THE Pangasinan Heatwaves waxed hot when they trounced the Bulacan Kuyas in a blowout, 91-51, in the 7th Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League last March 14, 2025 at the Alonte Sports Arena in Biñan, Laguna. Heatwaves’ big man, Michael Mabulac, asserted his inside scoring and defense skills with seven points and two steals to grab the early lead, 21-10. In the second quarter, Mike DiGregorio and Jorey Napoles grabbed…
PANGASINAN’S capital town Lingayen will be the penultimate site of the 2025 Tour of Luzon, the country’s biggest cycling event, which is returning this year since it was last held in 2019 under the name Le Tour de Filipinas. The race reels off on April 24 to May 1, with…
By Gonzalo Duque NOW that the preliminary hearing on former President Rodrigo Duterte’s case by the Internal Criminal Court has been concluded, we learned that one of the confirmed lawyers for Duterte, British-Israeli Nicholas Kaufman, said with confidence that the case of FPRRD is an easy one, both for…
By Leonardo Micua FROM now on, the people of Dagupan should stop hoping that the Mother and Child Hospital will still rise. Yes, this project will not see the light of day anymore because the P150 million allotted to it under the General Appropriations Act of 2022 is no…
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo ON 12 May 2025, we are going to elect those who will govern our country, the ones we will be calling, “Honorable”, whether they deserve it or not. Most of those we elected could not even pass a regular job interview, but had been entrusted…
By Farah G. Decano OUR country is again suffering a deluge of online fake news after the arrest of former President Rodrigo R. Duterte. Let me enumerate a few: Videos, purporting to be protest rallies against the ex-chief executive’s detention at The Hague, have been shared by thousands of…
By Eva C. Visperas RECENTLY, I had the privilege of sitting down with the school principals of Sto. Tomas, Pangasinan, along with Dr. Joeve Jacones, their district supervisor, under the Schools Division Office of Pangasinan 2. Our conversation was rich with insights on the current educational initiatives in the…
By Rex Catubig (Continued from last week. Last in the series on women for Women’s Month) WHEN Christina was relocated from Riyadh and reassigned in the remote township of Bisha, her life as an OFW changed forever. She was supposed to work for a family of 6, but she…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! MARCH 16 – (Dagupan City) Kathleen de Guzman; Rita Fernandez; (Bayambang) Adonis Cruz MARCH 18 – (Dagupan City) Anselma Fernandez; (Calasiao) Dory De Vera MARCH 20 – (Mangaldan) Marife de Guzman; (San Fabian) Myrna Servito; (Calasiao) Crisanta de Vera Happy Birthday! JANICE BARBERAN (March 16 – Bayambang)…
THE arrest of Past President Rodrigo Duterte by International Criminal Court via Interpol was not exactly a surprise after the apparent flip-flopping by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. no less. While our fellowmen are discussing and digesting both the future scenarios for FPRRD while under detention in The Hague, and the…
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