THE report from the Provincial Health Office that the number of active cases Pangasinan last week has shown a continuing decline is certainly encouraging and gives hope to our families to celebrate the Christmas holiday like we always did in the past. And, the fact that relatives and friends from…
By Ermin Garcia Jr. PANGASINENSES can already look forward to the promised New Normal life – doing everything with everyone like they used to except for one thing – to keep observing health protocols! Well, actually not everything. While all provincial governments in the region are able to allow…
By Al S. Mendoza ALL six presidential candidates are campaigning right now. Leni Robredo, Ping Lacson, Isko Moreno, Manny Pacquiao, Bongbong Marcos and Bong Go have been visiting vote-rich places all over the country. Their mission? To woo voters to their side, of course. But are they allowed to…
By Leonardo Micua ALTHOUGH COVID-19 cases in the country, including Pangasinan, have dropped significantly based on figures from the Department of Health, there should be no room for complacency among us knowing that the disease can still resurge like what’s happening in Europe and other parts of the world….
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo THE role of stories in the evolution of human societies had been a subject of voluminous study. Among the writers who had expounded on this subject is historian Yuval Noah Harari whose work focuses on how civilizations are shaped by their stories and “how these…
By Atty. Farah Decano “MAS radikal ang magmahal.” Netizens shared this statement of Presidential contender, Leni Robredo, several times through their social media accounts. While it is not yet her official slogan for the campaign, such unusual assertion captured the imagination of the Filipinos – for how, indeed, can…
BY Jesus A. Garcia Jr. ANOTHER depressing national sports issue surfaced again last week. It’s about our national pole vault standout and Asian record holder EJ Obiena. Obiena who is being accused by the Philippine Amateur Track and Field Association (PATAFA) where he’s affiliated with. PATAFA initially alleged 2020 Tokyo…
By Rex Catubig FOR some time in the past, I didn’t know I was on a most wanted list. “Artlets Most Wanted” was the title of a group email that announced I had been found. Artlets is the acronym of our college in UST–the College of Arts and Letters,…
FIGHT VERSUS COVID-19 AFTER almost two years, the pandemic in Pangasinan may soon finally see the light at the end of the tunnel as there were only 127 active cases remaining as of November 25 compared to more than 4,000 cases at the height of the surge from August to…
KARITELA BY THE CHRISTMAS BRIDGE – Residents and visitors take joy rides on board Dagupan’s white colored “karitelas” that pass through the Quintos Christmas Bridge nightly. For many years, it was the “King of the Road” until the jeepney and tricycle pushed it out as the main means of transport around the city. (Punchphoto by…
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