UNLISERBISYO THE second batch of TUPAD profiling, covering 121 market vendors, was completed last week as part of continuing operations to assist those who were affected by Typhoon Emong in July. Beneficiaries of the program get financial support for their livelihood and families. The activity was undertaken by the Department…
SERVING HEALTH AND WELLNESS — Dr. Estrella Quiambao-Glorioso (center), president and CEO of JKQ Medical and Wellness Center (inset photo) in Bayambang town, and other hospital officials talk to the media about their services and expansion plans as they prepare to mark the health facility’s first anniversary in October. (Punchphoto…
MARKING 1ST YEAR ANNIVERSARY IN OCT. THE Julius K. Quiambao Medical and Wellness Center Inc., a new tertiary level 2 hospital located along the Bayambang-San Carlos road, is planning to expand its facilities and services as it carries on with its mission of delivering quality and compassionate healthcare. Since opening…
PROVINCIAL Board Member Rose Carolino Apaga, who is on her first foray in the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, said while she is new in politics and public service, her experience as a businesswoman has given her an understanding of the needs of the people, especially the poor. The Urdaneta City-born neophyte lawmaker…
REGIONAL GAMES START — THE National Basketball League, a regional basketball competition, kicked-off in Pangasinan on August 12. (PUNCHphoto by Kim Gealogo)
THE Youth Division Tournament of the National Basketball League (NBL) Philippines reeled off at the Robert Estrella Sr. Stadium in Rosales, Pangasinan, on August 12, with 26 cage teams from across Region 1 participating. NBL is a regional basketball league and is clustered into three categories: U21, U16, and U14, featuring an away-and-home…
By Leonardo Micua IT is widely understood that flood control projects relating to major rivers draining into the sea fall under the jurisdiction of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH). Despite this public knowledge, critics of Dagupan Mayor Belen Fernandez have been unfairly targeting her, attempting to…
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo THE poem below was written ten years ago, on 21 July 2015. Time has a way of blurring memories, sometimes deleting, sometimes overlaying events with more recent interpretations, depending on newer experiences, depth of understanding and compassion. Looking back now that the feeling is gone…
By Farah G. Decano PRESIDENT Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. recently took a firm public stance against allegedly anomalous flood control projects – a move interpreted as a calculated maneuver. This action has raised questions about whether it is a strategic attempt to divert public attention from the failed impeachment…
By Eva C. Visperas WHEN I was a child — several decades back — I used to look forward to the carnival, or as we called it then, the karnabal. The sights, the sounds, and the thrill of saving a few coins from our baon just to enter the…
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