By Al S. Mendoza INVESTMENTS, like gas pedals to our cars, spur, if not speed up, economic growth. No country will survive without investments, both local and foreign. Local funds help gun up commerce two-ways, as in Filipino businessmen working their butts out for the ultimate benefit of fellow…
By Gonzalo Duque I attended the inauguration of the Dagupan Diagnostic Center in Barangay Herrero-Perez, led by Mayor Belen Fernandez last Wednesday morning. It’s a long overdue project of Mayor Belen that was ignored and abandoned by the Lim administration, simply because it was not his project. I was shocked…
By Leonardo Micua I cannot imagine that until Wednesday, July 6, Mayor Belen Fernandez only received a hazy picture of the finances of Dagupan, particularly the budget left in every office, from the city’s finance committee composed of the city budget officer, accountant and treasurer. What’s keeping that committee…
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo HE was, the son of a king, who was made by her mother, who made kings. They were immortals, biding time in the long sleep of a wink, and smelling blood, they resurrected. But he, coming out of his father’s bile, was not even half…
By Farah G. Decano THE prohibitive filing fees in courts surely pose an obstacle to the Filipino’s access to justice, especially the middle class. The so-called poor can always file for free because they may present themselves as pauper litigants while the rich will not mind the expense. It…
By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. I received several queries from some sports aficionados after Gov. Ramon Guico, III officially took his oath of office as the new chief executive of our province Pangasinan. They asked me if I know what’s in store for sports in the province with Gov….
By Rex Catubig MY American journey took 8 long years of my mother’s life. She had to shuttle back and forth from Dagupan to Los Angeles to maintain her petitioner status—spending 10 months in the States and 2 months here in the Philippines. It was hard on her because…
NO POLITICAL REORGANIZATION OFFICIALS and employees of provincial government heaved a sigh of relief after Governor Ramon Guico III told them during his first flag ceremony at the capitol grounds that reorganization based on politics is not his cup of tea. “We would like to roll our sleeves and get…
CT SCAN FOR DAGJUPAN DIAGNOSTIC CENTER — Mayor Belen Fernandez is joined by DOH-R1 Dir. Paula Sydiongco (right), DOH-NCR Dir. Lenida Gorgolon (left) and PUNCH columnist Gonzalo Duque after signing the Memorandum of Agreement and the Deed of Donation for the brand new CT-Scan installed at the Dagupan Diagnostic Center. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
A surge in Covid 19 cases in Region 1was recorded with 195 cases last week, averaging 18 cases per day, compared to just eight cases per day three weeks ago. This was confirmed by Dr. Rheuel Bobis, COVID-19 focal person in Region, adding that Pangasinan, accounted for 74 cases while…
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