THIRTY-year-old Kevin Arquero of Pasay City ruled the Pozorrubio Rapid Chess Open tournament against 90 woodpushers last January 11 at the Pozorrubio Executive Building in Pozorrubio town. The seasoned blitz player Arquero, who represented the Philippine Army Chess Team, outclassed Robert Halili of Mabalacat City, Pampanga in the final round to score 6.5 points and claimed the P10,000 top prize. Jhulo Goloran of Meycauayan City trounced Genghis Imperial of…
DANGER FROM MANILA TRENCH ALL of Dagupan, not just its coastal areas, will be affected in the event of a tsunami triggered by an 8.2 magnitude earthquake coming from the potentially active Manila Trench, according to Meliquin Bauzon, chief of the Public Alert Response and Monitoring Center (PARMC). In a…
By Gonzalo Duque WITH the recently concluded Iglesia Ni Cristo Peace Rally at the Rizal Park (formerly Luneta), the pressure of the religious group was strongly felt by those asking for the impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte. With this, VP Sara’s impeachment has been held in abeyance, but…
By Leonardo Micua DESPITE the mammoth peace rally staged by the Iglesia Ni Cristo in support of the statement of PBBM that an impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte will only promote disunity and not give a single benefit to Filipinos, the Quad Com of Congress is continuing its investigation…
By Farah G. Decano TO the world, Spoliarium is Juan Luna’s famous painting that won first place in the 1884 Exposicion National de Bellas Artes in Madrid. Depicting fallen gladiators being dragged out of the arena by Roman soldiers before spectators coveting the dead warriors’ armor and weapons, the…
By Eva C. Visperas THE annual Talong Festival of Villasis, Pangasinan is a grand tradition that lights up the 2nd week of January each year. Known as the “Vegetable Bowl of Pangasinan,” Villasis takes immense pride in its eggplant and other pinakbet veggies production, and the festival stands as…
By Rex Catubig MY barrio Calmay was self-contained–a tiny world unto itself. But when one had to venture to Baley–for work and other mundane reasons, the baloto was the mode of transport to rely on. Fashioned out of a single piece of carved wood, and secured with bamboo outrigger…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! JANUARY 19 – (Dagupan City) Rose Benito, Nenita Benito JANUARY 22 – (Dagupan City) Aurelia del Monte; (San Jacinto) Dennis De Vera; (Malasiqui) Doming Estanislao JANUARY 25 – (Dagupan City) Clarissa Agustin, Merlita Sandoval Happy Birthday! JOHANNE MACOB (January 19 – Lingayen) Happy Birthday! NARRA OLIVIER CALACHAN KENNETH…
THE signing of the country’s 2025 annual budget by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., with all his vetoed items was a big letdown to the Filipinos who turned out in an unprecedented number in 2022 to elect him with a majority vote that not even his late father, former President Ferdinand…
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