SIX illegal drug operators considered as high-value targets were apprehended in Dagupan City during a joint operation by the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA). The operation, dubbed Oplan Gandara, also led to the dismantling of a notorious drug den in Tondaligan, Barangay Bonuan Gueset.…
Opinions
Editorial
A ‘QuadCom’ play in Urdaneta
AFTER the three successive attempts to suspend Urdaneta City Mayor Julio Parayno over the flimsiest complaint on governance, it has become much too obvious to Urdanetans that both Governor Ramon Guico III and Vice Governor Mark Lambino are conspiring to serve the city’s mayoralty post to the governor’s wife, Maan…
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Punchline
Remembering our Karina
By Ermin Garcia Jr. NOVEMBER 1 is a date that has become sacred to our family. It is the date when our youngest sibling, Karina, died. She drowned off the Tondaligan Beach in Dagupan on November 1, 1963. Know that as our mother, Paulita, revealed she overheard Karina telling…
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Out of the fire
Ordeal not yet over
By Gonzalo Duque THE typhoon season has become more calamitous. The most recent, Typhoon Kristine, has shown its devastating effect all over the country. Other typhoons are coming. Watch out, Typhoon Leon is going to roar in the coming few days. But what worries me more though is the…
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Random Thoughts
Trying a new and different kind of leader
By Leonardo Micua MY good friend Manny Zambrano, who’s based in Chicago and brother of one of our photojournalists, Ray Zambrano, is in town for a brief vacation. He called me up on October 18 to have dinner at a seafood restaurant along JdV Expressway, but I begged off…
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G Spot
Typhoons in our lives
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo SURPRISINGLY, the rain didn’t flood EDSA. We drove to the Bonifacio Global City (BGC) to accompany my niece Ashang for an important appointment, anticipating a little flooding, having watched videos on TikTok and FB, but the heavy rain seemed to be absorbed by the pavement…
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Andromeda’s Vortex
Unhinged
By Farah G. Decano WHILE it is true that my family still experiences inundation inside our house despite the almost three feet road elevation in our village, we are thankful nevertheless to Mayor Belen T. Fernandez, the City Government of Dagupan, and the right of way donors because we…
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Newsy News
The next generation of Estrella in politics
By Eva C. Visperas I’VE been covering politics in Pangasinan for quite some time, witnessing the journey of — among many other personalities and families — Agrarian Reform Secretary Conrad Estrella III from his days as a congressman to the present, with his son Gilbert now eyeing the congressional…
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Entre’acte
Pistay Inatey
By Rex Catubig WHEN I see Nanang, our old-maid aunt, in the kitchen, stirring black gooey Deremen in a deep kawali perched on the wood-fired clay dalikan, I know it’s Pistay Inatey—All Saint’s Day, the highlight of Ani or harvest month—when religion and folk custom meld into one celebration. Following the belief that the spirits of…
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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 SASAILALIM rin sa rehabilitasyon ang binabahang kalsada ng Burgos St. sa bahaging ito ng Barangay IV. Ang gagawing proyekto ang isa sa mga ininspeksyon ni Mayor Belen Fernandez kasama ang DPWH Pangasinan 2nd Engineering District, Engr. Joel Bautista, Engineer II, at City Engineer Josephine Corpuz para sa gagawing pag-papataas…
PANGASINAN Brotherhood-USA President Sue Ann-Tumakay paid tribute to her fellow provincemates for their collective spirit and unwavering dedication that defined Pangasinan community. Citing her colleagues for their positive values during a gala night last week, she said the PB-USA is a testament to the enduring legacy and steadfast spirit of…
KENT Brian Celeste of the Virgen Milagrosa University Foundation clinched the gold medal in high jump men’s senior division during the A-Final of the PATAFA Weekly Series last October 19 at the PhilSports Track Oval in Pasig City. Competing against six rivals, the 23-year-old athlete cleared the 2.08-meter bar to outshine Ernie Calipay…
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