By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. I WAS shocked and sad upon learning the news from the internet that my friend and co-recording artist of Vicor Music Corporation/Plaka Pilipino Victor Wood met his untimely death last April 23 due to COVID-19 infection. Shocked because he called last February 27, and…
Unknown Author Contributed by Ashok G. Vasandani Here’s a story I read in www.advance-africa.com that I’d like to share, something that we can all learn from. A man asked why an old lady was all alone on a cruise ship. He noticed that although she was alone, all the…
An old lady in the cruise
By Jing Villamil SHE did not set out to write for the rest of this life. When she first set down her pen at ten years of age, it was for an aunt who had so much love for the world but none to keep for her own. The…
Hush the dash; dot the dot (a monosyllabic prosepoem)
NEW 400 CASES, 364 RECOVER PANGASINAN may finally be on the threshold of stopping the COVID-19 contagion with the encouraging trend showing the wide gap between the number of new confirmed cases and the number of patients that recover continues to narrow down. This is the common consensus of health experts…
Pangasinan already sees higher recoveries weekly

SUNRISE OVER DAWEL – Day in-day out, Dagupan City residents never fail to look forward to the picturesque sunrise by the Dawel River, from where boatloads of freshly harvested Bonuan bangus are delivered from fishponds and unloaded in several points along the river. (Contributed by Art Valenzuela)
SUNRISE OVER DAWEL
TWO members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan protested the continued strict implementation of need for inbound travelers to Pangasinan at border checkpoints to submit required documents before they are allowed to pass through. This was manifested by Fourth District Board Member Jeremy Agerico Rosario and Sixth District Board Member Noel Bince…
BMs protest strict entry policy at border checkpoints
DOH-CHD 1 OR PHO INFORMED that there are many noted discrepancies between the COVID-19 updates of Department of Health-Center for Health Development 1 (DOH-CHD 1) and the Provincial Health Office (PHO) about the situation in Pangasinan, Dr. Anna de Guzman, provincial health officer, maintained that PHO’s figures are more accurate…
Whose COVID update is more factual?
TWO policemen experienced a different kind of encounter they never thought would happen in their career: to assist in the delivery of a child inside their utility patrol jeep. Staff Sgt. Edgardo Ace Lamigo III and Corporal Mike Malubay, assigned at the Tayug Police Station on a midnight shift, readily…
2 cops helped deliver baby inside mobile patrol
FOUR remote areas in Pangasinan with scarce water supply will benefit from the Patubig ng Pulis project of the Philippine National Police. P/Brig. Gen. Emmanuel Peralta, Police Region 1 director, said the Patubig Ng Pulis (PNP) was launched to generate water supply systems and to provide access and supply of…
‘Patubig ng Pulis’ provides potable water in remote barangays

TOKEN BANGUS FESTIVAL – Dagupan City Mayor Brian Lim releases a bag of fingerlings provided by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources to signal the start and end the Bangus Festival. April 30 was declared a non-working holiday for the celebration of the Bangus Festival. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)