By Gonzalo Duque THE typhoon season has become more calamitous. The most recent, Typhoon Kristine, has shown its devastating effect all over the country. Other typhoons are coming. Watch out, Typhoon Leon is going to roar in the coming few days. But what worries me more though is the…
By Leonardo Micua MY good friend Manny Zambrano, who’s based in Chicago and brother of one of our photojournalists, Ray Zambrano, is in town for a brief vacation. He called me up on October 18 to have dinner at a seafood restaurant along JdV Expressway, but I begged off…
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo SURPRISINGLY, the rain didn’t flood EDSA. We drove to the Bonifacio Global City (BGC) to accompany my niece Ashang for an important appointment, anticipating a little flooding, having watched videos on TikTok and FB, but the heavy rain seemed to be absorbed by the pavement…
By Farah G. Decano WHILE it is true that my family still experiences inundation inside our house despite the almost three feet road elevation in our village, we are thankful nevertheless to Mayor Belen T. Fernandez, the City Government of Dagupan, and the right of way donors because we…
By Eva C. Visperas I’VE been covering politics in Pangasinan for quite some time, witnessing the journey of — among many other personalities and families — Agrarian Reform Secretary Conrad Estrella III from his days as a congressman to the present, with his son Gilbert now eyeing the congressional…
By Rex Catubig WHEN I see Nanang, our old-maid aunt, in the kitchen, stirring black gooey Deremen in a deep kawali perched on the wood-fired clay dalikan, I know it’s Pistay Inatey—All Saint’s Day, the highlight of Ani or harvest month—when religion and folk custom meld into one celebration. Following the belief that the spirits of…
BAYAMBANG’S NEW MEDICAL CENTER — Former Mayor Cezar Quiambao guides First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos through the newly-constructed six-story JKQ Medical and Wellness Center in Bayambang during its inauguration. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
SOME 30 residents participated in a bloodletting activity on October 17, organized by the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP)-Urdaneta District Jail Male Dormitory (UDJMD) in partnership with the Philippine Red Cross-Urdaneta branch and the Inner Wheel Club of Downtown Dagupan District 379, to support community life-saving efforts. The…
UNLISERBISYO SASAILALIM rin sa rehabilitasyon ang binabahang kalsada ng Burgos St. sa bahaging ito ng Barangay IV. Ang gagawing proyekto ang isa sa mga ininspeksyon ni Mayor Belen Fernandez kasama ang DPWH Pangasinan 2nd Engineering District, Engr. Joel Bautista, Engineer II, at City Engineer Josephine Corpuz para sa gagawing pag-papataas…
KENT Brian Celeste of the Virgen Milagrosa University Foundation clinched the gold medal in high jump men’s senior division during the A-Final of the PATAFA Weekly Series last October 19 at the PhilSports Track Oval in Pasig City. Competing against six rivals, the 23-year-old athlete cleared the 2.08-meter bar to outshine Ernie Calipay…
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