By Ermin Garcia Jr. THE Christmas fever is on… and I hate to be the one to break the holiday mood but some recent worrisome developments in governance can’t be ignored. Duty calls! So allow me…. * * * * The attempt of ex-BM Von Mark Mendoza to usurp…
By Leonardo Micua GOOD news from the Dagupan City Information Office under Mayor Belen Fernandez! An Interim Report regarding the Project Preparation Study for a Tri-City Ferry System Project that will link Dagupan, Alaminos City and San Fernando cities with each other was presented last November 15 to stakeholders, government…
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo “IMITATIO” is not plagiarism, or copying verbatim the work of another artist. It is like innovating on the original recipe of a dish like adobo or pinakbet, in the hands of different chefs, creating their own versions and creating their unique signature tastes. I chanced…
By Farah G. Decano WHEN I was a law student in the 1990s, I made it a point to drive to Ayala Avenue in Makati during the festive Christmas season to enjoy the fascinating and elaborate light displays. The spectacle of a multitude of blinking lights formed into various…
By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. THE University of Luzon (UL) basketball squad is definitely one of the best cage teams in the province, if not the best. That’s how I view UL being a keen observer of Pangasinan tournaments since I started to write in this weekly paper on…
By Rex Catubig THE fiesta frolic is lackluster minus a visit to the certified blockbuster feature — the holiday bazaar on Galvan Street. This street bonanza showcases a surreal array of motley clothing, walls of shoes and slippers, prismatic sunglasses adorning wire trees, cornucopia of food, fruits, vegetables, and…
By Ermin Garcia Jr. DAGUPENOS can stop wondering if Dagupan Mayor Belen Fernandez is, indeed, acting on the series of anomalies and irregularities her administration discovered along the way. Our headline this week is about how her earlier threats to act on the seeming bias and cover-up of the…
By Leonardo Micua THE surprise drug testing of barangay officials in Bayambang by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in coordination with the Municipal Drug Abuse Council (MADAC) is a very commendable move and should be done by the PDEA in other 43 towns and four cities of Pangasinan, too!…
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo I hardly watch a football game. The last time I watched was at Princeton University, and I do not even remember who played. What I remember was the excitement, as opposing teams compete for the goal, and we shouted from the bleachers to cheer. After…
By Farah G. Decano TODAY, I received a letter from Executive Judge Mervin Samadan of the Dagupan City Hall of Justice extolling five law externs from the Lyceum-Northwestern College of Law who happened to be observing the procedures in his sala. He saw the smartly-dressed young men and women…
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