By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. I WAS shocked to receive a sad message from a retired cyclist and former Highway Patrol Group (HPG) member Anthony Valdez of Urdaneta City, informing me that 1976 Tour of Luzon champion Modesto Bonzo passed away last April 18 but it was not clear…
By Rex Catubig “WATCH out, you will crush the food” Arman yelled as I plopped myself on the passenger seat of his truck. I was taken aback. “How did it get there?”, I asked incredulously, referring to my Sharon loot. “You were holding it and you put it there”,…
Through Lolo’s Lens: Dagupan in the 60’s By Norman Valenzuela MY Lolo Marcial was the official photographer for The Manila Times. He preserved his collection of vintage black and white camera shots which has become the source of inspiration for my father, Art G. Valenzuela, who pursued a career in…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! APRIL 29 – (Dagupan City) Anselma Fernandez; (Pozorrubio) Fe Fernandez Bautista; (Manaoag) Aileen de Guzman APRIL 30 – (Dagupan City) Bona C. Meneses; (Calasiao) Arnold de Guzman MAY 02- (Dagupan City) LELIA C. SY, VIANCA MAE REVOTE SALA; (Mangaldan) Gloria de Vera; (Malasiqui) Nenita Imbornal MAY 03- (Dagupan…
LAST week, the regional office of the Department of Health, already manifested in no unmistakable tone its serious concern and apprehension over the continued delay or indications of rejection of the Mother and Child Hospital in the city by the seven Dagupan City opposition councilors who comprise majority bloc in…
By Ermin Garcia Jr. IT’S the end of the line for 7 worthless, completely discredited public servants of Dagupan City. The garish blue-and-white painted palatial house of the 7 epaLiFes is on fire! No, it was not the ruling of Regional Trial Court Judge Michael Israel, denying their prayer…
THRIVING ILLEGAL FISH PENS IN DAGUPAN – A motorized boat fully loaded with sacks of fish feeds cruises along the Pantal River in Dagupan City on its way to deliver the feeds to contracted illegal fish pen operators whose operations have long been tolerated by the previous and today’s administration. (Punchphoto by Cesar…
TO FACILITATE TRANSFER OF P150-M THE continued refusal of the opposition in the Dagupan Sanggunian Panlungsod prompted the Department of Health-Center for Health Development 1 to appeal anew for approval of the resolution authorizing Mayor Belen Fernandez to sign a Memorandum of Agreement with the agency for the construction of…
CAN the approval of the minutes of a precious session be deferred indefinitely? This issue became the subject of another redundant debate between the majority and the minority in the Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod when the majority bloc moved to defer approval of the minutes of the March 12, 2024 regular…
THE Local Development Council (LDC) approved the P600 million supplemental budget (No.1-2024) and its accompanying Comprehensive Development Plan and Local Development and Investment Program No. 1-2024 last April 15 for submission to the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) of Dagupan. The amount is earmarked for various important programs and projects of Dagupan, especially for…
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