HARVEST TIME – Farmers in Mangatarem town rush to thresh their palay late afternoon for delivery to traders. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
ALL candidates for local elective positions were advised to surrender their firearms to their respective police stations for safekeeping during the campaign for the 2022 local elections. Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO) Director P/Col. Richmond Tadina said all the provincial commands in the region are encouraging all candidates in their…
PNP urges candidates: Surrender guns for safekeeping
THE Police Regional Office 1 launched on Thursday ‘Secure, Accurate, Free and Fair Elections 2022’, a multi-sectoral campaign under the theme KASIMBAYANAN (Kapulungan ng inyong Pulis, ng inyong Sundalo, ng inyong Bantay Dagat, ng ating COMELEC at lahat ng Lingkod Bayan kasama ang Simbahan at Pamayanan). P/MGen Rodolfo Azurin Jr.,…
Region 1 police launches SAFE 2022 polls
LINGAYEN-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas has appealed to the laity for a Lenten season of reparation rosary for truth, integrity, and wisdom beginning Ash Wednesday, March 2 until Holy Wednesday, April 13. In his “Reparation and Repentance for National Healing” letter to the parishioners of the Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan, Villegas said,…
Fr. Soc appeals for reparation and repentance for national healing
TWO ALAMINOS SCHOOLS ALREADY RESUMED THE 19 public schools and a private school in the Ilocos Region given the authority to conduct limited face-to-face (F2F) classes have resumed their activities starting February 16 since the region‘s alert level has been downgraded to Level 2. According to the Department of Education…
More schools in region expected to resume F-2-F classes
By Leonardo Micua MANY of my colleagues in the print and broadcast media, the legit ones, have indicated they are not in conformity with the plan of the PNP to admit bloggers in the social media as members of the PNP Press Corps. They clarified they have no rancor…
Bloggers are not journalists
By Farah Decano LOVE is trending this February so I am giving way to this narrative of my sorority sister, Atty. Eloisa Manlansing. It is up to us to find gems in the stories of our daily lives and this one in particular has the elements of patience, sacrifice,…
Finding matching sim cards
By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. AFTER a year’s lull obviously due to the COVID-19 pandemic, our nation’s multi-stage bicycle racing has been gearing up with the easing of restrictions amid the pandemic to hold anew two national races this year. First to commence is the well-known annual LBC Ronda Pilipinas…
Pangasinan cyclists split in different teams
By Rex Catubig (Note: At the height of the pandemic, this crime of passion was broadcast in the news. It was so unbelievably gruesome and shocking that it begged to be retold in a manner the untamed human heart can grasp. This is my retelling of the story–of a…