Editorial Cartoon
Congratulations, Balon Dagupan Team! THREE years of hard work, commitment and dedication by both the Dagupan City government and the city’s youth who enlisted to be part of the Balon Dagupan Team earned a well-deserved pay-off and reward. The team’s success in its campaign to win the 2018 Region 1…
Editorial
Dengvaxia scare By Ermin Garcia Jr. THE nationwide hysteria over the Dengvaxia vaccine has already engulfed two key major cities in the country with outbreak of measles. Totally unexpected. On January 22, at least 222 residents of Davao City, were already reported to be suffering from measles, a highly…
Punchline
Dagupan is Number 1! By Gonzalo Duque DAGUPAN City — We mean Dagupenos and their confreres – is ecstatic! Why? Finally, it was able to establish itself as No. 1, Numero Uno, sangka maongan, in sports! Yes, in the Region! Number One in Region One, kuanyo pa? Congrats…
Playing with Fire
Our endless romance with rice By Al S. Mendoza RICE is now the hottest barbershop talk. Again. It happens all the time. Each time there’s scarcity of rice, chaos erupts—almost. Sen. Cynthia Villar, the Senate’s chair of the agriculture committee, called it as mere “tsismis” (gossip). Agriculture secretary Manny Pinol…
General Admission
Surprising Sto. Tomas quintet By Jesus A. Garcia, Jr. THE Sto. Tomas quintet entered the Group B quarterfinals of the 2nd Pangasinan Inter-Town/City Basketball Tournament the hard way. It topped the Northern Conference’s 5th and final slot of the Wild Card round by defeating Alcala, Laoac and Binalonan and joined…
Sports Eye
Divorce By: Dr. Ashok G. Vasandani Here’s a story I read in a page in Facebook from “NTD Inspired Life”. I’d like to share, something we can all learn from. “I got home one-night and as my wife served dinner, I held her hand and said, “I want a…
Learnings in Life
DAGUPAN MADE HISTORY – The gritty Dagupan athletes wrote history for the city when they clinched the 2008 Region 1 Athletic Association (R1AA) meet in style, finally ending their title drought since the meet began in mid-70s, even when it was still known as the Ilocos Region Athletic Association (IRAA) meet….
