By Leonardo Micua IN this intense hot weather, we look up to the trees to shelter us from the piercing rays of the sun. Although the whiff of wind is still hot and humid, a person could feel a soothing relief albeit temporarily if he is under the shade of…
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo THE heat is real. It can only get worse. What use are the parks if the heat prevents us from going there? Given the projections on the impact of climate change, protection and development of green spaces become imperative. Parks (including memorial parks), athletic ovals…
By Farah G. Decano GENDER and sex are technically different concepts. Sex may refer to the intimate act between individuals or to an individual’s genitalia. Gender, however, refers to the roles, expectations, and traits observed, defined and/or imposed by society and culture on individuals as women, men, boys, or…
By Eva C. Visperas IF a picture paints a thousand words… Thus said a line of a popular song titled “If” by Bread that perhaps describes best a picture that made the world of Pangasinan Marites and Tolits abuzz for a week recently. From the Facebook page of 2nd…
By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. I WAS shocked to receive a sad message from a retired cyclist and former Highway Patrol Group (HPG) member Anthony Valdez of Urdaneta City, informing me that 1976 Tour of Luzon champion Modesto Bonzo passed away last April 18 but it was not clear…
By Rex Catubig “WATCH out, you will crush the food” Arman yelled as I plopped myself on the passenger seat of his truck. I was taken aback. “How did it get there?”, I asked incredulously, referring to my Sharon loot. “You were holding it and you put it there”,…
Through Lolo’s Lens: Dagupan in the 60’s By Norman Valenzuela MY Lolo Marcial was the official photographer for The Manila Times. He preserved his collection of vintage black and white camera shots which has become the source of inspiration for my father, Art G. Valenzuela, who pursued a career in…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! APRIL 29 – (Dagupan City) Anselma Fernandez; (Pozorrubio) Fe Fernandez Bautista; (Manaoag) Aileen de Guzman APRIL 30 – (Dagupan City) Bona C. Meneses; (Calasiao) Arnold de Guzman MAY 02- (Dagupan City) LELIA C. SY, VIANCA MAE REVOTE SALA; (Mangaldan) Gloria de Vera; (Malasiqui) Nenita Imbornal MAY 03- (Dagupan…
LAST week, the regional office of the Department of Health, already manifested in no unmistakable tone its serious concern and apprehension over the continued delay or indications of rejection of the Mother and Child Hospital in the city by the seven Dagupan City opposition councilors who comprise majority bloc in…
By Ermin Garcia Jr. IT’S the end of the line for 7 worthless, completely discredited public servants of Dagupan City. The garish blue-and-white painted palatial house of the 7 epaLiFes is on fire! No, it was not the ruling of Regional Trial Court Judge Michael Israel, denying their prayer…
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