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July 13, 2025

Dagupan SP OKs P250.6-M supplemental funds

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HUNDRED ISLANDS DURING RAINY DAYS

HUNDRED ISLANDS DURING RAINY DAYS - Tourists from various parts of the country still troop to the Hundred Islands in Alaminos City in droves, notwithstanding that it is still rainy season, with no plan to cancel their reservations in hotels around Lucap whatsoever. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
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MBTF vetoes 4 ‘midnight’ ordinances of ex-councilors
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Dagupan City gov’t runs after Lim contractors
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New city hall construction now on Phase 2
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From talahib to triumph in agri-tourism
Inside News

BACKBREAKING JOB

BACKBREAKING JOB—Rice planting is never fun, but farmers like this one in Barangay Paitan West in Sual town do this backbreaking work to ensure that locally produced grains will be available in the market. The provincial government will soon begin buying newly harvested palay (unhusked rice) from local farmers. (Punchphoto…
Inside News
Dagupan legal officer, chief of staff reappointed
Inside News
Calasaiao mayor lauds MDRRMO for rejecting bribes
Inside News
Free coffin program for Alaminos indigent families
Inside News
NEWSBREAK
Business

BUSINESSMAN ON WHEELS

BUSINESSMAN ON WHEELS—A tricycle-riding entrepreneur peddles all sorts of plastic household and kitchen wares—from storage box, chairs, brooms, pails, laundry tubs and bins, hangers, clips, etc., all stacked in his sidecar as he traverses the Aguilar-Mangatarem highway. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)  
Business
6 PUV drivers, operators get DOLE aid
Business
DECORP assures stable supply despite rainy season, oil price changes
Business
Rosales bans plastic bags, Styrofoam
Business
MONSOON BREAK
Peace and Order

POLICE REPORTS

(Filed by Ahikam Pasion) Rider dies after being run over by wing van truck A 28-year-old rider was killed after he was run over by a wing van truck along the National Road in Rosales town. According to police investigations, the truck driven by a 50-year-old man from Cabanatuan City,…
Peace and Order
Barangay council urges stricter dog containment
Peace and Order
Court acquits 102 Filipinos in fake cigar factory raid
Peace and Order
POLICE REPORTS
Peace and Order
Illegal drug vendor nabbed in Dagupan buy-bust

Opinions

Editorial

by Editor

July 15, 2025 in Editorial, Punch Gallery

The impact of political will

A new dawn is clearly in the offing. We have been receiving news reports on good governance in towns and cities that are initiatives of both reelected and newly elected mayors with visions. These are not programs worth millions of pesos, but programs that exemplify how political will alone can…
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July 8, 2025 in 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

by: Gonzalo Duque

July 13, 2025 in Out of the fire

A matter of accountability

By Gonzalo Duque   A lot of things have been happening in Dagupan City lately. The determination of Mayor Belen Fernandez to bring the contractors of the former Lim administration to court is a case in point. It is good that today, the Sangguniang Panlungsod is composed of the allies…
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Random Thoughts

by: Leonardo Micua

July 13, 2025 in Random Thoughts

A sense of urgency at the new SP

By Leonardo Micua   THERE’S a whale of a difference between the present and the past Sangguniang Panlungsod of Dagupan City. Firstly, there is no more dividing line that separates the majority and minority councilors, a first in the city, with an 11-1 composition. In contrast, the past SP was…
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July 13, 2025 in G Spot

Things we don’t see

By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo   LAST night, I waited for the rain. I knew it was coming our direction because the clouds blanketed the southern horizon, moving slowly towards the north, slowly deleting the sight of taller buildings. I miss the rain splashing on my face, my whole body, and…
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Andromeda’s Vortex

by: Farah Decano

July 13, 2025 in Andromeda's Vortex

Konsehal Dada’s choice: A lone Wolf or a loser

By Farah G. Decano   ATTY. Lorna Kapunan, awardee of Ten Outstanding Women of the Nation, is defending Atong Ang, a suspected mastermind in the disappearance of several sabungeros, allegedly buried at Taal Lake. This raises questions about why an abogada de campanilla would take on a case that could overshadow…
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Newsy News

by: Eva C. Visperas

July 13, 2025 in Newsy News

Dagupan’s rainbow after the political storm

By Eva C. Visperas   DAGUPAN City has seen better days— and worse ones too. But as we witness a fresh dawn under the renewed leadership of Mayor Belen Fernandez, one cannot help but draw inspiration from her journey. If there’s a story to be told here, it’s that of…
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Entre’acte

by: Rex Catubig

July 13, 2025 in Entre'acte, Punch Gallery

Going full circle

By Rex Catubig   DURING the enrollment of incoming first year at the Dagupan City High School in 1960, the school officials headed by the erudite but stern Principal, Mr. Eduardo Q. Edralin from Lingayen, conceived the idea of grouping together all the honor graduates from the various public elementary…
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Life with my lens

by: Art Valenzuela

January 14, 2023 in Art Valenzuela's Photo Collection, Punch Gallery

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

Open letter to Mayor Belen

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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…

UPDATE FROM THE SUNDAY PUNCH ONLINE TEAM

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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

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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)

Concerned about COVID-19 cases

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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.…

Re: Solution for Dagupan City flooding, garbage in three years

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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…
Governance

DAGUPAN CITY AGAIN AWARDED ‘BEST ENVIRONMENTAL PARTNER’

UNLISERBISYO THE DEPARTMENT of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Region 1 office again recognized Dagupan City as the  “best of the best” eco partners at the "𝗚𝗔𝗪𝗔𝗗 𝗞𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗞𝗛𝗔-𝗦𝗔𝗡" Philippine Environment Month 2025. The award is in line with the city government’s environmental protection programs, particularly the establishment of the foreshore…
Governance
ROTARY CLUB PROJECTS LAUNCHED
Governance
DAGUPAN KICKS OFF ‘MANLINGKOR YA KALANGWERAN 2025′
Governance
DAGUPAN CITY HAS ANOTHER NEW AMBULANCE
Governance
MORE BOARD PASSERS AMONG DAGUPAN SCHOLARS
People & Events

DAILY DAGUPAN HIGH TIDE

DAILY DAGUPAN HIGH TIDE—The high tide on Burgos Street in Dagupan City also affects the main thoroughfare, A.B. Fernandez Avenue, forcing mini-buses and jeepneys to take the middle part of the road to avoid getting stuck on the roadside, where the water is a little bit higher. (Punch photo by…
People & Events
Over 100 international students join PRIME Camp 2025
People & Events
ANYTHING FOR FREE
People & Events
VG Lambino assures provincial board’s independence
People & Events
Arenas holds simple oathtaking with community
Overseas

Obituary for Engr. Lope C. Catubig Jr.

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…
Overseas
Fil-Am Friendship Day celebrated in LA
Overseas
Pangasinan Brotherhood-USA pays tribute to kabaleyans
Overseas
Five Fil-Am organizations chosen for humanitarian works
Overseas
Women head USA’s Pangasinan Brotherhood Association
Sports

Pangasinan outlasts Valenzuela in MPBL, 114-90

THE Pangasinan Heatwaves asserted its supremacy after fending off the Valenzuela City Magic, 114-90, last July 11, 2025  at Imus City Sports Complex in Cavite. Pangasinan sizzled hot during the first quarter courtesy of Ralph Robin’s back-to-back triples, reinforced with the five points of King Gurtiza to secure an early…
Sports
Pangasinan thumps Basilan in MPBL, 83-71
Sports
San Juan trounces Pangasinan in MPBL, 73-66
Sports
Pangasinan beats Bacolod in MPBL, 20-0, by forfeiture
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Lingayen duathlete wins international title in Malaysia
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