Educating Rita By Virginia J. Pasalo IT is easy to pillory Senator Trillanes. Especially if a white BBC anchor pilloried him. Somehow some people attain superiority that way, superiority by identification. This attitude can be justified, the behavior of Senator Trillanes leaves much to be desired, most often accompanied…
Mayweather vs McGregor, a weird fight By Jesus A. Garcia, Jr. AFTER more than two years of boxing inactivity, the former world welterweight and middleweight champion Floyd “Money” Mayweather is coming out of retirement to fight again on August 27 (PH time). What I find weird this time is Floyd…
Dagupan’s Bagoong Industry is Still Alive By @SiRVis A travel journal that will give you a pleasant view of people, places, food, culture, history and events from a refreshing perspective ____________________________________________________________ EATING and cooking in the North (especially the Pangasinan and Ilocano cuisine) often if not always involves the…
BULLYING CAUGHT ON CAMERA –The issue on the transfer of Dagupan City hall to its new proposed site along the growth area in Pantal-Lucao diversion road is bringing out the worst in one city councilor. I will not dwell on the pros and cons of the transfer. I will zero…
COVER AND DUCK – Students at the Dagupan City National High School are thankful for the earthquake drill that requires them to cover their heads with their books and notebooks while they sit out under the sun awaiting further instructions from school officials. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
GHOST OF MC ADORE SALE THE allegation of corruption by Vice Mayor Brian Lim in his prepared video “Korupsyon 101” being presented by Councilor Redford Erfe-Mejia has boomeranged on the two as both were involved in the fire sale of MC Adore for a measly sum of P119 million to the…
WAR ON DRUGS THE Dagupan City Police Station has begun re-evaluating status of the 28 previously drug-affected and subsequently cleared barangays to ensure that there’s no resurgence in the illegal drug trade in the city. P/Superintendent Franklin Ortiz, Dagupan police chief, said the policy of PNP is to continuously monitor and…
DAGUPAN City was presented the region’s 2016 Seal of Child-Friendly Local Governance (SCFLG) by the Council for the Welfare of Children (CWC) for the third year in a row. In a ceremony on June 28 in Baguio City, the city was cited for its “commitment in promoting child rights to survival,…
WHILE Pangasinan was imagining the worst about the situation in Marawi City, the laity received a first hand report from the bishop of the Prelature of St. Mary in Marawi, no less. Bishop Edwin dela Peña, spoke to Catholic faithful in Pangasinan on June 29 for the first ever Solidarity…
GIVING BLOOD TO VAMPIRES – Binalonan town officials in vampire costumes led by Ramon Guico III (2nd from left) go through their act to express their gratitude to the hundreds of blood donors who responded to their call to donate blood to the Pangasinan chapter of Philippine Red Cross. Their video went viral…
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