By Eva C. Visperas THE municipal hall of Calasiao suddenly became alive again. Someone so familiar, whose family they have learned to love and adore, arrived. The day Patrick Caramat came to the Comelec office to file his COC as barangay captain of Nalsian, Calasiao on September 1, it…
By Eva C. Visperas MANY were excited about the upcoming Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections 2023, including the media, of course. What’s new? What’s interesting? What’s unique? What’s unusual? Newsmen are on a hunt for details. Many are so eager to have a scoop, but some get it all…
By Eva. C. Visperas IT’S been years when I last visited Urbiztondo town. My last big coverage in the area was when Mayor Jun Balolong was gunned down in 2014. Of course, how can I ever forget my discreet operations for the De Lima-Dayang love story that happened also…
By Eva C. Visperas THE past month made me wonder why tricycles along Sta. Barbara-Urdaneta and another along San Fabian-Damortis (La Union) national highways take the outer or shoulder lanes. At first, I could hardly believe it. Was it real? Were there cops around? “Wow, this is amazing,” I…
By Eva C. Visperas WHILE on sickbed for one week at the height of super typhoon ‘Egay’, I got the chance to browse news online websites and one caught my attention: the Green Canopy project of the provincial government of Pangasinan. It broke my heart the past recent years…
By Eva C. Visperas AT the onset of super Typhoon ‘Egay’ last Friday, July 28, 2023, the #EXPLORE PD4 Kabuhayan Caravan was being held at the Atrium of CSI Lucao, Dagupan City. Despite the heavy downpour that started then, a lot of Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) were…
By Eva C. Visperas LIFE goes on after retirement for Mr. Westly Rosario, media’s favorite for fishery topics whose knowledge and mind work like an encyclopedia. He remains active, his experience still expanding, his knowledge generously shared to anyone willing to learn fishery. Those in the media in Pangasinan…
By Eva C. Visperas CAN Gov. Monmon Guico clear the Pangasinan baywalk areas of illegal structures and business establishments that have mushroomed in recent years allegedly without legal papers to show ownership of the government land they’re occupying? It is a gargantuan task, definitely a mission impossible to have…
By Eva C. Visperas THIS is it. It’s gonna happen, really. Something exciting is unfolding in Pangasinan. I thought last Monday, July 10, was going to be just an ordinary regular session of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) that a group of 10 mediamen usually cover. We didn’t realize it…
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