By Eva C. Visperas THE Sison Auditorium in Lingayen town was transformed into a sea of enthusiastic supporters on July 29, 2024 when Miss Nikki Buenafe (Nikhisah Buenafe Cheveh), who recently won the crown as Miss Multinational Philippines 2024, had her homecoming. The jampacked crowd was aglow with pride and celebration,…
By Rex Catubig THE seasonal high tide brought on by the lunar cycle aggravated by monsoon rains and storms has made Dagupan vulnerable to constant flooding, and the unkindest cut of all, vulnerable to unreasonable bashing and name calling: DaguPond Seaty, Bangusville, Waterworld, are but a few of the water cannons hurled…
By Ermin Garcia Jr. I USED to think that only the lazy, irresponsible writers and journalists can be guilty of the crime of plagiarism. (Of course, it’s rampant among lazy students especially with the onset of technology and those discovered were promptly failed). I was perhaps naïve to believe…
By Gonzalo Duque TO me, the State of the Nation Address (SONA) delivered by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. last July 22 was like a reading class. All he did was to read what was before him on the teleprompter. In his SONA, he bragged that 550 flood control projects…
By Leonardo Micua PRESIDENT BBM’s order to ban the Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators in his SONA sent not only a strong message to the world that the Philippines is not a haven for scammers using the digital platform but shockwaves to the syndicates secretly funding their operations. It was…
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo EACH time I visit Dagupan, Gwen makes sure I stay in a room with a view of the Pantal River. I remember in the evening of 29 November 2023, I saw a beautiful moon dance in the water from Room 431, inspiring a poem, Descent….
By Farah G. Decano PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. announced during his State of the Nation Address (SONA) that the Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators, otherwise known as POGO, shall be banned effective immediately. He also ordered that these companies should terminate their winding up process at the end of the…
By Eva C. Visperas DO you know how hard it is to cover the President? Having been in the media for 36 years, I have covered seven presidents during their visits to Pangasinan: Corazon Aquino, Fidel Ramos, Joseph Estrada, Gloria Arroyo, Noynoy Aquino, Rodrigo Duterte, and now Bongbong Marcos….
By Rex Catubig IT’S celebrated and immortalized in Karen Carpenter’s song. “Rainy days and Mondays”, she sang, “always get me down”. On the contrary, the rains, be it on Monday or Tuesday or whenever they come, have an exhilarating effect on me. Not in any jubilant way, but in…
By Ermin Garcia Jr. DAGUPAN’s notorious 7epaLiFes at the Sangguning Panlungsod must be gloating over their successful efforts in embarrassing the Belen Fernandez administration for remaining in the cellar with the least creditable performance in public service among the cities in the region. Of course, the 7epaLiFes, dumb as…
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