POLICE confiscated more than ₱1.26 million worth of suspected shabu in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Tambac, Dagupan City, during the early hours of Monday, September 1. In coordination with the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Region 1, Dagupan City Police Chief PLt. Col. Lawrence Keith Calub said they arrested a…
Opinions
Editorial
When the floods unmasked the corrupt
SOMETIMES, it takes a force of nature to unearth the rotten systems made by man. It took flood disasters to expose the rotten foundations laid by unscrupulous contractors under the watch of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH). Were it not for these floods, President Ferdinand…
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Punchline
Political Statesmanship
By Ermin Garcia Jr I don’t blame the new majority at the Sangguniang Panlungsod led by Vice Mayor Bryan Kua and Majority Floor Leader Michael Fernandez, for gloating over the “powerless” position that Councilor Dada Reyna, the only survivor of the 2025 massacre of the epaLiFe in the…
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Out of the fire
Beyond the investigation
By Gonzalo Duque THE Senate Blue Ribbon Committee investigation, headed by Senator Rodante Marcoleta, into the botched flood control projects done by unscrupulous contractors under the watch of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) resumed last September 1. It initially gave us a glimpse of how the…
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Random Thoughts
The politics of flooding
By Leonardo Micua THE recent assurance from Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Region 1 Director Rommel Tan that there are no ghost projects or substandard flood control initiatives in the region is a welcome relief. Coming from the very agency tasked with implementing all national government-funded infrastructure…
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G Spot
The umbrella
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo IN the NGO community, an umbrella organization is a big organization large enough to manage the interests of its member NGOs, who, individually, could not access funding on their own because they lack the necessary financial and operational documents required by the funding agencies. The…
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Andromeda’s Vortex
On Ellen Adarna, Women’s Hormones, and a Society’s Blind Spot
By Farah G. Decano THE internet whispers about Filipino actress Ellen Adarna's separation from Derek Ramsey, suggesting she was mistreated during her postpartum period, with hints of verbal or even physical abuse. While we cannot know the truth of this private matter, this narrative throws a glaring spotlight on…
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Newsy News
Of promises fulfilled and broken vows
By Eva C. Visperas THERE are days in local governance that leave you quietly hopeful, and there are days that leave you unsettled. Last week in Pangasinan, we experienced both—and the contrast could not have been sharper. I was in Calasiao on August 29, standing among local officials, transport…
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Entre’acte
Apocalyptic Moment
By Rex Catubig NOTE: I’m reprising this column in support of the Suicide Awareness and Prevention Month, and the World Suicide Prevention Day September 10. This is to give face to the menace of suicide that afflicts even the seemingly normal person, robbing the young of their power to…
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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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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…
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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…
UNLISERBISYO MAYOR Belen Fernandez and City Engr. Josephine Corpuz, along with representatives of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Regional Office, were out early on September 4 to inspect different drainage outlets and coastal barangays. The inspection was intended to assess the water flow situation in these structures…
ENGR. Lope Capua Catubig, Jr. of Hawthorne, CA, and Dagupan City, Philippines, joined his Creator on June 27th, just over a week after his 89th birthday. As a young Engineer in the 1960’s, he distinguished himself as a Project Engineer at the Pangasinan Public Works and Highways, supervising the building of…
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