By Rex Catubig AT the beach where a naval landing had made history, the same beach that has produced the legend of a rags-to-riches Matutina, enterprising women vendors today do not even come remotely close to the parameters of the phenomena. They have neither made history, nor become the…
By Ermin Garcia Jr. IF one is not keenly watching events and activities of our provincial government and Dagupan City government, one will not know that there is a lack or absence of accountability among our elected officials periodically. Take the absence of accountability in the Capitol last week….
By Leonardo Micua WHEN I joined the KBP Forum on Thursday, I heard off-mike from Jay Mendoza, manager of Sonshine Radio, that Dagupan is now the talk of the entire region. And all the talks, Jay said, were nasty, not complimentary. All hurting to the ears. Anyare? asked some…
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo I should be walking with you, here singing with you I should be … I should be … so many “should bes” that may no longer be so I surrender you to the soil again and again you, in each seed in each cutting watch…
By Farah G. Decano THE onslaught of the Covid virus in 2020 forced most Colleges of Law to go online in order to lessen the prejudice that the pandemic would have caused to education. This stop-gap instruction however led to the discovery of the virtues of online education. Sometime…
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…
By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. FIRSTLY, my big thanks to my boss Ermin F. Garcia, Jr. of this paper for giving me not only the opportunity to write here but to sharpen my skills in sports writing. Honestly, it was my good buddy, the late Juanito “Jun” Velasco (better…
By Rex Catubig I WAS fixing my bed-zombied self and arranging my nine o’clock face for the day, when my Messenger rang incessantly. It was Lenuski Peruskiini on the other side of the world, apparently taking a break from his dinner and in the process of opening a bottle…
By Ermin Garcia Jr. I CONTINUE to be amazed at how Mayor Belen Fernandez and her allies, on one side, and the 7epaLiFes on the other, are dealing with the long overdue passage of the P1.3 billion annual budget for Dagupan City. While Mayor Belen has not gone beyond…
By Leonardo Micua NO other Dagupeno is more deserving of the highest Pinablin Dagupeno Award given during the culmination of the Diamond Jubilee Celebration of Dagupan City on June 19, than former five-time Speaker Jose C. de Venecia, Jr. Now 87 years old and a legend of his own, JdV…
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