THE National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) is now accepting proposals for the 2023 Competitive Grants until August 31, 2022 from artists and cultural groups that will promote Filipino cultural legacy. The NCCA Competitive Grants Program is competitive in nature since the approval of project proposals passes through…
AFTER more than two decades of extensive research and development, the Department of Agriculture – Philippine Rice Research Institute (DA-PhilRice) is finally prepared to deploy Golden Rice seeds for massive production in the hope of reducing incidence of Vitamin A deficiency among the populace through consumption of the beta-carotene enriched…
Incoming Mayor Fernandez fields questions from reporters. VOWING to protect the health of Dagupenos, especially the poor, incoming Mayor Belen Fernandez assured that City Health Office will be open 24/7 when she takes over the reins of the city government on July 1 this year. In a talk to…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! May 25 – (Dagupan City) Kathleen Mae de Guzman; (Calasiao) Restituto Mendoza May 26 – (Mapandan) Melanie Sarmiento; (Mangaldan) Ricardo Buenas; May-ann Servito May 27 – (Dagupan City) Clarissa Molano; (Manaoag) Melanie D. Urbano Happy Birthday! CORAZON S. JARA (May 22 – San Fabian) Happy Birthday! AMADITO SM….
Photos and story by Art G. Valenzuela WHOSE HANDS crafted and baked the more than a million bricks and tiles that make up the façade and walls of the Fort Ilocandia Resort in Ilocos Norte? It was also in 1982 when the Ministry of Agriculture Region 1 Director Manuel “Maning”…
COMMUNITIES everywhere in Pangasinan expected vote-buying spree in the last two days before May 9, everywhere except the Comelec offices. Despite all the threats of legal consequences in media by the Comelec officials, voters were up late nights and early dawn on the streets waiting for convoys to stop in…
By Ermin Garcia Jr. IN my book, the 2022 elections were perhaps the next most stressful and emotional political event in the country, next to the 1986 People Power. The level of partisanship this year hit the roof, and the common factor in both was about the Marcoses. In…
By Al S. Mendoza THE poor brought Bongbong Marcos back to the Palace. If you can believe that, then you know your history. Recall that the poor are humanity’s most gullible and stubborn. They believe lies peddled as truth. You tell them Bongbong is clean as sheet, they will…
By Gonzalo Duque I congratulate Mayor Belen Fernandez for a victory that is well-deserved. Honestly, I was surprised by her huge margin of victory of more than 14,000 over incumbent Mayor Brian Lim. I surmise that maybe, the 14,000-margin was the consequence of the miscues not only of the…
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