By Leonardo Micua WATCHING the inaugural session of the Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod on Tuesday – together with media colleagues Eva, Violy and Lina – I cannot imagine from my seat how Councilor Dada Reyna, as the lone opposition in the city council dominated by the allies of Mayor Belen…
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo IT may happen unnoticed in other countries without a term for it, but in Japan, it has a name. That’s because more than any other country, Japan has nearly one hundred thousand of them yearly, individuals choosing to vanish, leaving behind their identities, their loved…
By Farah G. Decano THE Dagupan City Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) has begun its term with remarkable promise. New members quickly immersed themselves in committee hearings, an early sign of diligence. Given each councilor’s monthly income of at least P107,208.00 plus allowances, Dagupeños rightfully expect substantial results for every vote…
By Eva C. Visperas I have almost forgotten how it felt to attend a Sangguniang Panlungsod session of Dagupan and leave with a light heart. For the past three years, I stayed away from covering the city council. Not because I had lost interest in the goings-on of local…
By Rex Catubig MY brother was a Civil Engineer and a pioneer OFW way before the acronym was coined. He was working at the Pangasinan Public Works and Highways, building roads and bridges across the province, when the war in Vietnam escalated and there ensued a demand for construction…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! JULY 06 – (Dagupan City) MAE ANN CO; (Mangaldan) Rowena Mae Santillan JULY 09 – (Calasiao) Luzviminda de Vera; JULY 11 – (Lingayen) Cristeta Apostol; (Mangatarem) Monching Agustin Cruz Happy Birthday! JOCELYN ‘Joy’ DELA CRUZ (July 6 – Manaoag) Happy Birthday! MELITA TABAYOYONG (July 7 – Dagupan City)…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! JUNE 26 – (Dagupan City) Renato Cendaña JUNE 28 – (Calasiao) Rowena Joy de Vera Happy Birthday! LIANE PERALTA (June 22 – Manaoag) Happy Birthday! NORMAN B. ROSARIO (June 22 – Illinois, USA) Happy Birthday! RAMONCITO MELECIO (June 23 – Dagupan City) Happy Birthday! DJANELLA MONTEMAYOR JENNILYN DE…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! JUNE 30 – (Dagupan City) Amelita Cruz JULY 2 – (Urdaneta City) – Amy Espino; (Calasiao) Kristel D. Ramos JULY 3 – (Lingayen) Ara Soco; (Lingayen) Roma Beatrice Improgo JULY 5 – (Illinois, USA) Ma. Cristine De Venecia Happy Birthday! JULIE FERRER MAYLON (June 29 – Bahrain /…
EVERY time the country finishes a regular or midterm elections, all local government candidates who won look forward to the day when they can speak with confidence about the new dawn that awaits all. There would generally be expectations about another three years pregnant with possibilities, innovations, and ambitions under…
UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE BENEFICIARIES—Senator JV Ejercito confers with patients of the free ward of the Region I Medical Center in his visit to Dagupan City to check if the Philippine Universal Health Care Law or Republic Act No. 11223, which he authored, is benefiting the poor Filipinos. (Punchphoto by Ray…
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