ISLAND BARANGAY GARBAGE—Personnel of the Dagupan City Waste Management Division collect piles of garbage unloaded by a motorboat from island barangays along the roadside of Judge Jose de Venecia Sr. Diversion Road in Dagupan City for pickup by garbage trucks and direct hauling to the sanitary landfill in Urdaneta City…
CHRISTMAS EVE MASS—The Saint John the Evangelist Metropolitan Cathedral in Dagupan glows in magnificent splendor at midnight of December 24 as thousands of Catholic devotees hear the midnight mass outside the church, unable to inch their way inside because the Cathedral was already filled to the brim. (PUNCHphoto by Willie Lomibao )
KADIWA ED KAPITOLYO—Fruits are among the products on display at the Kadiwa ed Kapitolyo held on the morning of December 25 at the Capitol Complex in Lingayen, offering affordable goods to capitol employees and other consumers. Along with the Kadiwa On Wheels na Kapitolyo, held at least twice a month,…
DAGUPAN FIRECRACKER BLAST — A makeshift firecracker factory exploded in Sitio Boquig, Barangay Bacayao Sur, Dagupan City on December 25, 2025, damaging a two-storey house where a large volume of firecrackers was being stockpiled. Responding to the incident were personnel from the Bureau of Fire Protection–Dagupan City, Panda Volunteer Fire…
Opinions
Editorial
2025: A year that was for City/Province, and Nation
IN 2025, our community faced calamities of a different kind. Dagupan City and the province of Pangasinan were battered by a series of devastating typhoons that unleashed deadly floods. Lives were risked, livelihoods destroyed, and the poor—once again—were pushed deeper into hardship. The damage appeared incalculable, but amid the devastation,…
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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
PhilExport head: Massive corruption driving away investors
By Gonzalo Duque THEY should put more nuclear power plants not only in Labrador but all over the country, as many as where the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) sites are located. Kawawang Pilipinas! * * * * Happy New Year to Mayor Belen Fernandez, VM Bryan Kua and…
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Random Thoughts
Fabricated holdup in broad daylight
By Leonardo Micua HAPPY New Year to one and all! Social media political trolls had their day again last week when a supposed holdup incident was circulated online, allegedly occurring in broad daylight at the busy intersection of A.B. Fernandez Avenue and Arellano Street. The problem: the incident never…
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G Spot
Gift-giving
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo EACH year, each household in Quezon City is given a bagful of food items for Christmas through the Pamaskong Handog (PH) of the Mayor’s Office. Last year, we received the food items consisting of rice, spaghetti with torn plastic, dented cans of Alaska milk, CDO…
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Andromeda’s Vortex
The Disregarded Middle Class
By Farah G. Decano IT is a common observation that those who hold the reins of government often grant special privileges to the wealthy—whether in exchange for private favors or to avoid conflict with the influential. Conversely, policymakers provide subsidies and social safety nets to the marginalized, often securing…
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Newsy News
Christmas, Dagupan Fiesta and JDV
By Eva C. Visperas WHENEVER Christmas comes, my thoughts naturally drift to three celebrations that have shaped my life in deeply personal ways: the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Dagupan City Fiesta, and the birthday of the greatest statesman I have ever met in my 37 years…
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Entre’acte
Son of Bolosan
By Rex Catubig ViICTORIO Edades, the illustrious son of Dagupan, is without a doubt, the primus inter pares among the city’s brightest sons. But his memory precariously dangles on the corroding recall of people in the city he lived in, and in the fading fragile minds of his diminishing…
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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…
The Dagupan City government has turned over 17 brand-new service vehicles to key offices to strengthen public service delivery. Mayor Belen T. Fernandez led the blessing and turnover ceremony on December 23 at the City Plaza, officiated by Rev. Msgr. Manuel S. Bravo Jr. The fleet includes a mobile bangus…
PSU’S INDIGENOUS GAMES — Teaching and non-teaching personnel of Pangasinan State University (PSU) from its nine campuses across the province take part in a tug-of-war, while a staff member (inset) competes in the kadang-kadang race during the university’s Laro Laro 2025 held on December 19 at the PSU main campus…
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…
SIX medal-winning athletes from Dagupan City, led by Wushu gold medalist Agatha Wong, shared their memorable experiences with the Dagupan community during the "Sumbungan ng Bayan" program hosted by Mayor Belen Fernandez on cable TV’s channel K-17 on December 23. Accompanied by their coaches, the athletes were brought to the…
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