By Ahikam Pasion Known gun-for-hire group leader shot dead A leader of a gun-for-hire group was shot dead by still unidentified suspects on Tuesday night, May 30. Victim was identified as Virgilio dela Cruz, resident of Barangay Taloyan, Malasiqui town. Dela Cruz was riding his scooter along the provincial…
2023 REYNA ELENA – Aileen Santos, “Reyna Elena’ and consort ‘Emperador Constantino’ Arjean Cuison ride horse-drawn carriage around the city’s main streets during the traditional Santacruzan May Flower Festival parade. (Punchphoto Willie Lomibao)
AS if earning 200 medals for her academic achievements from Grade 1 to high school was not enough, this studious student from Lingayen went on to graduate, earning a degree from Boston College in Massachusetts, USA, magna cum laude. The unassuming April Christelle de Leon, who earned her Bachelor of…
UNLISERBISYO MAYOR Belen Fernandez talks to personnel of the DPWH assigned to do the upgrading of PCC pavement and drainage system in Don Jose Calimlim Road (Callejon St.) Brgy. Pogo Chico, one of the projects assisted by Sen. Francis Tolentino. The other project expected to be implemented this year is…
By Leonardo Micua GIVEN the gravity of the drug problem today as gleaned from the warning of DILG that more than 400 of our incumbent barangay officials are involved in illegal drugs, and a few law enforcers are possibly in cahoots with the drug lords, what is the seven-man majority…
By Farah G. Decano I encountered an interesting proposition on true love by modern British philosopher, Alain de Botton. He said the romanticism perpetrated by centuries-old literature and most present-day love stories is destroying the fabric of love itself. I thought of expounding on his hypothesis by juxtaposing it…
By Eva C. Visperas WAITING for an update regarding the Pangasinan Link Expressway (PLEX)? Here it is. During last Monday’s session of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, Vice Gov. Mark Lambino announced two things. First, he said that the Joint Venture Selection Committee approved the tender documents or the bid docs last week….
By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. INDUBITABLY, the talk in the sports world these days was the NBA playoffs that just ended last Tuesday (May 30) that saw Miami Heat smashing arch-rival Boston Celtics in the seventh and final game of the best-of-seven Eastern Conference finals, 103-84. We watched on…
By Rex Catubig THERE was a time I was remiss with my being a Cerrado Catolico Romano. Some life changing upheaval had me questioning my faith, and forsaking the obligations expected of a faithful. I stopped going to Confession which I had done regularly, even confiding once to the…
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