AS Dagupeños mark and celebrate their city’s 75th year of cityhood, today’s generation must recall and teach how Dagupan came about first as a community, as a town and finally as a city. Below are excerpts from the “History of Dagupan” written by Restituto Basa, the acknowledged city’s historian. The…

THERE’S been a flurry positive and negative speculations about the plan of the House of Representatives to establish a country’s “wealth fund” coded as “Maharlika” that the ordinary citizens can hardly make some sense of it. At first glance, the first impression that one gets is that it is to…

DAGUPAN City is seeing its darkest hours yet in 75 years, a situation brought about by the vilest and ignoble collective political agenda of unscrupulous seven members of the majority at the Sangguniang Panlungsod, namely: Councilors Red Erfe-Mejia, Dada Reyna-Macalanda, Celia Lim and her daughter, Irene Lim-Acosta, Alvin Coquia, Alfie…

ONE of the issues highlighted by the recent visit of US Vice President Kamala Harris to the Philippines was her government’s intent to seek an expansion of its military presence in the Philippines. This was subsequently followed by her statement in presence of President BBM: “An armed attack on the…

IF there is one legacy that the past administration of Mr. Brian Lim, as mayor of Dagupan City, it’s about its officials’ and supporters’ wanton and licentious plunder of the city’s resources in the belief that they can get away literally with murder. Never mind that collections of taxes and…

THE Sangguniang Panlalawigan is reportedly set to approve the proposed 2023 provincial budget this week. With no prior detailed information from the provincial government, it is not known if the proposed budget is a “Climate Change” budget or much of the same administrative and operational thrusts as in the past….

AFTER the feared surge of the COVID-19 pandemic did not happen during and after the May 2022 elections, the next test is in the observance of the UNDAS when people are more carefree and there are less restrictions imposed on the public. If no surge again happens, then it’s “green-and-go”…

DAGUPAÑOS and Pangasinenses have every reason to celebrate the triumph of the Bonuan Boquig National High School on being heralded as the T4 World’s Best School’s Practices under the Environmental Action Category. But lest we forget, its’ not only the winning in this case that must be cheered. It was…

NOW that most of the mayors and the governor have presented their achievements in their first 100 days based on their campaign promises, one can surmise that those who took their accountabilities seriously can now be expected to proceed to expand and improve what they have started. But to the…

‘TIS the time for reckoning between the newly elected and/or reelected local officials and their respective constituents in Pangasinan. Their first 100 days are over this week. Traditionally, the governor and mayors are expected to report, putting their best foot forward, with the hope that they will be seen as…