By Leonardo Micua IN my chance meeting inside a barbershop with the manager of Sonshine Radio Dagupan, Jay Mendoza, also outgoing president of KBP Pangasinan chapter, he and I talked about a range of topics while were waiting for our turn to the barber’s seat. On top of our conversation was none…
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo The Ordinary You it’s in the way you flip your hair that half-drawn smile the way you bite on fresh watermelon the way you swagger and stammer and paralyze your tongue the plainness of your conversation your lack of conversation the choice of your words…
By Farah G. Decano HAVE you ever heard of the discordant, annoying, and repetitious wailing of fools? Ah, they break their hearts again and again – committing the same mistakes as if following an infinite pattern. They run to you the minute they feel limerent and begin to chatter…
By Eva C. Visperas A LITTLE flashback from last year’s major events in Pangasinan. October 2023 was historic. The agreement for the partnership between Pangasinan and San Miguel Holdings Corporation for the Pangasinan Link Expressway (PLEX) was signed. November 2023 was equally memorable. It marked the groundbreaking for the reflecting…
By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. AS avid buffs of basketball, we watched the six games of the best-of-seven PBA Commissioner Cup 2023-2024 championship series on TV between San Miguel Beer and sister company Magnolia. It ended last February 14, Valentine’s Day, with more experienced and taller SMB squad winning…
By Rex Catubic CULTURAL heritage comes also in the form of culinary heritage—culinary practices and heirloom recipes handed down across generations. Their no-frill preparations, flavor and taste, hark back to halcyon times and recall happy moments of one’s youth. In every barrio, there is always a chef or two…
MUSIC FOR LOVE – Violinist John Lester de Guzman plays his instrument inside a mall on Valentine’s Day serenading lovers and couples with his music. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
SENATOR Francis Tolentino urged the people of Dagupan City and Pangasinan not to listen to the endless bickering over the proposed constitutional change between senators and congressmen. It’s just all about politics, the senator said. Tolentino was in Dagupan City last February 14 to distribute wheelchairs, cash Assistance to Individuals…
THE Batacan Bridge, linking the towns of Mangatarem, Pangasinan and San Clemente, Tarlac, has been temporarily closed to heavy vehicles since Wednesday, February 7. This, after cracks along the bridge’s deck slab, and other signs of deterioration were found by authorities during an inspection. All heavy trucks and buses are…
(Filed by 104.7 IFM Dagupan News) Task force formed to arrest violators of smoking ban in Pangasinan THE Sangguniang Panlalawigan’s Provincial Ordinance No. 43 prohibiting the sale and use of cigarettes, including vape, in any part of Pangasinan. So smoking in public places in the towns and cities in province is…
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