By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. MANY say the month of March is the start of summer. We have to believe it because we now feel the heat wave of the season. And if it’s summer, unquestionably, it’s time for sports. Outdoor sports like running or track and field, baseball,…
By Rex Catubig (Last of a series on ordinary but exemplary women in celebration of Women’s Month) AT the beach where a naval landing had made history, the same beach that has produced the legend of a rags-to-riches Matutina, other enterprising women vendors today do not even come remotely close to…
The unsinkable women of Blue Beach
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! MARCH 25 – (Dagupan City) Cristeta Santa Maria, Michael de Guzman; (Calasiao) Arnulfo Ferrer MARCH 27 – (Calasiao) Arlene Vedaña; (Mapandan) Nickson Esteves MARCH 30 – (Dagupan City) Louis De Venecia, Morante Cervantes; (Mangaldan) Blessilda Lopez; (Rosario,LU.) Christopher Cinense Happy Birthday! PRINCESS ENRIQUEZ (March 24 – Manaoag) Happy…
Birthdays/Anniversaries March 24 – 30, 2024
THERE’S much to tell about our women today but on such a topic, nothing beats hearing it all from the women themselves beyond an occasion “to spotlight women’s accomplishments and address ongoing and emerging issues related to women’s empowerment and gender equality,” or “empowering your girls around the nation with…
Celebrating today’s women
By Ermin Garcia Jr. THE resolution issued by Associate Provincial Prosecutor Maychelle Ablog-Sergio, acting City Prosecutor for Dagupan City in response to the motion for reconsideration (MR) filed by Dagupan City Councilor Irene Lim-Acosta is, indeed, refreshing. It came across as a distinct call to all and sundry for…
A call for respect, integrity
HIGHWAY FOR PALAY DRYING – While there’s a law that bans rice farmers from using any empty space on any cemented highway for drying their palay, that law is flagrantly violated in every town and city in Pangasinan knowing they won’t be arrested. The photos shows the farmers filling up the…
HIGHWAY FOR PALAY DRYING
THE price of rice has dropped by an average of P6.00 in public markets in the province. Latest price monitoring reveals that regular-milled rice previously sold for P54, now sells at P48, while imported well-milled rice that previously sold for a P60 now sells at P54 to P55. According to…
Prices of rice drop by P6 in public markets
PASSAGE OF DAGUPAN 2023 BUDGET DELAYED AGAIN THE members of the majority-opposition did not only make good on its assurance that the committee on finance, budget and appropriations that submit its report on the 2024 annual city budget to the plenary session on March 12 but worse, they decided to…
SP opposition boycotts session to stop debate
FREE ASSISTIVE DEVICES FOR PWD — More than 200 wheelchairs, 50 hearing aids and other assistive devices are turned-over by the Operation Blessing Foundation Philippines, Inc. to the provincial government through the Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office for distribution to beneficiaries in Pangasinan in a ceremony held at the…
FREE ASSISTIVE DEVICES FOR PWD
NO NEW ISSUES RAISED, LACKS LEGAL BASIS THE motion for reconsideration filed by one of three opposition councilors in the Sangguniang Panlungsod of Dagupan City, who were all indicted in an affidavit complaint filed by Vice Mayor Bryan Kua and five minority councilors before the Dagupan City Prosecution Service, was denied…