By Farah G. Decano THE level of toxicity that any individual can tolerate, whether physical or psychological, is limited. Beyond a certain threshold, the poison will either cause death or insanity. The same is probably true for the Dagupan populace which is presently bombarded with, and drowned in, constant…
By Eva C. Visperas THIS is it. It’s gonna happen, really. Something exciting is unfolding in Pangasinan. I thought last Monday, July 10, was going to be just an ordinary regular session of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) that a group of 10 mediamen usually cover. We didn’t realize it…
By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. SOME of my cycling contemporaries, including the young and current competitors of the two-wheeled event, politicians and cycling buffs, asked me (maybe to test or tease me) what our province’s credentials are in the field of cycling as competitive sport. They wondered what it…
By Rex Catubig HE was the antithesis of a city official during his term as Mayor. He was down to earth, loud and foul-mouthed– way before a later Mayor in the south claimed the patent for crassness and rudeness. But the redneck and hillbilly pretensions were all shock tactics…
THE Pangasinan Provincial Cyber Response Team (PPCRT) has identified online scams as the leading form of cybercrime-related incidents in Region I. Six months after the first-ever Cyber Response Team in the region was established in Dagupan City, it has already recorded 80 confirmed cybercrime victims in the region, where 40-percent…
SENIORS’ GRADUATION DAY – Graduating senior students wait for the start of the 54th Commencement Exercises of Bonuan Boquig National High School at the Dagupan City People’s Astrodome. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
IN its rich 107-year history, the Benguet State University (BengSU) has produced its first-ever summa cum laude in Vjnhyl Zam Pondivida, a 22-year-old resident of Pozorrubio town. In an interview with Pondivida, she said she still feels mixed emotions graduating with the highest distinction. Summa Cum Laude is the highest…
UNLISERBISYO MAYOR Belen Fernandez recently led the Dagupan City government in launching the Urban Community Garden program in the Barangays Bonuan Boquig, Bonuan Gueset, Lasip Grande, Malued and Mamalingling in support of the food security initiatives of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. The program was launched initially in the five barangays…
PRIDE OF CALASIAO – Two young Vinoya sisters, Jazmine (left) and Wenizah (right), who left their respective marks in the recently concluded 2023 National Open Cycling Championships are feted by the Calasiao Municipal Government led by Calasiao Mayor Kevin roy Macanlalay for winning gold and silver medals in their race category. They are…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! JULY 15- (Dagupan City) ENRIQUETA U. VELASCO; (Calasiao) Merlita Mendoza JULY 17- (Dagupan City) Finaflor R. Guinto, Kathleen Quinto; (Mangaldan) Margarita De Vera JULY 18- (Dagupan City) Patricia Mae de Guzman; (Mangaldan) Riza Goyena Happy Birthday! DUSTIN JOHN I. MACATIAG (July 16 – Sual ) Happy Birthday! GINA…
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