By Leonardo Micua WITH only a week before the Region 1 Athletic Association (R1AA) meet finally unfurls in San Carlos City on May 14 to 19, defending back-to-back champion Dagupan City, remains a doubtful starter. Dagupan athletes still doubt at this point whether they will have uniforms to wear…
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo THE morning smells of newly-cut grass. Maybe it is the scent of rebellion, or the agony of being cut. Or maybe it is the scent of hope, the kind we cling to, when we are about to lose it. I breathe in the scent slowly,…
The smell of memory
By Farah G. Decano IN this digital age, young adults are learning to get validation of their work, their projects, their accomplishments and even their self-worth from the number of likes they get on social media. Sharing and liking of posts on the internet have become a marketing tool…
Validation in this digital age
By Eva C Visperas BOTH Limgas na Pangasinan and Kalutan ed Dalan were the major highlights of Pista’y Dayat and Bangus Festival respectively. Both showcased the province’s best: food, beauty, hospitality, culture and tourism potential as well. It was a good thing that both were celebrated on two different…
Two success stories: Limgas na Pangasinan, Kalutan ed Dalan
By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. DESPITE the inability of Calasiao town to produce their own prominent cyclist to date, the town is not giving up and is still highly confident that someday soon this Class A municipality of Pangasinan will eventually produce an elite road biker to give honors to…
Calasiao cycling

(Photo by Willie Lomibao) By Rex Catubig WITH the heat index skyrocketing to 50 degrees, the City’s welcome for the momentous visit of the Diplomatic Corps on April 30th for the Bangus Festival Kalutan ed Dalan which featured one thousand grills with burning charcoal, could not have been any…
Chillmax with the diplomats

FOR the second time this year, Senator Alan Peter Cayetano extended help to indigent patients in Pangasinan, among them cancer patients and a child born with a rare health condition. The two-day medical caravan, held on May 3 and 4, 2023, was able to help more than 400 patients with…
Patients with cancer, other diseases in Pangasinan get help from Cayetano’s medical caravan
(Filed by 104.7 IFM Dagupan News) Price of rice at Malimgas remains unchanged THE price of rice at the Malimgas Public Market in Dagupan City remains the same despite its reported shortage. A survey showed that the cheapest rice that one can buy at Malingas costs P35 per kilo while…
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COMING UP, TWO SOLAR PLANTS — Dr. Cezar Quiambao (3rd from left) of the CSFirst Green Agri-Industrial Development congratulates Andy Wu of the China Energy International Group shortly after the two groups along with the URIT Limited Philippines Corporation signed a Joint Development Agreement for the establishment of two solar power projects in…
COMING UP, TWO SOLAR PLANTS
TWO solar power plants worth US$503-million will rise in Dasol and Infanta towns in Pangasinan following the signing of Joint Development Agreement among three parties on May 3 at the Urduja House in Lingayen. The agreement was sealed after CSFirst Green Agri-Industrial Development Inc., URIT Limited Philippines Corporation and China…