CALASIAO CHRISTMAS GLITTERS—Hundreds of residents and visitors troop to the town plaza in Calasiao to witness the ceremonial lighting of bright, colorful Christmas lights attached to spiral installations, light tunnels, giant angels, a nativity scene, and a giant Christmas tree. (PUNCHphoto by Willie Lomibao)
THE Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) has placed all units in Pangasinan on Blue Alert from December 1 to 22, and on full Red Alert from December 23 to January 2, 2026, in anticipation of holiday-related emergencies. Fire Chief Inspector Jun Wanawan, Dagupan fire marshal and concurrent operations officer of…
Opinions
Editorial
A tall tale
THE claim regarding a nonexistent flood control project in Barangay Sto. Tomas, San Jacinto, Pangasinan, has been refuted by the barangay council itself. In a definitive statement, the council passed Resolution No. 12, Series of 2025, clarifying that there is no ghost flood control project in their jurisdiction, contrary to…
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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
Kiko Barzaga’s Five
By Gonzalo Duque THE November 30 rally called A Trillion Peso March led by Tindig ng Pilipinas convenor Kiko Aquino Dee, a grandson of Ninoy and Cory Aquino, and the arch-enemy of Sara Duterte, did not produce the result expected by the left-leaning group, the Pinklawans, Yellowtards and members of…
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Random Thoughts
Bills banning political dynasty
By Leonardo Micua POLITICAL dynasties weaken democratic institutions and produce poorer governance outcomes, particularly when "fat dynasties" allow multiple family members to simultaneously hold elective offices within the same jurisdiction. The above did not come from me but rather from the exploratory note of Senate Bill No. 1548, which…
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G Spot
Women under fire
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo TODAY, I watched Karen Davila interview Maria Lourdes Sereno, former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court who was impeached under the Duterte administration for failing to submit her Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth (SALN) during her 17-year tenure as a professor at the…
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Andromeda’s Vortex
Christmas In Our Hearts?
By Farah G. Decano HOW can the essence of love and authentic joy take root in the Filipino spirit when our deepest selves are seemingly consumed by a rising tide of hatred, profound despair, and debilitating self-pity? We must not be blamed for this overwhelming darkness that now permeates…
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Newsy News
Where the lights remind us to keep going
Eva C. Visperas THE sky was overcast, the kind that suggests rain but holds it back just long enough to let the day pass. Traffic crawled from Dagupan to Sual as I drove to my last coverage for the day, the steady red taillights ahead of me marking a…
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Entre’acte
Game of Chance
By Rex Catubig TAKING a chance has always been an inherent urge. The risk and challenge induce and pump up an adrenaline rush. And foremost among the age-old stimulants, and possibly the most seductive in this regard, is gambling. Gambling or games akin, provided the primeval perk in our…
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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…
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…
UNLISERBISYO Dagupan City, once again, under the leadership of Mayor Belen T. Fernandez, demonstrated its unwavering commitment to building a safe, healthy and empowering environment for every child as it emerged as a finalist for the 2025 Seal of Child-Friendly Local Governance, based on the results of the 2025 Child-Friendly…
MARISSA Manipud Marquez, a Ms Dagupan title holder who worked her way up to become a Lieutenant Colonel at the United States Air Force (USAF) Reserves, is a recipient of the 2025 Outstanding International Humanitarian Award given by the Cyber Excellence Awards. The ceremonies will be held on November 8th at…
TWO homegrown athletes from Dagupan City will don the national uniform when the 33rd Southeast Asian Games reels off from December 9 to 20, 2025 Jason Emmanuel Feliciano will represent the Philippines in Archery, while Susan Ramadan will see action for the country in Athletics. The two athletes earned their…
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