PERHAPS the tag “epicenter of COVID-19 contagion” assigned to a town and city did not mean much to mayors because it can’t possibly be appended to more than one town or city. Woe is the flavor of the month. The past week, the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management…
By Ermin Garcia Jr. SOMETHING doesn’t seem to make sense in Dagupan City that was recently declared a “high risk area” for COVID-19. Within days of that declaration by the Regional Epidemiology Surveillance Unit (RESU), the Lim administration declared the Tondaligan Beach open to families for business and swimming….
By Al S. Mendoza (My deepest condolences to the family and loved ones of Raffy Baraan, one of the most sincere sons of Pangasinan. Upon my suggestion, Raffy fathered the Pangasinan Literary Awards. Rest in peace, my friend. You will be missed.) * * * * I’M writing this…
By Leonardo Micua WE may be focusing too much attention on our borders in a bid to stop the entry of a person who may knowingly or unknowingly be carrying the dreaded Delta variant. But this 60 percent more transmittable strain of the coronavirus may yet ultimately reach us through…
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo LIFE for women, both single and married, carry both joy and suffering. But sometimes, the suffering overwhelms and we feel the world to be unkind: “You should be totally happy you are single. Having a husband and children isn’t really the best deal there is…
By Atty. Farah G. Decano ESTHER Perel, a leading psychotherapist, theorizes that the stories we tell ourselves can either make or break us. They are our own interpretations of events in our lives. They help us understand and make sense of our present and past realities. In the process…
Kate Chopin Contributed by Ashok G. Vasandani Here’s an article I read in www.americanliterature.com that I’d like to share, something that we can all learn from. THE Blind Men and the Elephant is a parable from India that has been adapted by many religions and published in various stories for…
TEN IDENTIFIED IN PANGASINAN DUE to the continuing spike of COVID-19 cases, 54 towns and cities in Region 1 were recently classified as high risk areas by the Department of Health-Center for Health Development 1 (DOH-CHD 1). Dr. Rheuel Bobis, COVID-19 focal person in Region 1 and spokesman of DOH-CHD…
WATERWORLD IN THE CITY – Motorists driving through a junction of the Perez Boulevard and Tapuac road in Dagupan City found themselves negotiating a flooded area after torrential rains hit the city. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
THE red alert is up! The Department of Health-Center for Health Development I (DOH-CHD1) is gearing up for possible contagion Covid-Delta variant in the region. It has begun close coordination with all public and private hospitals in the province for the implementation of plans for the expected detection of the…
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