By Rex Catubig I went to school in our barrio for my primary grades—from grade one to grade four. Kindergarten was unheard of. Upon reaching seven years old, you are automatically grade one. Which for me was an unsettling experience. Suddenly, I was thrust into an unfamiliar environment, thrown…
AN eighteen-year-old girl with roots in Mabini town has made history by becoming the first female driver in McLaren’s history to join the McLaren Driver Development Programme. According to formula1.com, Bianca Bustamante is set to represent McLaren on the 2024 F1 Academy grid and will soon be racing for ART…
MARK Anthony Fernandez of Mapandan emerged victorious on the athletics track during the Provincial Selection Tryouts for the Philippine National Games. He achieved two gold medals in the 1,500-meter and 3,000-meter steeplechase events held on October 3 at the Narciso Ramos Sports Complex in Lingayen. Steeplechase is an athletic event…
REISHA Mae Velasco, a Grade 7 student at Abanon National High School in San Carlos City, won in the U13 Chess Category during the Pangasinan Provincial Selection Meet for Batang Pinoy 2023 held at the Narciso Ramos Sports and Civic Center on October 9. Velasco was ranked No. 1 after…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! OCTOBER 22 – ( Dagupan City) Orpheus M. Velasco, Jesus V. Marquez OCTOBER 23 – (Dagupan City) Salome Ocampo OCTOBER 24 – ( Malasiqui) Roderick Montemayor OCTOBER 25 – (Calasiao) Robert Tan; (Manaoag) Mariner Jovellanos, Michelle Caranza, Pinky Limos, Catherine Idor, Kaye Brioner, Kathrina Villegas OCTOBER 27 –…
LEONIDA NORA COQUIA MIRANDA January 28, 1938 – October 6, 2023 We, the children of Mommy Nora, Fr. Rikki, Teng, Philip, Anna and Raymond and her grandchildren, will always be grateful for the outpouring love through prayers of condolences, lovely flowers, consoling presence during her wake and for the…
THE decision of Dagupan City Vice Mayor Bryan Kua and Councilors Michael Fernandez, Dennis Canto, Jeslito Seen, Marcelino Fernandez and Joshua Bugayong to file criminal cases against their colleagues in the majority bloc albeit long overdue, is a good precedent. Dagupeños actually wondered why the councilors in the minority allowed…
By Ermin Garcia Jr. DAGUPEÑOS should not miss to view Sangguniang Panlungsod’s official video recording of the shameless account of the October 9 regular session. It showed members of the majority bloc literally losing it as they desperately tried to manipulate the annulment of the 2023 annual budget that…
TIT-FOR-TAT – -Dagupan City Vice Mayor Bryan Kua and five members of the minority bloc led by Minority Leader Michael Fernandez field questions from the media after filing their consolidated complaint against Councilors Redford Erfe-Mejia, Irene Lim-Acosta and Alipio Serafin Fernandez for illegal detention, oppression and slander at the City Prosecutors’…
RUCKUS MARS DAGUPAN SP SESSION CHAOS erupted during the October 10 session of the Sangguniang Panlungsod as the majority caucus attempted to defer the approval of the minutes for the council’s past sessions discussing the 2023 annual budget. Particularly for the minutes of the September 26 and October 3 council…
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