SIXTEEN drug reformists or persons involved in illegal drugs completed their one-month rehabilitation conducted at the Balay Silangan Drug Reformation Center in San Carlos City. They were the first group of drug reformists who underwent drug rehabilitation since Balay Silangan was put up by San Carlos City government under Mayor…
Two persons lose P300K to holdup men in Mangaldan SOME P300,000 cash were taken by unidentified armed men from two persons transacting business in Barangay Salay, Mangaldan recently. The victims, Rhea Tubera, a sales agent, and Eduardo Rullan, a businessman, both of Mangaldan were negotiating the sale of palay when…
TIMELY RECOGNITION OF FILIPINAS THIS March marked a women’s month milestone for the Philippines as two Filipina lawmakers, Pangasinan Third District Rep. Rachel Arenas and Sen. Pia Cayetano were elected to key Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) panels. In her Facebook post, Arenas said, “It is a great victory for the Philippines…
By Leonardo Micua FRIDAY morning, I was still groggy and my eyes dreamy from lack of sleep after translating and editing the night before to beat our news deadline. With nothing in mind, I decided instead to write about Villasis, my hometown, where I traced my roots and visit…
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo To a love unspoken, but “spoken” in so many ways. You are loved, you will always be. Where is your song now, my love? We used to walk on the sand barefoot, and bare we felt, we understood the messages of the waves…
By Farah G. Decano CARING for the elderly is a present-day concern among members of Generation X. These same issues will someday confront our millennials and Gen Zs. How ready are the present and next generations in tending to our maturing population? I hope our DepEd, the LGUs and…
By Eva C. Visperas CONG. Toff de Venecia is not your usual kind of congressman who’s more inclined to do infra projects rather than legislate, which is actually their primary work in Congress. His love for the arts is evident in his district and art lovers/artists rejoice for having…
By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. MORNING of March 3 when my son Jazy told me the news that the Mangaldan town fiesta bikefest dubbed “2023 Mayor Bona Cup Werweran ed Mangaldan” supposed to be held last March 12 was canceled by the town’s chief executive Bonafe de Vera Parayno…
Sunday Punch Women’s Month exclusive 2nd of 2 parts By Rex Catubig MALYN Laigue Astadan was married at 16 to a boy she met at a school in neighboring Carael. But the fairy tale soon shattered. The union bore three boys and the burden of earning a living fell…
MISS HUNDRED ISLANDS 2023 – Monica Pearl Valle (center) from Urdaneta City, this year’s Miss Hundred Islands, is joined by (from left) 1st Runner-Up Paula May Gomora Montaniel, Francine Atasha F. Mesa, Miss Tourism, Aizha Veronica Loyal, Miss Environment and Marelyn Orlanda, 2nd Runner-Up after the crowning ceremony at the…
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