THOSE born in the 50s -70s celebrated Christmas as a religious activity with a Noche Buena prepared at home, midnight mass inside community churches. Christmas narrative remained on the Nativity and the birth of Jesus. Gift-giving with the magic of Santa Claus kept children’s excitement over Christmas as one of…
WELCOME TO DAGUPAN CITY — This year’s unique design made of bright colors over the Quintos Bridge makes for an appropriate warm welcome to visitors. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
GIVING BACK IN THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS — Second District Rep. Mark Cojuangco and his team spread holiday cheer by personally distributing ham to his constituents in the Second District, using his own funds. Each family with an AyudaMark ID will receive a ham, with distribution already underway and continuing…
ANOTHER ILLEGAL FISH PEN COMING UP — A motorboat slowly navigates the Pantal River as it hauls a bunch of bamboo to an island barangay in Dagupan City for the construction of another illegal fish pen. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
UNLISERBISYO DAGUPAN City Government led by Mayor Belen Fernandez joined Dagupeños on the First Day of the Christmas Novena at St. John the Evangelist Cathedral, at 4AM, December 16. The LGU-sponsored mass was presided by Most Rev. Socrates B. Villegas, D.D. “Ang simbang gabi ay panahon ng paghahanda sa pagdating…
MORE ACCESS TO DAGUPAN — City Mayor Belen Fernandez does the ceremonial burying of the capsule containing documents for the construction of the Pangasinan-Zambales Road to Judge Jose De Venecia Boulevard Extension Road (Dagupan City Section) Pangasinan (Bridge Component-Calmay Bridge) during the groundbreaking ceremony in Barangay Calmay. Former Rep. Gina…
By Rex Catubig SOME 2,000 years ago, an unlikely untimely birth made the biblical headlines, and subsequently became the matrix of Christianity. We are familiar with the circumstances of Joseph and Mary’s trek to Bethlehem from their home in Nazareth to comply with an edict for villagers to return…
THE Dagupan citizenry is finally in for the good times ahead, thanks to the proactive new majority at the Sangguniang Panlungsod. Vice Mayor Bryan Kua, Majority Leader Michael Fernandez, Councilors Dennis Canto, Jigs Seen, Marcelino Fernandez and Bradley Benavidez have been working tirelessly for the past weeks, meeting in regular…
STILL, A BRIDGE TOO FAR – Personnel of the DPWH have started to lay the foundation for the Calmay Bridge by the Jose De Venecia Highway in Dagupan City, after almost 90 years of waiting to replace the Franklin Bridge that was washed out in 1935 by a flood. (Punchphoto by Butch…
CALASIAO PUTO FOR THE HOLIDAYS – Puto-makers in collaboration with the Calasiao local government stage another production design exhibition at the Robinsons Mall for visitors to experience. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
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