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April 2023

Full accountability, transparency in P6.8-billlion Land Bank loan

By | Editorial, Punch Gallery

THAT Pangasinan is seeing an unprecedented long list of planned projects over the next two years is worthy of note, however, the mind-boggling plan that accompanied it that was already recently realized is with the approval of the provincial government’s application for a P6.8 billion credit line with the Land…

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Full accountability, transparency in P6.8-billlion Land Bank loan

Conflicting legal views: DILG vs. DBM

By | Punchline

By Ermin Garcia Jr.   THE conflicting views of the Department of Budget and Management and the Department of Interior and Local Government on the “rectifying” ordinance of the 7 epaLiFes must not be left unresolved very long. If left unresolved, the city government and its residents and the members of the…

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Conflicting legal views: DILG vs. DBM

By April 29, 2023Punchline

Listening to Mira

By | G Spot

By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo   MIRA was the kid, who, along with another nephew, Nico, experimented with the matches and burned the wooden floor in one of the bedrooms. The smoke escaped through the small space of the door, so I knocked. It was all quiet so I took the…

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Listening to Mira

By April 29, 2023G Spot

The dawn of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

By | Andromeda's Vortex

By Farah G. Decano             WITH the rise of digital alteration and artificial intelligence (AI), the 21st century may be considered as the dawn of things ungenuine.  The world will soon be flooded with goods and information that seem very authentic but are actually not.  A decade from now, the…

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The dawn of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Why I predicted TNT to win

By | Sports Eye

By Jesus A. Garcia Jr.   “THERE’S always a first time in life,” as the saying goes. And that happened to TNT Tropang Giga basketball team last April 21 after their countless attempts to win the prestigious PBA’s Governors’ Cup title since entering the professional league, they finally clinched the…

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Why I predicted TNT to win

By April 29, 2023Sports Eye

On becoming Ricardo

By | Entre'acte

By Rex Catubig   I’M the youngest in a brood of five. There is an eight-year gap between me and the brother who preceded me. But before my mother reluctantly bore me, (I was an unplanned child), she had prepared for this other baby boy. I had not asked my…

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On becoming Ricardo

By April 29, 2023Entre'acte

SM Malls celebrate Earth Day 2023 with activities

By | People & Events, Punch Gallery

SM Supermalls in Pangasinan simultaneously celebrated Earth Day 2023 on April 22, 2023, with activities promoting environmental sustainability and awareness toward a more sustainable future. The event, titled “Earth Day 2023: Invest in Our Planet, Invest in Our Youth,” featured an Art and Storytelling activity, a Sustainability Tour, and a…

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SM Malls celebrate Earth Day 2023 with activities

Land Bank OKs P6-B for Guico’s infra, resorts

By | Headlines

PANGASINAN GOES TO BUSINESS THE Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) has granted a P6.8 billion loan to the provincial government of Pangasinan for its monumental projects, including the construction of several land ports and terminals along the planned 166-kilometer Pangasinan Link Expressway (PLEX). This was confirmed by LBP President…

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Land Bank OKs P6-B for Guico’s infra, resorts

By April 29, 2023Headlines