By Leonardo Micua THE observation shared by retired DPWH District Engineer Rodolfo “Boy” Dion during a public consultation in the Sangguniang Panlungsod that the Pantal-Sinocalan River has already become too narrow because of encroachments by property owners is something that cannot be dismissed or ignored. Dion believes that one…
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo I was going to meet Alma Cruz Miclat to watch a Special Concert in memory of Kerima Lorena Tariman, resistance fighter and poet, who perished in an encounter with the 79th Infantry Battalion on 20 August 2021. She was branded by the government as a…
By Farah G. Decano IF I were governor, I would be very much concerned about the recurring floods in Districts 2, 3, and 4 of Pangasinan. I will make sure that, under my watch, no Pangasinan resident would say that I did not take this matter seriously. If I…
By Eva C. Visperas THE past month made me wonder why tricycles along Sta. Barbara-Urdaneta and another along San Fabian-Damortis (La Union) national highways take the outer or shoulder lanes. At first, I could hardly believe it. Was it real? Were there cops around? “Wow, this is amazing,” I…
By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. MORNING of August 14, I received a text message from my co-cyclist and ex-Philippine national team member Gerry Amar of Metro Manila informing me that the 1994 Teheran, Iran Asian Cycling Championship gold medalist and Marlboro Tour veteran Rodolfo “Totoy” Plaza had passed away…
By Rex Catubig AS the monsoon month gives way to longer rainless afternoons, at around three o’clock in our tranquil barrio of Calmay, across the river from baley, we kids are routinely roused from our mandatory nap by the sonorous shout of an itinerant vendor. The old woman whom…
A BIG BOON TO THE CITY CONSULTATION was conducted last August 8 in Barangay Bonuan Gueset to gauge the reaction of fishermen regarding the proposed river restoration project by dredging along heavily silted river channels. A project of the national government, the activity was also part of the application process…
BRIGADA ESKWELA IN MANGALDAN –Teachers of Mangaldan National High School perform for the parents, students and volunteers from local Matang Masa Task Force during the break in cleaning the classrooms and school grounds. (Punchphoto by Ray Zambrano)
FOR CHILDREN’S PROTECTION A MASSIVE barangay and school-based anti-dengue campaign was launched in Dagupan City last Monday, August 14, to protect residents of Dagupan, especially children, from dengue. Mayor Belen Fernandez thanked S.C. Johnson & Sons and Granville Supply Chain Management Inc. for their timely donation of 4,300 pieces Baygon…
FOUR out of currently recorded seven leptospirosis cases in Dagupan City died. In an interview with Dr. Ophelia Rivera, Dagupan City Health Officer, on Wednesday, August 16, she said the 7 cases were recorded after the week-long floodwaters in the city receded, and the 3 patients died as they were…
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