The movie in Pacquiao’s mind By Al S. Mendoza IT seems Manny Pacquiao is bent on running for President in 2022. Already, he has two videos circulating in social media profiling him as, well, a good netizen fit to occupy Malacanang Palace. I believe more character build-ups are coming….
March and the first full moon By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo THE term “Ides” refers to the first full moon of a given month, normally occurring between the 13th and 15th. At some point in time, Ides “signified the new year, which meant celebrations and rejoicing”. The first thing that comes…
G Spot
Promises and Women in politics By Atty. Farah G. Decano “WOMEN tend to fulfill their campaign promises.” A local newspaper reported that this was the initial findings of Jonathan Homola of the Rice University in Texas after he conducted a study of politics in twelve (12) western countries. Allegedly,…
Andromeda’s Vortex
How to be a cycling champ (First of two series) By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. I WAS bombarded with queries when I bumped into some of our young local professional and amateur cyclists weeks ago in San Fabian town. Of course, as expected, I was not surprised at all…
Sports Eye
The Boulder and the Gold Unknown Author Contributed by Ashok G. Vasandani Here’s a story I read in www.developgoodhabits.com that I’d like to share, something that we can all learn from. THERE once was a king who decided to do a little experiment. He had a giant boulder put…
Learnings in Life
Dagupan City vs. Pangasinan on travel protocol By Leonardo Micua THE new uniform, standard protocol for travelers approved by the national IATF, which was adopted outright by the Pangasinan provincial government on March 1, the very day it was supposed to be effective nationwide, seemed to have gotten a cold response…
Random Thoughts
CRITICIZE CONSTRUCTIVELY, DEMAND ACOUNTABILITY—Taguig Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano, former House Speaker, exhorts members of the KBP-Pangasinan chapter led by Jay Mendoza, to freely criticize public officials constructively and demand accountability to effectively make governance serve people’s interests. (Punchphoto by Patrick Garcia)
CRITICIZE CONSTRUCTIVELY, DEMAND ACOUNTABILITY
EXCLUSIVELY FOR R1MC, PPH THE Region 1 Medical Center (R1MC) in Dagupan City officially received the first batch of the anti-COVID-19 vaccine on March 5, Friday. This first batch was delivered by an ambulance from the region’s Department of Health -Center for Health Development in San Fernando City, La Union….
Pangasinan gets first 2,078 COVID-19 vaccines
THERE are 26 towns and one city in Pangasinan that already have been drug-cleared, but 20 towns and 3 cities still have to be cleared to date. P/Major Arturo Melchor Jr., public information officer of the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO) confirmed this during the virtual KBP Forum on Wednesday…