LINGAYEN-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas has appealed to the laity for a Lenten season of reparation rosary for truth, integrity, and wisdom beginning Ash Wednesday, March 2 until Holy Wednesday, April 13. In his “Reparation and Repentance for National Healing” letter to the parishioners of the Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan, Villegas said,…
TWO ALAMINOS SCHOOLS ALREADY RESUMED THE 19 public schools and a private school in the Ilocos Region given the authority to conduct limited face-to-face (F2F) classes have resumed their activities starting February 16 since the region‘s alert level has been downgraded to Level 2. According to the Department of Education…
More schools in region expected to resume F-2-F classes
By Leonardo Micua MANY of my colleagues in the print and broadcast media, the legit ones, have indicated they are not in conformity with the plan of the PNP to admit bloggers in the social media as members of the PNP Press Corps. They clarified they have no rancor…
Bloggers are not journalists
By Farah Decano LOVE is trending this February so I am giving way to this narrative of my sorority sister, Atty. Eloisa Manlansing. It is up to us to find gems in the stories of our daily lives and this one in particular has the elements of patience, sacrifice,…
Finding matching sim cards
By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. AFTER a year’s lull obviously due to the COVID-19 pandemic, our nation’s multi-stage bicycle racing has been gearing up with the easing of restrictions amid the pandemic to hold anew two national races this year. First to commence is the well-known annual LBC Ronda Pilipinas…
Pangasinan cyclists split in different teams
By Rex Catubig (Note: At the height of the pandemic, this crime of passion was broadcast in the news. It was so unbelievably gruesome and shocking that it begged to be retold in a manner the untamed human heart can grasp. This is my retelling of the story–of a…
A Valentine story, not
TRANSFIXED BY THE BALLS – A young boy stands still staring longingly at the set of balls hanging on display before the vendor can move on to another place at the beach. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
TRANSFIXED BY THE BALLS
LOW FARMGATE: FROM P120 TO P28 ONION farmers in 30 barangays in Bayambang town could only scratch their heads wondering how they can recover their costs after being told of the low farmgate prices this season. Ronnie Ringor, one of the town’s onion farmers, said the very low farmgate prices,…
Bayambang onion farmers fret millions in losses
HIGH COSTS OF DIESEL, NO FARE INCREASE MORE than 100 jeepney drivers in Pangasinan decide to suspend their operations, because of the prohibitive and still rising costs of fuel. Bernard Tuliao, president of AUTOPRO-Pangasinan, confirmed that 150 jeepney units of members (or ten percent of the group) have stopped plying…




