CALASIAO—A policeman who went AWOL (Absent Without Leave) was shot dead in front of the Pangasinan Coliseum in Barangay San Miguel at around 12:30 p.m. on January 7. The victim was identified as Julius Canilang Rosales, assigned at Sigay Police Station in Ilocos Sur but a resident of Libsong West,…
FORMER fashion and restaurateur executive Priscilla Marlene D. Espino Ocampo, wife of former Sta. Barbara, Pangasinan Vice Mayor Romeo Ocampo, joined her Maker on January 5, 2018 at the Luzon Medical Center in Dagupan City. Born on November 23, 1947, she graduated at Centro Escolar University and a member of…
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SP Frontpage January 07, 2018 issue
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Editorial Cartoon
Family Year in Dagupan City THE World Meeting of Families or Family Day this year set by the Roman Catholic Church will be held in Dublin, Ireland on August 21-26. But even before the world’s cause for the family is observed, Dagupan City Mayor Belen T. Fernandez already issued her…
Editorial
A new Fr. Soc in 2018? By Ermin Garcia Jr. IF you think you are reading something unusual in our front page – Archbishop Villegas: Peace be with you (PDU30), you are right. After over a year of persistently and consistently discrediting, criticizing and lambasting the administration of PDU30,…
Punchline
On Cong. Pol’s ‘super’ presence By Gonzalo Duque AT the inauguration of sis-in-law Mita’s historic “White House” in Maticmatic, Sta. Barbara town last Thursday, only one government official was present, Cong Pol Bataoil. Karamihan, mga amiga niya at mga media. Oh, yes if you’d consider this columnist, former Judge…
Playing with Fire
TPLEx makes Baguio closer to home By Al S. Mendoza WITHOUT a doubt, the TPLEx (Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway) is making wonders, travel-wise. It benefits mostly Manila-based motorists going up North and back. Making business North-bound has become more profitable than before as time spent on the road has now…
General Admission
“Finger-lickin’ good” By Virginia J. Pasalo 2018, and the kaimito still stands! I walk with hope each day, praying that this tree will survive man’s attempt to claim space, thriving despite the “engine” air. So many people passing by, just walking and stopping to take rides. I crossed V….