By Al S. Mendoza WILL Navarro was hot news this week on the sporting front. Not because of his on-court skills but, alas, on his off-court misstep of monumental proportions. Navarro was a star of the Ateneo basketball team that won multiple times in the UAAP events in recent…
By Gonzalo Duque LAST week, I traveled to Northern Luzon to visit my brods and friends in that area. You know, the Duque clan originated from Paoay, Ilocos Norte. On my way to Ilocos Norte, I had a stopover in Vigan City where I and company had a nice conversation…
Our family trip to Ilocos Norte
By Leonardo Micua THOSE who are not concerned about the disappearance of Coca-Cola and its allied products in the shelves of supermarkets and sari-sari stores, we would like to announce we do and it matters to us. This even if we are not a drinker of Coke nor a…
Impact of Coke’s disappearance
By Farah G. Decano THE right to be forgotten is a relatively new concept in the legal arena. It first arose in 2014 when a man from Spain asked Google to erase his links that pertained to his past records of bankruptcy. Because of the giant search engine’s refusal,…
The right to be forgotten
By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. WE have witnessed how the world’s economy was derailed by the COVID-19 for three years (2019-2021) and reportedly killed millions of people worldwide. As true believer of our Holy Bible, I expected this to happen given what was written in the Good Book in…
Excellent Noodles Cup cagefest unfurls Sept. 25 (Part 1 of 2)
By Rex Catubig I woke up to a stacticky radio on Saturday, September 23, 1972. No matter how I twiddled the dial, there was only hissing and crackling. And there was no newspaper, either. I was waking up to a bad dream, I thought. I hurriedly took a jeep…
Martial Law diary
UNLISERBSIYO By Belen Fernandez ON board motor boats, nagsagawa tayo, kasama ang personnel ng DPWH, City Engineering Office at CDRRMC, ng inspection sa Pantal-Sinucalan River last Wednesday afternoon para makakuha ng important data na maaring gamitin in preparing a master plan kung paano maibsan ang pagbaha sa ating mahal na…
Crucial inspection trips
SOME P350,000 worth of maintenance medications, antibiotics and vitamins were donated to the Dagupan City government by RiteMed, a leading provider of quality and affordable generic drugs in the country. The donation was made to celebrate the pharmaceutical firm’s 20th year anniversary. Mayor Belen Fernandez received the donation from RiteMed…
Dagupan gets P350k worth of Ritemed products
FESTIVAL OF BARANGAY FOOD – Teenagers gamely participate in the tinapang manok eating contest held at the SM City Urdaneta Central to boost the city government’s Festival of Food featuring popular food items in barangays. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)




