THE Public Health Center (PHC) was inaugurated simultaneously with the groundbreaking of the Nuclear Medicine Facility (NMF), at the Region 1 Medical Center (R1MC)-Annex on February 13 which Dr. Roland Mejia, the R1MC center chief said, is another milestone. Mejia said the twin events is a model of the Department…
FLOWERS FOR LOVERS – The mad rush for flowers in markets show that lovers, couples and singles take to Valentine’s Day as D-Day for sharing love at all costs, (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
FOR NON-PAYMENT OF PREMIUMS THE Dagupan City government stands to be slapped with P500,000 in penalty if it will not pay Pag-Ibig Fund’s increased premium of its officials and employees made effective on February 1 this year. City Legal Officer Aurora Valle said the city government cannot pay the premiums…
WITH the onion harvest season reaching its peak, farmgate prices came crashing down in Bayambang. Meanwhile, the Department of Agriculture Region I (DA-I) reported that selling price of onion in public markets have plunged 200%, from P180 per kilogram to P40 to P50 per kilogram. Onion grower Ronnie Ringor of…
By Leonardo Micua IN my chance meeting inside a barbershop with the manager of Sonshine Radio Dagupan, Jay Mendoza, also outgoing president of KBP Pangasinan chapter, he and I talked about a range of topics while were waiting for our turn to the barber’s seat. On top of our conversation was none…
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo The Ordinary You it’s in the way you flip your hair that half-drawn smile the way you bite on fresh watermelon the way you swagger and stammer and paralyze your tongue the plainness of your conversation your lack of conversation the choice of your words…
By Farah G. Decano HAVE you ever heard of the discordant, annoying, and repetitious wailing of fools? Ah, they break their hearts again and again – committing the same mistakes as if following an infinite pattern. They run to you the minute they feel limerent and begin to chatter…
By Eva C. Visperas A LITTLE flashback from last year’s major events in Pangasinan. October 2023 was historic. The agreement for the partnership between Pangasinan and San Miguel Holdings Corporation for the Pangasinan Link Expressway (PLEX) was signed. November 2023 was equally memorable. It marked the groundbreaking for the reflecting…
By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. AS avid buffs of basketball, we watched the six games of the best-of-seven PBA Commissioner Cup 2023-2024 championship series on TV between San Miguel Beer and sister company Magnolia. It ended last February 14, Valentine’s Day, with more experienced and taller SMB squad winning…
By Rex Catubic CULTURAL heritage comes also in the form of culinary heritage—culinary practices and heirloom recipes handed down across generations. Their no-frill preparations, flavor and taste, hark back to halcyon times and recall happy moments of one’s youth. In every barrio, there is always a chef or two…
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