A 13-year-old boy drowned while swimming with friends in the Agno River in Barangay Basing, Lingayen on November 13. CJ Manuel, a Grade 7 student and resident of Barangay Basing, was swept away by the river’s strong current, according to witnesses. Despite efforts to swim back to the shallower part…
(Filed by Ahikam Pasion) Man shot dead by cousin in Calasiao A 22-year-old man was shot dead by his cousin at a restobar in Barangay Nalsian, Calasiao. The victim identified as Carlo De Vera Diolazo and the suspect, Alejandro De Guzman Diolazo, 27, a businessman, both residents of Barangay…
POLICE REPORTS

EUGENIO PEREZ DAY – Dagupan City Mayor Belen Fernandez leads the wreath laying ceremony to mark the 128th birth anniversary of the late Speaker Eugenio Perez Sr. in Barangay Herrero-Perez, Dagupan. Perez was the author of Republic Act No. 170, otherwise known as the Charter of the City of Dagupan. With her is…
EUGENIO PEREZ DAY
ONE of the oldest living Pangasinense and World War II veteran marked his 108th birthday quietly in his home in Barangay Doyong, Calasiao last November 3. Born in 1916, Vicente Untalan was a member of the Philippine Scout during the war and survived the Bataan Death March. He also served in the U.S. Army for over…
Pangasinan WW 2 hero turns 108
THE entire community of Universidad de Dagupan gathered in unity and shared excitement during the school’s Christmas Lighting Ceremony on November 14 at the campus on Arellano Street. As the campus turned aglow, a candle-lighting ceremony was also held along with performances by various school organizations and individuals. An original song for…
UDD community unites in Christmas Lighting Ceremony

UNLISERBISYO SOME 1,900 enrolled Day Care Pupils of Dagupan receive free snacks after the 2024 STATE OF THE CHILDREN ADDRESS held on November 12, at the CSI Stadia.Mayor Belen T. Fernandez thanked the generous support of major sponsors, namely Universal Robina Choco Knots, Minute Maid, Bingo Orange Choco Sandwich, Mondelez…
STATE OF THE CHILDREN
By Gonzalo Duque “I am really surprised, in my more than a century in this planet, this is the first time that a concrete bridge is blown down by a typhoon. Weird!!! Something really is wrong and ugly. Wasteful expenditures of public fund. Someone must have become richer, to…
“What is happening to our country?”
By Leonardo Micua AFTER almost a day-long hunt for news at city hall on Thursday, I’m now inclined to believe that God, in His most mysterious ways, really intervened to give the Dagupan City administration some period of peace, at least until Christmas. And hopefully a little longer, if…
A higher power at work
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo IN 2016, I delivered a speech in Bayambang for the celebration of the Singkapital, the 402-year-old town’s commemoration as the fifth capital of the First Philippine Republic and the final seat of the short-lived First Philippine Republic. Bayambang also served as provincial capital during the…
Saranggola
By Farah G. Decano THE Quad Committee of the House of Representatives has so far earned a better reputation than the Senate. Representatives Jinky Luistro, Rodge Gutierrez, Raoul Manuel, and Paolo Ortega have been receiving praise from Filipino observers because of the firm but calm manner they propound valid…