By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. BESIDES being the most strenuous sport, many say that cycling is one of the riskiest sports that this world ever produced. Yes, I agree, sans doubt. The two-wheeled sport already killed thousands of avid cyclists all over the world either as their means of…
By Rex Catubig THE weekday morning couldn’t have been less hackneyed than any other morning the teenager wakes up to. It is the usual run of cliché common in a household. To jumpstart the day which could be hectic depending on what he crams it with, he goes off…
By Ermin Garcia Jr. THE continued bashing of Mayor Belen Fernandez on social media over the daily gridlock in the city is not only unfair but politically motivated to discredit her administration for the wrong reason. She should be bashed if the drainage and road elevation projects are being…
By Leonardo Micua WALK, don’t ride. This may yet be the advice today for anyone to get past the vehicle gridlocks hugging our major and even interior roads now that contractors undertaking flood mitigation projects in Dagupan have accelerated the pace of their work so that they can beat…
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo YESTERDAY, I was surprised to find a lizard (skink) approximately one foot in length, inside the plastic tank where I stored water for the garden. It was not moving until I poked its head, so I thought of filling the tank to the brim so…
By Farah G. Decano THE almost towering height of the ongoing road elevation in various parts of the city is causing agitation among business owners and residents. The usual animosity between the two political factions – administration and opposition – seems to eclipse their focus on what is essential. …
By Eva C. Visperas TIMELESS dance music. Irreplaceable. It’s our genre. It’s a way of life. This sentiment particularly resonates among those who embraced the dance crazes of the ’70s, ’80s, and ’90s groove songs. Whenever the beats echo, my body takes over me, moving involuntarily. The rhythm and…
By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. AVID fans of basketball in Pangasinan who may still not know must be made aware that there are already two professional basketball leagues in the country. First was the PBA. The latest that emerged six years ago was the little-known Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL)….
By Rex Catubig IN 2015, to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of my high school class of 65, I wrote a marching song as our gift for the City. When that year’s Hermano Mayor Joeyboy Atty. Tamayo II heard it, he endorsed it to Mayor Belen T. Fernandez who listened…
By Ermin Garcia Jr. WITH reports of more frequent earthquakes hitting many parts of the country, the Phivolcs already warned that Pangasinan towns, particularly Dagupan City and other coastline communities, will likely be hit by the ‘Big One’ . Our news report on it this week identified the three…
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