TRAGEDY struck Barangay Sta. Maria in Mapandan as a victorious SK Kagawad candidate and an unsuccessful Barangay chairman bet lost their lives in separate incidents after the elections. Newly elected SK kagawad Anthony De Gracia-Mapanao, 23, died on November 2 in a vehicular incident, while Eduard Mendoza, 53, who lost in his bid, suffered a…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! NOVEMBER 20 – (Dagupan City) May Abalos; (Mangaldan) Mariner de Guzman, Nimfa De Vera NOVEMBER 23 – (Manaoag) CRISTINA SOTO; (Calasiao) Anthony De Vera HAPPY CHRISTENING! Ace Christian P. Pascua (November 19 – BONUAN) HAPPY BIRTHDAY! JETTY F. GARCIA & MOSES GARCIA (November 19 – Guam, USA/Mangaldan) HAPPY…
Birthdays/Anniversaries November 19-25, 2023
By Leonardo Micua BEFORE leaving for China, Mayor Belen Fernandez made it a point to thoroughly inspect the progress of the construction project on Arellano Street. Recognizing the urgency and importance of this undertaking, she personally met with the contractor to impress on him the need to expedite its…
Mayor Belen’s serious concerns
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo IN the comfort of the dining room, my imagination takes flight. I become the pilot I wanted to be, guided by the aroma of ground coffee beans. I look at the sky and become one with the stars, in communion with beings I haven’t seen,…
See nothing, smell nothing
By Farah G. Decano IF given the chance to go back in time, what would you tell your younger self? Let’s say, your 11-year-old self? Most of those who undergo exercises like this presume that they are wiser, more mature and much better off than the earlier versions of…
In honor of our eleven-year-old selves
By Eva C. Visperas A TRIP to Baguio is incomplete without a visit to the Pink Sisters Convent and Chapel in Brent Road. That has been my routine and always will be, as long as I’m physically able to. It’s what I felt I had to do since my…
Lesson on dress code from the Pink Sisters
By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. THE country’s oldest sports media organization, the Philippine Sports Association (PSA) headed by Philippine Star sports editor Nelson Beltran, will hold its traditional Awards Night on January 29 next year at Diamond Hotel in Manila. PSA will fete our country’s top performing athletes this year…
PSA’s “Athlete of the Year” awardees, then and now
By Rex Catubig THE fascination with chance is rooted in my boyhood. But it is not all related to the DNA chain. Juvenile flirting with the bewitching flytrap of luck is the plausible excuse. It was the fun-filled Fifties. In the corner sari-sari store of Nana Pacing which I…
Picking ‘kulkuldit’
UNLISERBISYO MAYOR Belen Fernandez acknowledged with gratitude the message of Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Secretary Amenah Pangandaman on budget spending which she said has been the guiding principle of her administration. She hailed the DBM’s Public Financial Management Competency Program (PFMCP), that helps create a sustainable city and…
“PERA NG GOBYERNO, GASTUSIN NANG TAMA, DIRETSO SA PAKINABANG NG TAUMBAYAN”
THE Schools Division Office of San Carlos City hosted the 43rd Pangasinan –San Carlos City – Alaminos City Council Jamboree and Kawan Holiday 2023 on November 9-12 held at the Speaker Eugenio Perez National Agricultural School Land Field. Kawan Holiday is a KAB Camp that provides scouts with life-long skills to impact on their character, discipline, and sense of belongingness in the…