WE ARE THE BEST– Dr. Dexter Buted (left), president of Pangasinan State University, joins the officials and faculty members of PSU in celebrating on stage after receiving the Philippine Quality Award, the highest level of national recognition for exemplary organizational performance from the Department of Trade. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
AN engineer and his fellow contractor were nabbed in an entrapment operation by the National Bureau of Investigation-Dagupan District Office (NBI-DADO) on Monday, October 4 in Bani town. NBI Agent Mark Caceres identified the arrested suspects as Engr. Vicente Gonzales Jr, a resident of Marikina City, and Jerome Mabinay, a…
Opinions
Editorial
Ressa’s entitlement
LAST week, the news about Rappler’s CEO Maria Ressa being named a Nobel Peace Prize winner for her work in journalism was met with both applause and shock, depending on one’s political inclination. In short there was no national jubilation that could come close to Hidilyn Diaz’s triumph as the…
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Punchline
“Mr. All Talk, No Action”
By Ermin Garcia Jr. THE sun was out shining in Dagupan City for two days but like a curse, the city’s main streets and district area were still severely flooded. But not one belonging to the city’s Flood Mitigation Commission, created in 2019, to craft a master plan to…
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General Admission
Sara the last candidate
By Al S. Mendoza THE nation awaits the coming of the last candidate with bated breath. Who might that be? Sara Duterte, the current mayor of Davao City. A bit of trivia: Davao is the world’s largest city, where it is also home to the world’s only monkey-eating eagle.…
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Random Thoughts
G Spot
A taste of heaven (Part 2)
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo A group of eight bikers arrived as we were leaving the area before three o’clock in the afternoon. My companions took their turns taking a bath in a makeshift shack made of bamboos. JC and Chloe took a shower in a faucet under the bamboo trees.…
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Andromeda’s Vortex
Responsibility of the SO
By Atty. Farah G. Decano MENTAL calisthenics on ethical dilemmas – who has heard of this as a form of relaxation? Well, this seems to be a favorite past time of three fiery intellectuals I know way back in the 1990s when we were merely wide-eyed young idealistic students…
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Sports Eye
Oscar Orbos returns to politics (Second of two series)
By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. THE 1995 five-day Tour of Pangasinan bikefest dubbed as “OO Na, Takbo Na” became the standard for competitive cycling among the Pangasinan cycling enthusiasts who participated. Today, the same contestants, most of whom are already retired, keep asking me if there will be a…
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Entre’acte
Learnings in Life
Inspirational Parenting Stories
Unknown Author Contributed by Ashok G. Vasandani Here's an article I read on www.moral-shortstory.blogspot.com that I'd like to share, something that we can all learn from. A man came home from work late, tired and irritated, to find his 5-year old son waiting for him at the door. SON: 'Daddy,…
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Feelings
COVID-19 cases in P’sinan decrease in the past two weeks. On the COVID-19 inquiry addressed by BM Jeremy Agerico Rosario (left), Provincial Disaster and Risk Reduction Management Officer Rhodyn Luchinvar Oro (right) discloses that COVID-19 cases in the province has decreased in the past two weeks. Col. Oro stated that…
SM CARES FOR FISHERMEN - Members of the Maniboc Fisherfolk Association in Lingayen receive donated fishing nets, ropes, and torch lights from officials of SM Malls through its SM Cares program. The activity is part of SM’s 100 Days of Caring and Giving, a pledge to give and to care. (Punchphoto by Cesar…
Tyler's birthday--(seated) Ramon Josef, Conrad Belisario, Gudelyn Donato, Marietta Daroya, Tito Daroya. (Standing) Mario Garcia, Agnes Zano-San Miguel, Mary Cecille Daroya Garcia. Housewarming--Marietta Daroya, Fr Winnie Abalos, Doy Escobilla, Gydelyn Donato, Mario Garcia, Ditas Biala, Tess Belisario, Conrad Belisario, Mary Cecile Garcia. THE summer of 2021 had been nothing…
DUE to the unprecedented surge of COVID-19 in the province, Governor Amado Espino III, postponed the holding of the “Re-Introduction of Non-Contact Sports” program, a three sporting events tournament, indefinitely. The original kick-off date was August 27 at the Narciso Ramos Sports and Civic Center gymnasium in Lingayen. Governor Espino…
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