THE Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) Regional Office I conducted training on ‘Statistical Reporting‘ for 20 participants from Region I comprising of media agencies and statistical researchers from PSA Media Partners’ last December 20 at Regency Hotel in Calasiao. The lecturers and resource speakers were Dr. Milagros Baldemor, PSA Ilocos Chapter…
UNLISERBISYO TWO hundred children in Sitio Japan, Bonuan Binloc were served a nutritious meal during the #GoodbyeGutom Zero Hunger in Dagupan last week. Together with the Binloc Barangay Council led by Kap Wilmer Castañares and SK officials led by Chairman Klee Alcaide, the city government’s feeding program taught the children…
‘GOODBYE GUTOM’ ZERO HUNGER
THE Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) in Dagupan City is ready for heavy influx of visitors of Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDLs) this holiday season. Jail Superintendent Roque Constantino Sison III, warden of the BJMP-Dagupan City Male Dormitory, said the facility will be under red alert and strict…
BJMP Dagupan all set to receive visits from PDL’s families
TWO Dagupeño jins from the Bangus Taekwondo Club managed to earn one silver and one bronze in the 2023 Batang Pinoy Taekwondo Kyorugi event last December 20, 2023 in Pasig City, Manila. Princess Pascual, 13-year-old student of St. Albert The Great -Dagupan, secured the silver for Dagupan in Kyorugi Cadet Under 168 cm while Terence Gio Puzon, a 12-year-old student at the University of Luzon, bagged a bronze medal in Kyorugi Cadet Under…
Two Dagupan taekwondo jins shine in Batang Pinoy 2023
By Leonardo Micua BEFORE we delve into issues, I wish my readers Merry Christmas and Prosperous New Year. We are puzzled why many still sport squirming and sad faces. Could it be because of the side comment of Jay Mendoza, manager of Sonshine Radio Dagupan, during his interview with…
Why Dagupan now trails Urdaneta
By Farah G. Decano T’WAS past nine o’ clock at night when I finally decided to turn off the lights in the first floor, go up my bedroom and rest my tired half-a-century sexy body. Don’t get me wrong. It is always good to have a little amount of delusion for…
Mothering our stubborn mothers
By Eva C. Visperas THERE is always a first time! Yes, we often hear this cliché in various aspects of our lives. In the past two weeks, I experienced two significant firsts. The first was receiving the Writers’ Prize Award from the National Commission for Culture and the Arts…
Embracing ‘firsts’
By Jesus A. Garcia, Jr. FIRSTLY, my big thanks to God anent the bikefest that I organized and directed held last December 17 in conjunction with the celebration of my natal day, a day prior to my actual birthday (December 18) which I dubbed it this year as “3rd JAG,…
Pangasinan cyclists deteriorating?
By Rex Catubig VICTORIO Edades as an illustrious son of Dagupan may be the primus inter pares among the city’s brightest sons. But his memory precariously dangles on the corroding recall of people in the city he lived in, and in the fading fragile minds of those related to…




