By Leonardo Micua GREAT things are definitely going to happen in Dagupan despite the slow-paced approval of the city’s P1.33 billion annual budget for 2024, which by the way is no longer a surprise. It already happened last year. And for sure if God will not intervene again, this prolonged…
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo IN Morocco, I watched a man walk quietly, his steps without the slightest sound, the lightness of a cat, through a small reflecting pool, a very still water that mirrored everything and everyone who passed. In this stillness, nothing seemed to move, not a leaf,…
By Farah G. Decano THE UniTeam is self-destructing but everything is not over yet. Whilst hostilities between the Philippines’ top two political families escalated two weeks ago, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. and Vice President Sara Duterte continue to maintain a friendly front with the former recently calling himself…
By Eva C. Visperas I will miss the trees behind the Capitol complex. They had been cut down. Some netizens perhaps cried, feeling sorry for the fallen trees that can never be brought back again. I will not dwell on the debates about this tree-cutting issue at the Capitol…
By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. AFTER four times of tryouts in Calasiao and in Alaminos City gyms, the formation of our provisional Pangasinan Heat team quintet for the coming 2024 Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) was finally known last Thursday by our Pangasinan squad head coach Jun Marzan, the…
By Rex Catubig “INTSIK tsonga”, “Tsikwa”– are just two of the monikers they are condescendingly called, implying disdain in the way they are regarded. Which reveals our bias and cultural ignorance. My father was privileged to enjoy a close association with the Chinese in the lumber business. I grew…
UNLISERBISYO THE eastern community of Barangay Bolosan was the next venue for Mayor Belen T. Fernandez’s Alagang Healthy Dagupeño Medical and Dental Mission led by City Health Officer Dr. Ophelia Rivera and the Bolosan Barangay Council led by Kapitan Nancy Morris last February 6, and served some 300 residents with…
CHINESE NEW YEAR IS FOR KIDS, TOO – The young lady finds the presence of the cartoon characters in their colorful clothes in one place preparing to meet children for a Chinese New Year event, could not resist taking a groufie as a souvenir. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
‘PANGASINAN HEAT’ READY FOR THE WIN – The officials of Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL and Pangasinan Heat sign agreements for the inclusion of Pangasinan’s new team in this year’s season. Shown signing MPBL commissioner Kenneth Duremdes (2nd from left front) and Pangasinan Heat franchise owner Cezar Quiambao (center front) witnessed by Gov. Ramon Guico III, Pangasinan…
HOMEGROWN cagers from different towns in Pangasinan who will wear the uniform of the “Pangasinan Heat,” will debut in the 2024 season of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) on March 16. MPBL Commissioner Kenneth Duremdes welcomed the team by signing the franchise agreement with the franchise owner, former Bayambang…
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