A prosthesis center is expected to be constructed at the Lingayen District Hospital (LDH) in Lingayen town to address the needs of persons with disabilities (PWDs) needing artificial, arm, leg or foot. Former Board Member Von Mark Mendoza and now special assistant to the Governor, said in an interview over…
THE Metro Dagupan Volunteer Probation Officers Association Inc. (MDVPOAI) will resume its back-to-school drive for the children of their clients – Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDLs) under parole and/or probation. In preparation for the school year 2023-2024, the MDVPOAI opens its doors for donations to gather funds and school supplies…
THE two Department of Health (DOH) hospitals in Pangasinan, Region 1 Medical Center, and Conrado F. Estrella Regional Trauma and Medical Center (FERTMC), joined the simultaneous launching of the “Wellness Movement Program”, that seeks to improve the mental health and well-being of health care workers (HCW) in the workplace. The…
(Filed by 104.7 IFM Dagupan News) 216 barangays in 20 towns flooded in Pangasinan THERE were 216 barangays in 20 towns and cities in Pangasinan that were affected by flood spawned by monsoon rains triggered by Typhoon Egay. This was based on the monitoring of the Provincial Risk Reduction…
By Leonardo Micua “ISANG text message lang, hindi dalawa, nandiyan na siya.” This was how Mayor Belen Fernandez described how Senator Imee Marcos quickly responded to the city’s call for help. According to Mayor Belen, with just one text message, Manang Imee came to Dagupan in one of its…
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo HE was, an occasional intruder in her thoughts. Whatever happened to him? She found him, in the dragnet of the web, as always, the community of the found, where the real challenge is anonymity. He looked older than she anticipated, different from what she imagined,…
By Farah G. Decano THE tension in the West Philippine Sea is escalating once again. Lately, China has repeatedly fired water cannons at a Philippine vessel that tried to replenish the resources of the BRP docked at the Ayungin Shoal. The present reaction of the international community is very…
By Eva C. Visperas WHILE on sickbed for one week at the height of super typhoon ‘Egay’, I got the chance to browse news online websites and one caught my attention: the Green Canopy project of the provincial government of Pangasinan. It broke my heart the past recent years…
By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. BACK to sports. The subject of this piece is all about boxing. Firstly, anent the failure of our Fil-Am fighter, the former four-division world champion Nonito “Filipino Flash” Donaire to recapture the World Boxing Council (WBC) bantamweight diadem held last July 30 at T-Mobile…
By Rex Catubig I feel trapped in a time warp. While I’m fully aware of my advanced age that osteoarthritis has proclaimed and confirmed unabashedly, I realize that I have not really fully grasped the inevitability of age, the accretion in years, and the imminence of death. My theater…
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