By Leonardo Micua IT is widely understood that flood control projects relating to major rivers draining into the sea fall under the jurisdiction of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH). Despite this public knowledge, critics of Dagupan Mayor Belen Fernandez have been unfairly targeting her, attempting to…
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo THE poem below was written ten years ago, on 21 July 2015. Time has a way of blurring memories, sometimes deleting, sometimes overlaying events with more recent interpretations, depending on newer experiences, depth of understanding and compassion. Looking back now that the feeling is gone…
By Farah G. Decano PRESIDENT Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. recently took a firm public stance against allegedly anomalous flood control projects – a move interpreted as a calculated maneuver. This action has raised questions about whether it is a strategic attempt to divert public attention from the failed impeachment…
By Eva C. Visperas WHEN I was a child — several decades back — I used to look forward to the carnival, or as we called it then, the karnabal. The sights, the sounds, and the thrill of saving a few coins from our baon just to enter the…
By Rex Catubig I was raised on Caton, that handy vernacular alphabet primer that looked like a thin prayer book. While we had the primer on hand, the teacher wrote the alphabet with chalk on the blackboard, said them one by one, and we would repeat after her. It…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! AUGUST 17 – (Dagupan City) Armando Centino, Clarence Devera; (Calasiao) Myrna Crisostomo AUGUST 22 – (Dagupan City) Rey Zulueta; (Mangaldan) Rowena San Pedro; (Mapandan) Orlando Cruz; Nenita Cruz Happy Birthday! CESAR RAMIREZ (August 17 – Lingayen ) Happy Birthday! SUSAN GARCIA & PEEWEE GARCIA (August 17 & 19,…
NORMAL operations at the PHINMA University of Pangasinan (UPang) in Dagupan City resumed on August 13 after authorities confirmed that a bomb threat that circulated online the day before was unfounded. In an official statement issued Wednesday morning, the university said a thorough inspection of its main campus was conducted…
THE Dagupan City police are tracing the source of the fake bomb threat at the PHINMA University of Pangasinan (UPang) on August 12, in coordination with the Regional Police CyberCrime Division and Meta, the company that owns Facebook. P/Lt. Colonel Lawrence Keith Calub, chief of police of Dagupan, told the media…
AUTHORITIES responded promptly to a bomb threat involving two schools in Barangay Minien, Sta. Barbara, on August 13, but found both sites safe after a thorough inspection. Police are now working with the Regional Anti-Cybercrime Unit 1 to preserve evidence and possibly take down the Facebook account that posted a…
(Filed by Ahikam Pasion) Debt collectors robbed at gunpoint in San Carlos City TWO debt collectors were robbed at gunpoint while on duty in San Carlos City, resulting in the loss of cash, passbooks, and important documents. According to a report filed at the San Carlos City Police Station, the…
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