boundary between here and Rosales town, all the way to the boundary with Alcala town, manning a 6,000-meter long line of tables covered with white plastic sheet locally known…
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