You can bet on it: Another KO win for Pacquiao By Al S. Mendoza IMAGINE yourself as Manny Pacquiao. You are the country’s toast, almost now the darling of world boxing. Why because your fights the last five years or so have practically become big time. When you…
An interview with a three-term California Mayor-Dagupeño By Eva C. Visperas I watched ABS-CBN news on the victory of Mayor Jose Esteves in the US mid-term elections last Nov. 7. I felt proud. Everybody in Dagupan should, after all, the winner is a true-blue Dagupeño. So I tried my luck…
Better alternative to sun drying developed By Sosimo Ma. Pablico A better alternative to sun drying for small scale food processors has been developed by the BPRE (Bureau of Postharvest Research and Extension), which is based at the Science City of Munoz, Nueva Ecija. Called the MCSTD (multi-commodity solar tunnel…
Gambling in the republic By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. The present Administration has a long standing thesis: a gambling republic is a strong republic. Making addicts of legal gambling brings billions of pesos at the disposal of the national leadership. Exploiting the poor through illegal gambling rakes in billions…
Meeting Houston Fil-Am cyclists By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. HOUSTON, TEXAS – It’s now my second time in this state. The first time was in April, 1978, in the city of Pharr, my father’s hometown where I later migrated. But coming to the beautiful and big city of Houston is…
Lost in translation By Emmanuelle In Pangasinense, it translates to strictly mean abalang ed impangitalus. Literally, I guess it means aliwa so pakatalus. Loosely ag makatalus; tauntingly tangay-tangay. Exasperatedly, agaylay. Give this supply, haaay. Anyway, the title and the above introductory paragraph are beside the point. I wish to share…
The latest on Dagupan City’s “onor-onors” By Ermin Garcia Jr. UP FOR RENEWAL? Here’s a curious initiative of Dagupan’s chief onor-onor Teofilo Guadiz III. After 6 years in the city council, Mr. Guadiz comes forward to tell us that he just noticed the series of encroachments along the Pantal River….
‘Micro-loan’ banks for needy Pangasinenses By Gerry Garcia WE rewrite here for you readers who might have missed reading it, a recent Jun Velasco story culled from last Tuesday’s issue of the Manila Bulletin detailing two pieces of good news from our Speaker Joe from Binloc this city. One story…
Character change vs. charter change By Jun Velasco WHATEVER you say about the United States, its recent election was a showcase of an enviable genuine democracy. Out there, we got what we’ve learned in our political science books: a healthy debate has a bearing on public behaviour. We all had…
What’s the lowdown, Raffy? By Gonzalo Duque THOUGH late, I wish to greet and congratulate the new Region I police director Leopoldo Bataoil who was a member of our Rotary Club of Uptown Dagupan (until he was recruited by Jun Velasco for his Rotary Club of Metro Cubao, together with…
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