THE Dagupan City Athletic Association (DCAA) seeks to regain its dominance in the region after a 5th place finish when it held pre-qualifying competition in preparation for Region 1 Athletic Meet (R1AA) on January 29 at the Dagupan City People’s Astrodome with Mayor Belen Fernandez as guest of honor. With the theme “Beyond Unity”, the city athletic…
THE Pangasinan Men’s and Women’s Football League tournament kicked off last January 22 at the Sual Sports Complex under the auspices of the Pangasinan United Football Club (PUFC). Eight football clubs joined the tournament, five from Pangasinan, two from Tarlac and one from Ilocos Norte. In the opening match, Sual FC Men’s team routed…
Pangasinan Football League tournament reels off
By Leonardo Micua HERE’S a big cause for alarm for all of us. A report from PDEA that bigger volume of illegal drugs, particularly shabu, have been entering Pangasinan since the start of the year. In fact, we consider this report as more factual and alarming than what former…
The illegal drugs are back
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo IF you have not seen it, watch Alexander: The Making of a God, a six-part docuseries that explores Alexander the Great’s conquests using contemporary accounts and fact-based archaeology, based mainly on ongoing excavations being undertaken by Greek archeologist Calliope Limneos-Papakosta in Alexandria, Egypt, the city that Alexander…
The human spirit
By Farah G. Decano THE numerous road elevations and drainage installations going on simultaneously in Dagupan City are negatively affecting countless residents and business owners. They are either forced to cough out significant amounts of money or incur loans to cope with these infrastructure changes. Not only are the…
Citizens’ participatory audit, anyone?
By Eva C. Visperas THE aroma of the humble yet heartwarming soup, a staple for struggling students at the school canteen, triggered a nostalgic journey as I strolled through the grounds of my alma mater, St. Louis University (SLU), in Baguio City after 36 long years. I was back…
From soup to a pressing question
By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. BESIDES being the most strenuous sport, many say that cycling is one of the riskiest sports that this world ever produced. Yes, I agree, sans doubt. The two-wheeled sport already killed thousands of avid cyclists all over the world either as their means of…
Umingan young cyclist dies in road accident
By Rex Catubig THE weekday morning couldn’t have been less hackneyed than any other morning the teenager wakes up to. It is the usual run of cliché common in a household. To jumpstart the day which could be hectic depending on what he crams it with, he goes off…
The ballgame is over: Anatomy of suicide
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! FEBRUARY 04 – (Dagupan City) Rowena Fernandez; (Calasiao) Arlene de Vera FEBRUARY 05 – (Dagupan City) Aurora dela Vega; (Mangaldan) Alexandra Decena, Myrna Abalos FEBRUARY 09 – (Dagupan City) Nestor Vedaña FEBRUARY 10- (Dagupan City) Raymundo Ortiz; (Mapandan) Anastacio del Monte Happy Birthday! LEONELYN P. MORENO JOY G….
Birthdays/Anniversaries February 4 – 10, 2024
WHAT APO WANTS, LOLA GETS — A grandmother mother quickly buys a colored cotton candy for her grandson to keep him behaved while she watches a performance during Villasis’ Talong Festival 2024 last January 19. (Punchphoto by Eva Visperas)




