THE provincial board is set to conduct a joint committee hearing on April 23 about the increasing number of motorcycle accidents in Pangasinan resulting in deaths of motorcycle riders, pedestrians and collisions. Fourth District Board Member Jerry Agerico Rosario told in an iFM Dagupan interview on Friday that five persons…
Opinions
Editorial
Corruption of Dagupan bangus finally ends
THE recent decision of Dagupan City Mayor Belen Fernandez to ban the entry of ‘alien’ bangus from other provinces, specifically, Bulacan, is undoubtedly welcomed by the city populace, particularly the Dagupan bangus growers and traders with a deep sigh of relief. Note the title of the City Ordinance No. 21792019…
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Punchline
Plunder vs. rejecting MC Hospital
By Ermin Garcia Jr. AS expected, the 7 epaLifes at the Dagupan Sanggunian continued to withhold its endorsement of the Mother and Child Hospital project of the DOH for the most ludicrous, ‘non-issue’ reason. It is complete hypocrisy on their part to say that they support the hospital project…
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Out of the fire
Opposition’s ‘personality politics’
By Gonzalo Duque WHEN Mayor Al Fernandez was still alive, he formed a political alliance and named it LiFe. It’s an acronym for Lim and Fernandez. That was the time when then Fourth District Congressman Benjie Lim run for mayor of Dagupan with Al’s son, Alvin as his vice…
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Random Thoughts
G Spot
Going, going, gone!
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo THE heat is real. It can only get worse. What use are the parks if the heat prevents us from going there? Given the projections on the impact of climate change, protection and development of green spaces become imperative. Parks (including memorial parks), athletic ovals…
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Andromeda’s Vortex
Transgender rights: Narrowing the safe spaces for women?
By Farah G. Decano GENDER and sex are technically different concepts. Sex may refer to the intimate act between individuals or to an individual’s genitalia. Gender, however, refers to the roles, expectations, and traits observed, defined and/or imposed by society and culture on individuals as women, men, boys, or…
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Newsy News
Sports Eye
Goodbye, my cumpadre Modesto Bonzo
By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. I WAS shocked to receive a sad message from a retired cyclist and former Highway Patrol Group (HPG) member Anthony Valdez of Urdaneta City, informing me that 1976 Tour of Luzon champion Modesto Bonzo passed away last April 18 but it was not clear…
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Entre’acte
Life with my lens
A PHOTO ALBUM OF “PROMDI” LANDSCAPES
Photos and short narrative by Art G. Valenzuela I would consider myself as one lucky guy as I am both a city boy and a “promdi” who has access to both city life (as in Dagupan City and Metro Manila) and rural-provincial life. Every week – coming from either Dagupan…
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Sunday Life
Dagupan City Hall 1960s
Through Lolo’s Lens: Dagupan in the 60’s By Norman Valenzuela MY Lolo Marcial was the official photographer for The Manila Times. He preserved his collection of vintage black and white camera shots which has become the source of inspiration for my father, Art G. Valenzuela, who pursued a career in…
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Punch Forum
Greetings Mayor Belen Fernandez – My name is Victor Reyno Junio, a resident and a registered voter of Sitio West America, Bonuan Binloc, Dagupan City. I have now returned to Canada after my 5 months stay in our City. I am blessed and privileged to have 2 countries I call…
To further improve on the online security of our readers, recent changes have been made to the “x-frame-Options”; for the website https://punch.dagupan.com/ , that runs on the popular WordPress platform. (The “x-frame-options” HTTP header is used to control whether or not a browser should be allowed to render a page…
WEAKENED WAWA BRIDGE - A part of the Wawa Bridge, renamed Romulo Bridge, collapsed when two loaded dump trucks, one loaded with aggregates and the other fertilizer- crossed at the same time 3:17 p.m. last Thursday, halting vehicular traffic between Bayambang, Pangasinan and Camiling, Tarlac. (Punchphoto by Butch UKa)
Magandang araw po! Ako po si Christian Mark V. Rico, isang mag-aaral sa pampublikong paaralan sa Dagupan. Sumulat po ako upang ipaalam ang aking saloobin tungkol sa mga kaso ng COVID-19 dito sa ating bayan. Nakita ko po na mas dumadami ang gumagaling sa COVID kesa sa pagdami ng kaso.…
Dear Mr. Garcia; I visited your office Sunday Punch and got interested in your column (Punchline) about garbage of Dagupan City. There is a solution to solve this perennial problem of the city I had proposed this to the newly elected young Lim. Now, clearly my proposal will not…
UNLISRBISYO PATUNAY lamang na walang tatalo sa sarap ng bangus Dagupan! Sa Best Fil-Asian Cuisine natikman ang tulad ng Bangus Pad Thai, Nasi Goreng (bangus in Indonesian fried rice), Dadar Gulung coconut pancake with caramelized bangus filing, Indonesian bangus kilawin, Bangus Satay (Malaysia), Korean fried bangus, smoked sabahi sushi (tinapang…
FIVE non-profit Filipino-American organizations that fulfilled their role in serving mankind made the list of top organizations recently selected by the Pangasinan Brotherhood-Association-USA based in Los Angeles, California, and other associations. They are United Specialist Healthcare Foundation (USHF), APO Global Foundation, PBA-USA, Kalayaan, Inc. and Philippine Disaster Relief Organization (PeDRO)…
DEFENDING champion Pangasinan II took a commanding lead after it collected 55 gold, 37 silver and 35 bronze medals after four days of competition in the Region 1 Athletic Association (R1AA) Meet at the President Ferdinand Edralin Marcos Sports Center in Laoag City. The defending champion captured 21 gold, 13 silver…
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