THE town of San Nicolas celebrated the inaugural Larry Itliong Day on November 6, a commemoration and tribute to its son, Modesto “Larry” Dulay Itliong, who was a key figure in the Filipino labor movement in the United States in the 1930s. Held at the municipal gymnasium, the celebration was…
UNLISERBISYO MAYOR Belen Fernandez leads the distribution of relief supplies to families affected by typhoon “Kristine” in Barangay Lucao on November 7, together with Vice Mayor BK Kua, Councilor Michael Fernandez and Lucao Barangay Council led by Liga ng mga Barangay President Councilor Marcelino Fernandez. Meanwhile, the city government continues…
DISTRIBUTION OF RELIEF SUPPLIES
THE Night Ballers Basketball League Season 3 fired off on November 6 at the Calasiao Sports Complex with the participation of 10 hoops clubs that will complete in a single round-robin tournament format. A heavy triple-header unfurled during the league’s opener. In the first match, the GPM Ballers staved off Tomas Kambingan…
Night Ballers League 3 kicks-off in Calasiao
By Gonzalo Duque THE QuadCom hearings, which some people would like to call as Tuwad Com hearings, of the House of Representatives, have been finally unmasked. They were actually organized to prepare the possible impeachment proceedings against Vice President Sara Duterte. This was revealed by no less than Rep….
Blunders in the House and the council
By Leonardo Micua WHEN I interviewed Mayor Belen Fernandez at her office last week, I asked whether her political allies who are now temporarily holding the majority in the city council can pass Dagupan City’s 2025 annual budget of P1. 6 billion on or before the end of the…
Board members in Barcelona
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo EVERY morning, I open the sliding doors of the veranda to see the different shades of the sky and the mountains before sunrise. The gradation of colors of the mountains enthralls, appearing to be on top of one another, defined by lines that blur with…
The horizon
By Farah G. Decano THE absence of a strong political opponent makes elected powerful leaders prone to abusive and corrupt practices. No one or very few would dare to defy and expose them in order to keep their actions in check. If someone musters the courage to refuse blind…
A strong opponent
By Eva C. Visperas I’VE known Mayor Dickerson Villar since he was a teenager. My first encounter with him was at the home of his late grandparents, Lolo Bebot and Lola Vivien Villar, in Sto. Tomas. He was still a student then, and I would often see him during…
A young mayor’s journey
By Rex Catubig WITH Typhoon Marce hovering in the vicinity as if casing the surroundings, and its tentative winds blowing the dust off the cover of memories, unearthing the treasure of past remembrances, one discovers anew the coveted fossils of time, resurrecting the worn images of life pressed on…
Smoke Sonata
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! NOVEMBER 10 – (Dagupan City) Rowena Sanio, Lida Ledesma, Ramon Adalla NOVEMBER 11 – (Dagupan City) LEU PARAGAS Happy Birthday! RHIAN DENISE F. DELA CRUZ (November 10 – Manaoag) Happy Birthday! REYNO JUNIO (November 11 – – Dagupan City) Happy Birthday! ATTY. DOMINADOR CRUZ JOCOBO Ferrari BRITANICO (November…




