By Eva C. Visperas CONG. Toff de Venecia is not your usual kind of congressman who’s more inclined to do infra projects rather than legislate, which is actually their primary work in Congress. His love for the arts is evident in his district and art lovers/artists rejoice for having…
By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. MORNING of March 3 when my son Jazy told me the news that the Mangaldan town fiesta bikefest dubbed “2023 Mayor Bona Cup Werweran ed Mangaldan” supposed to be held last March 12 was canceled by the town’s chief executive Bonafe de Vera Parayno…
Sunday Punch Women’s Month exclusive 2nd of 2 parts By Rex Catubig MALYN Laigue Astadan was married at 16 to a boy she met at a school in neighboring Carael. But the fairy tale soon shattered. The union bore three boys and the burden of earning a living fell…
By Ermin Garcia Jr. THERE you have it. DILG dealt the ‘Sunday Punch’ (Merriam-Wester: A powerful devastating blow) knockout on the 7epaLiFes at the Sangguniang Panlungsod on the 9th round (month)! The glory days of the 7 EpaLiFes are definitely over. Whether they like it or not, the legal…
By Leonardo Micua FOLLOWING the brazen gun attack that killed Oriental Governor Roel Degamo and nine other persons inside his compound by determined hired killers, President BBM ordered the DILG and PNP to monitor election hot spots all over the country. It is because, apparently, it may have occurred…
By Farah G. Decano I CANNOT help but be moved by the humility of City Councilor, Manang Celia Lim, when she apologized to the Sanggunian Panglungsod members moments after her outburst. Councilor Irene Lim-Acosta, who stood in front of Manang Celia, appeared worried about her mother’s show of vulnerability….
By Eva C. Visperas IT started on a happy note. Everyone was excited, especially women-beneficiaries of Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS) and farmers’ groups. The reason: The Super Ate of our President, Senator Imee Marcos, came to Lingayen for the distribution of projects at the Veterans’ Park in Lingayen…
By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. “IT has been said, and it will be done.” That was my reading of the thoughts of my beloved town Mangaldan’s chief executive Bonafe de Vera Parayno on the return of Pangasinan’s biggest, oldest and the most prestigious one-day bikefest in the province popularly…
Sunday Punch Women’s Month Exclusive (1st of 2 parts) By Rex Catubig IT all started with an ice cream stick. One of three boys our overseas domestic helper was taking care of, asked her to buy him ice cream at the cold store. Which she did, thinking the boy had…
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