THE Topnotch basketball team of Philippine College of Science and Technology – Calasiao (Philcst) advanced to the National Basketball Training Center (NBTC) National Championships after clinching the runner-up title in the Regional Qualifiers held in Laoag, City last January 21. Heading into the Regional Finals, Topnotch suffered loss in the hands of CAMANAVA’s (Caloocan, Malabon, Navotas and Valenzuela) Yengskivel Sportswear in…
By Leonardo Micua WALK, don’t ride. This may yet be the advice today for anyone to get past the vehicle gridlocks hugging our major and even interior roads now that contractors undertaking flood mitigation projects in Dagupan have accelerated the pace of their work so that they can beat…
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo YESTERDAY, I was surprised to find a lizard (skink) approximately one foot in length, inside the plastic tank where I stored water for the garden. It was not moving until I poked its head, so I thought of filling the tank to the brim so…
By Farah G. Decano THE almost towering height of the ongoing road elevation in various parts of the city is causing agitation among business owners and residents. The usual animosity between the two political factions – administration and opposition – seems to eclipse their focus on what is essential. …
By Eva C. Visperas TIMELESS dance music. Irreplaceable. It’s our genre. It’s a way of life. This sentiment particularly resonates among those who embraced the dance crazes of the ’70s, ’80s, and ’90s groove songs. Whenever the beats echo, my body takes over me, moving involuntarily. The rhythm and…
By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. AVID fans of basketball in Pangasinan who may still not know must be made aware that there are already two professional basketball leagues in the country. First was the PBA. The latest that emerged six years ago was the little-known Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL)….
By Rex Catubig IN 2015, to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of my high school class of 65, I wrote a marching song as our gift for the City. When that year’s Hermano Mayor Joeyboy Atty. Tamayo II heard it, he endorsed it to Mayor Belen T. Fernandez who listened…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!! JANUARY 28 – (Dagupan City) Alfonso Fernandez; (Mangalan) May-Ann Cendana JANUARY 30 – (Calasiao) Agnes de Vera Happy Birthday! KENNETH CALACHAN (January 26 – Manaoag) Happy Birthday! ALEXANDER F. ANGALA (January 27 – Manaoag) Happy Birthday! ALEX DUQUE ATTY. DANILO FERNANDEZ LICA PARAGAS (January 29 –…
DAGUPEÑOS who felt the earth move in 1990 and are still alive today do not need be reminded how to survive a 7.8 magnitude earthquake. But they should be asked to recall how unprepared they were when the deadly earthquake shook them out of their wits, and looking back, what…
By Ermin Garcia Jr. WITH reports of more frequent earthquakes hitting many parts of the country, the Phivolcs already warned that Pangasinan towns, particularly Dagupan City and other coastline communities, will likely be hit by the ‘Big One’ . Our news report on it this week identified the three…
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