IN keeping with Dagupan Jayceeken’s cultural heritage advocacy, the group trooped to the northern town of Sison, Pangasinan to observe the town’s Indigenous People’s Month celebration held October 26 upon the initiative of Mayor Danny Uy. The celebration started off with the ritual slaughter of a pig, followed by the program highlighted…
DAGUPAN City Mayor Belen Fernandez expressed optimism that the city’s famous milkfish (bangus) products will soon have its long-awaited registration thru Geographical Indication to the Intellectual Property Office, an attached agency of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), to protect the identity and brand of the city’s bangus. This…
Bangus industry stakeholders move to protect Dagupan Bangus brand
By Leonardo Micua ONE election battle to keep an eye on this coming October 30 is in Barangay Bonuan Gueset. The incumbent Barangay Captain, Manuel Bumanglag, is facing a tough challenge from the returning Rico Mejia. This clash between the two political giants holds immense significance as it has the…
Watching the battle in Bonuan Gueset
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo AFTER a year, I’m happy that the adjacent vacant lot, which used to be a garbage dump, has now become an urban food forest. Anyone passing can pick chili, talinum (waterleaf), ternate (butterfly pea), palyan balang (wild bitter gourd), kamote (sweet potato), malunggay (moringga), mulberries…
Two letters
By Farah G. Decano WITH philandering politicians still getting elected even to the highest positions and adulterous showbiz personalities remaining at the top of their careers, we thought that having paramours is already an accepted way of life in the Philippines. The reactions of most netizens towards third parties…
Paramour (1): Betrayal is betrayal
By Eva C. Visperas SEVEN years ago, I conducted my first interview with a truly remarkable individual who left an indelible mark on both my mind and heart. I cherished our conversation when I visited him at the parish of Saint Ildephonse, where he served as the parish priest….
Fr Ric’s passion for basketball
By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. AFTER 10 and a half years of absence due to political reasons, Pangasinan’s most well-known one-day bikefest, “Werweran ed Mangaldan,” finally returned on October 25. However, this time, it came with a different format and sponsor. Unlike the original setup, which was exclusively for…
Werweran ed Mangaldan bikefest returns
By Rex Catubig GENESIS 19:26 of the Holy Bible depicts how Lot’s wife, in an unguarded instance of longing for the depraved and condemned life they’re fleeing from, looks back at the city being consumed by fire and brimstone, in sheer defiance of God’s injunction, and thus, turns into…
The sin of salt
SINAGLARAWAN 2023 – The Punch’s chief photojournalist Willie Lomibao holds the certificate of excellence for his photograph ‘Gold Harvest, (a tobacco farmer drying his harvest), as a finalist in the SinagLarawan 2023: Ang Pinoy Matibay photo contest sponsored by the Japan Tobacco International. (Punchphoto by Ray Zambrano)
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UNLISERBISYO TO facilitate treatment of Dagupeños bitten by dogs and other animals, the city’s Animal Bite Treatment Center services are extended from 7a.m. to 3p.m. This was announced by Mayor Belen as she reminded pet owners of their responsibility if their pets bite people. She added that she is coordinating…