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…
Dealing with ‘kamote’ tricycles, motorcycle riders
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…
Green canopy to replace murdered trees
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…
Cong Toff is MSME’s guardian angel
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…
Mr. Westly’s urban farm
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…
Gov. Monmon’s “impossible mission”
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…
Dream come true for Guv Monmon
By Eva C. Visperas I thought I went to a wrong venue, somewhere in a Dreamland. But it was real. It was the Balon Bayambang Events Center adorned with white flowers as venue for Mayor Niña Jose-Quiambao’s State of the Municipality Address 2023 held on July 5. Mayor Niña…
Bayambang, a place where beautiful things happen
By Eva C. Visperas LET’S talk a bit about cosmetic and pathologic aspects of our skin. You want to look young, fresh and free from derma problems, right? So here it is, for young and old alike, regardless of gender. Did you know that the Region 1 Medical Center…
Your skin-deep beauty
By Eva C. Visperas IT was Father’s Day last Sunday, June 18, when we, a group of Pangasinan reporters, headed to Bonifacio Global City (BGC) to catch SandboxFest2023 featuring Duncan Macmillan’s plays “Lungs” and “Every Brilliant Thing”. We had more than eight-hours roundtrip to-and fro BGC in our van…