By Leonardo Micua YOU must have noticed that the ongoing 2023 Dagupan Bangus Festival is being held and actually now about to reach its climax, without the usual baratillo and a food strip that were always seen in past editions of this yearly festivity. This time, Mayor Fernandez does…
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo A MUSEUM embodies the soul of a people. In order to fully comprehend the identity of a people, a museum depends on two important components. Firstly, the people who curate, gather, preserve, interpret and tell the stories. Secondly, the depth, the breath and the quality…
How we tell our past
By Farah G. Decano IT is a sad reality that shrewdness and greed are characteristics attached to lawyers in many parts of the world. In fact, the terms sharks and attorneys have become synonymous in the same way that crocodiles and politicians are considered identical. It may surprise others,…
Musings of nice lawyers
By Eva Visperas ONE can imagine it that way when the Schools Division Office (SDO) of San Carlos City hosts the Region 1 Athletic Association (R1AA) Meet from May 14-19, bringing the young athletes to a magical world that promises to be a once-in-a-lifetime experience. San Carlos has a…
There’s a magic wand for R1AA Wonderland
By Jesus A. Garcia Jr THE first four games of this year PBA’s Governors’ Cup best-of-seven championship series between the reigning and defending champion Ginebra Gin Kings and title-contender TNT Tropang Giga resulted all in a tension-filled skirmishes with deadlocks, 1-1, 2-2, all held at the historic Araneta Coliseum….
TNT five wins fifth game, tiara in the offing?

By Rex Catubig I ALWAYS threw it a glance but never really acknowledged its presence so that it might as well be non-existent. It has always stood there–silent and steadfast amid the cacophony and chaos of the marketplace. Its facade looks perpetually unfinished, painted in “carboro” white that makes…
That church in the market

BUSTED DRUG DEALER – Operatives of the Manaoag Police Station, led P/Maj Napoleon Eleccion, police chief, restrain suspect Jonar Morales, a tricycle driver residing in Brgy. San Ramon while an inventory of the seized illegal drug items are being completed after the successful buy-bust operation in coordination with PDEA R-1. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
BUSTED DRUG DEALER
A HIGH-value drug target in the Fourth District was arrested in Barangay San Ramon, Manaoag in a drug buy-bust operation conducted by lawmen on the night of April 18. The suspect, Jonar Morales, 38, a tricycle driver, and a resident of Barangay San Ramon, fell in a buy-bust operation conducted by…
HVT in drug trade arrested in Manaoag
THE Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in Pangasinan, in partnership with the Manaoag local government unit opened the eighth Balay Silangan Reformation Center in the town on April 19. PDEA Pangasinan provincial director Rechie Camacho said the Balay Silangan in Barangay Pugaro, is the eighth reformation center in the province…
PDEA opens 8th Balay Silangan in Manaoag
A DRUG suspect listed as second highest value target in the province was arrested in a buy-bust drug operation conducted by joint elements of the San Carlos City Police, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO) on April 17 in Barangay San Pedro. The suspect was…