CAPITOL NEWS “SALAMAT po sa suporta ninyo sa provincial government. Habang nandito po ako, nandito po ang mga kasamahan nating handa pong tumulong. Ituloy po natin ang progreso at pagmamahal sa probinsya ng Pangasinan.” This was stated by Governor Amado I. Espino III as he assured that the progress of…

CAPITOL NEWS TRAINING-WORKSHOP ON PHOTOJOURNALISM AND NEWS WRITING. Participants of the Basic Training-Workshop on Basic News Writing and Photojournalism, together with Provincial Information Officer Orpheus M. Velasco, Philippine Daily Inquirer photojournalist Willie Lomibao and Pangasinan community newspapers editor Rhee Fer Hortaleza, flash the Number 1 sign as the Day 1…
TRAINING-WORKSHOP ON PHOTOJOURNALISM AND NEWS WRITING

FAMILIAR BREAKDOWNS – A cargo truck leans on its side along the busy Perez Blvd in Dagupan City after a tire breaks loose from a faulty joint. Recall that the Land Transportation Office attempted to impose the costly Private Motor Vehicle Inspection Center on private vehicles, not cargo trucks, on the pretext that…
FAMILIAR BREAKDOWNS
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! MAY 16 – (Dagupan City) Lailanie de Guzman; (USA) EDEN V. BUSTRIA; (Calasiao) Anita de Vera, Louelin de Vera MAY 17- (Dagupan City) MILAGROS AZURIN; (Mapandan) Ricky Sarmiento MAY 20- (Manaoag) Juliana Calachan Happy Birthday! TRIZHA NICOLE IBASAN (May 15 – Dagupan City) Happy Birthday! BUENAFE AQUINO (May…
Birthdays/Anniversaries May 16 – 22, 2021

Photos and story by Art G. Valenzuela I have always imagined and dreamed about this place in my teen years in the 1950s when I saw images above the fold of a Manila-based newspaper of veteran bicycle marathoners of the old “Tour of Luzon” riding with great difficulty over the…
THE PATAPAT VIADUCT in Pagudpud

IT’S obvious to everyone why some mayors still continue to be reluctant to fully stop the contagion in their communities – it is their imagined fear of payback in the 2022 polls. The fear that voters will resent any attempt at strictly enforcing the health and distancing protocols, i.e.,…
COVID-19 vs. 2022 election
By Ermin Garcia Jr. SINCE most mayors and barangay kapitan cannot help but think about their political life’s future (night and day) amid the pandemic, let’s talk politics and their fate with the pandemic in the equation. Let’s start with campaign issues in 2022. Incumbent mayors whose towns and…
Local campaign issues in 2022
By Al S. Mendoza MANNY Pacquiao has two gambles coming up. Are they both winnable? Tough question. The first gamble puts Pacquiao on the defensive. Why? He’ll be fighting someone too hungry for a win he’d do anything to succeed, including probably selling his soul to the devil in…
Pacquiao’s toughest 2 gambles up
By Leonardo Micua I FINALLY got my first dose of the Sinovac vaccine last week and I tell you, I felt no adverse reaction after the procedure, hours after and the days following. Because I came to the vaccination site early, I was the eighth person vaccinated that day. But…