2020 By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo ON New Year’s Day, my brother-in-law Jojo and his daughter Jam brought me with them to visit a lot their family purchased eight years ago at Amiya Raya Highland Homes adjacent to Banyan Ridge at Timberland Heights by Filinvest in San Mateo, Rizal. It was…
Pangasinan cyclists’ ups-and-downs in the last decade By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. YEAR 2019 is gone. We are now at the start of third decade of the century. The last decade had its ups-and-downs for our national Pangasinan athletes but fortunately, the best for them was last year when Philippines…
Last Wish of the Mother By Ashok G. Vasandani Here’s a story I read on Facebook in Demic page that I’d like to share, something that we can all learn from. Author Unknown A man was offered a job in another state. He decided to take his mother to a…
Still, their best was not good enough By Leonardo Micua THE report released by the Department of Health (DOH) that firecracker injuries this year declined by at least 35 percent and there was no death recorded whatsoever as compared to last year’s statistics, is not something they should really crow about,…
Inequality of equals By Jing Villamil WE were born equal, “pantay-pantay”. Ahhh, how can one be so sure of that? We, definitely, were . . . not. The Child was born in a manger, the Mother pushing Him out hard, no midwife in sight; and the surrogate Father himself ushering…
FIL-AM BROTHERS Jacob and Andrew Nordhagen, grandsons of Florence and Geri Fernandez of Sta. Barbara, achieved perfect scores in their ACT separately in Spokane County in Washington, USA. Two million students take the test nationwide and getting a perfect score has been rare, and for both to earn perfect scores in…
WELCOME 2020! — Fireworks light up the skyline after the celebration of New Year’s Eve mass at the St. John the Evangelist Cathedral in Dagupan City. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
ONLY 2% LOWER THAN 2019 REVELRY SEVENTY-four persons have been reported injured by firecracker explosions at presstime, Friday, out of which two cases resulted in amputation of fingers. The latest data from the Pangasinan Health Office is lower by less than 2% compared to last year’s data. Twenty-eight more persons…
OVERALL, the celebration of New Year in Region1 was generally peaceful with no crime recorded whatsoever. This was bared by P/Brig. General Joel Orduna, Police Region 1 director, who said although no casualty was reported, there were 43 recorded violations of Republic Act 7183 (An Act Regulating The Sale, Manufacture,…
LOSING ONE’S FINGERS – Dr. Noel Manaois of the Region 1 Medical Center shows media the photo of a 27-year old man from Bolinao whose four fingers had to be amputated after exploding a Goodbye Philippines firecracker. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
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