7 Things To Do In Dagupan On A Rainy Day By @SiRVis A travel journal that will give you a pleasant view of people, places, food, culture, history and events from a refreshing perspective   WHO said it’s boring when it’s raining and pouring? There are a lot of things…

Forward, Ph, Dagupan! By Gonzalo Duque   AT the rate we are going—Martial Law in Mindanao and might extend throughout the nation, drug war, policemen in cahoots with criminals, corrupt politics, et at—chances are there’s no way out for our country to go but down and out. Include the earthquake…

Alaminos: More Than Just the Hundred Islands by @SiRVis   A travel journal that will give you a pleasant view of people, places, food, culture, history and events from a refreshing perspective ALAMINOS has always been synonymous to Hundred Islands. The Hundred Islands National Park (Kapulo-puloan or Taytay-Bakes in the…

Of vice and clowns By Gonzalo Duque     FIRST, the country. It’s very obvious that in its transition, the Philippines under our new fighting president Digong Duterte is going through a political brawl sort of. The Mindanao violence as horrifically evidenced by Marawi City should be the last straw….

Dagupan’s Bagoong Industry is Still Alive By @SiRVis A travel journal that will give you a pleasant view of people, places, food, culture, history and events from a refreshing perspective   ____________________________________________________________ EATING and cooking in the North (especially the Pangasinan and Ilocano cuisine) often if not always involves the…

The call of public service By Gonzalo Duque   FRESH from Calgary, Canada, we are back to the usual humid air. Our very own ciudad Dagupan seems locked with an amusing controversy: where to construct a new city hall. Hmm… we describe this affair a typical mayor preoccupation, di ba…

Dagupan Bangus Processing Gets Better by @SiRVis   A travel journal that will give you a pleasant view of people, places, food, culture, history and events from a refreshing perspective ____________________________________________________________ IF you love bangus especially Dagupan Bangus, raise your hand. Whether as pasalubong or as a breakfast and/or lunch…

Beng-beng, Pigar-Pigar and Imbaliktad by @SiRVis   A travel journal that will give you a pleasant view of people, places, food, culture, history and events from a refreshing perspective ____________________________________________________________ EACH dish has a story… Eating outside a public market stall in Mangaldan led me to a delicious meal and…

Rizal stayed in Dagupan, Lingayen By Gonzalo Duque   WE were in Canada when we wrote this. You know, wherever we were in this super cool country, we missed the warmth and sizzling scenes back home. Just before we took off for Manila last week, we bumped into a history…

President Digong, visionary By Gonzalo Duque   OUR tough-talking President, in case you couldn’t catch up with his unusual, revolutionary governance, is not all fight and “mura.” He is a great revolutionary and a visionary, too. A friend, brilliant Muslim leader we talked to recently has the goods on Digong….