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June 4, 2023

Obstruction of SP majority continues

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CYCLISTS AND CALL OF NATURE

CYCLISTS AND CALL OF NATURE -- The racing cyclists appear to be bowed in prayer by the wall of the Region 1Medical Center in Dagupan City when our PUNCH lensman saw them. Seconds later, the cyclists turned around with signs of relief on their faces after managing to  answer the call of…
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Beware of 42 to 46 degrees Celsius daily heat index – CDRRMO
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Local egg producers want table eggs banned, too
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San Roque Dam needs more water
Top Stories
Capitol’s salt farm starts producing in October
Inside News

YOUNG ANGELS, FUTURE ‘REYNAS’

YOUNG ANGELS, FUTURE ‘REYNAS’ --  Young girls dressed as angels who participated in recent Santacruzan Festival organized by the Parish of St. John the Evangelist Cathedral, get a glimpse  of how they will be when they are selected as ‘Reyna’ after 20 years. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
Inside News
Dagupan will avail of PBBM mass housing program – Mayor Belen
Inside News
Dagupan SP seeks gov’t, community support for PDLs
Inside News
Prov’l govt collects P1M per day from quarrying
Inside News
NEWS BRIEFS
Business

BENEFIT FROM HIGH HEAT INDEX

BENEFIT FROM HIGH HEAT INDEX– A farmworker takes advantage of prevailing high heat index in Pangasinan by spreading palay for drying along the shoulder of the Pangasinan-Tarlac highway in Mangatarem town. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
Business
Pangasinan tops palay production in region
Business
Mangaldan keen on owning Triple A abattoir
Business
NIA supports more farms with solar irrigation pumps
Business
Dasol remains Pangasinan’s top salt producer
Crime Notes

3 CTGs surrender in Mabini through ELCAC

THREE members of the Communist Terrorist Group (CTG) surrendered and returned to the fold of the law through the government’s Oplan Balik-Loob program facilitated by the Provincial Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (ELCAC) in Pangasinan. The three surrenderers, whose identities were withheld by police authorities for security…
Crime Notes
POLICE REPORTS
Crime Notes
HIGH VALUE TARGETS BUSTED!
Crime Notes
Two arrested in “high-value drug seizure” in Dagupan
Crime Notes
Septuagenarian doctor dies in house’s fire

Opinions

Editorial

by Editor

June 4, 2023 in Editorial, Punch Gallery

Quo Vadis, Mayor Belen Fernandez?

IT has been an uphill battle for the Belen Fernandez administration since she assumed her post, just to plan how to deliver on its Unliserbisyo promise to Dagupeños. And there is nothing to indicate that the situation will normalize soon and get her back on track. Not with the seven…
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June 4, 2023 in Punchline

Obstructionists’ lesson for Mayor Belen

By Ermin Garcia Jr.   AFTER both Dagupan City Mayor Belen Fernandez and Vice Mayor Bryan Kua agreed to be humiliated and their offices disgraced by the seven councilors in the majority by appearing before their committees to be made accountable, the two city officials will have more humiliating situations…
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Random Thoughts

by: Leonardo Micua

June 3, 2023 in Random Thoughts

Who’s against Balay Silangan in Dagupan?

By Leonardo Micua GIVEN the gravity of the drug problem today as gleaned from the warning of DILG that more than 400 of our incumbent barangay officials are involved in illegal drugs, and a few law enforcers are possibly in cahoots with the drug lords, what is the seven-man majority…
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June 3, 2023 in G Spot

Waiting

By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo   NO matter how willing you are to help, there will be times when you can't. Especially when the one you are helping has to perform on her own certain required steps critical to making help possible, and she is unable to comply. Some suggested the…
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Andromeda’s Vortex

by: Farah Decano

June 3, 2023 in Andromeda's Vortex

Love and Romance (Part I)

By Farah G. Decano             I encountered an interesting proposition on true love by modern British philosopher, Alain de Botton. He said the romanticism perpetrated by centuries-old literature and most present-day love stories is destroying the fabric of love itself.  I thought of expounding on his hypothesis by juxtaposing it…
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Newsy News

by: Eva C. Visperas

June 3, 2023 in Newsy News

VG Mark, the PLEX explainer

By Eva C. Visperas   WAITING for an update regarding the Pangasinan Link Expressway (PLEX)? Here it is. During last Monday’s session of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, Vice Gov. Mark Lambino announced two things. First, he said that the Joint Venture Selection Committee approved the tender documents or the bid docs last week.…
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June 3, 2023 in Sports Eye

Spoelstra spoils Celtics NBA championship return

By Jesus A. Garcia Jr.   INDUBITABLY, the talk in the sports world these days was the NBA playoffs that just ended last Tuesday (May 30) that saw Miami Heat smashing arch-rival Boston Celtics in the seventh and final game of the best-of-seven Eastern Conference finals, 103-84.  We watched on…
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Entre’acte

by: Rex Catubig

June 3, 2023 in Entre'acte

Desperate demons

By Rex Catubig    THERE was a time I was remiss with my being a Cerrado Catolico Romano. Some life changing upheaval had me questioning my faith, and forsaking the obligations expected of a faithful. I stopped going to Confession which I had done regularly, even confiding once to the…
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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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General Admission

by Al Mendoza

February 12, 2023 in General Admission

ON LEAVE

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Out of the fire

by: Gonzalo Duque

February 12, 2023 in Out of the Fire

ON LEAVE

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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

ONGOING INFRASTRUTURE PROJECTS FUND BY NATIONAL FUNDS

UNLISERBISYO MAYOR Belen Fernandez talks to personnel of the DPWH assigned to do the upgrading of PCC pavement and drainage system in Don Jose Calimlim Road (Callejon St.) Brgy. Pogo Chico, one of the projects assisted by Sen. Francis Tolentino.  The other project expected to be implemented this year is…
Governance
NEVER-ENDING DELIVERY OF SOCIAL SERVICES
Governance
TOGETHER, WE WILL PROVIDE SOLUTION TO PERENNIAL BAHA!
Governance
BANGUS FINGERLINGS FOR FISHERFOLKS
Governance
‘KADIWA NG PANGULO’ WAS IN DAGUPAN!
People & Events

2023 REYNA ELENA

2023 REYNA ELENA - Aileen Santos, “Reyna Elena’ and consort ‘Emperador Constantino’ Arjean Cuison ride horse-drawn carriage around the city's main streets during the traditional Santacruzan May Flower Festival parade. (Punchphoto Willie Lomibao)
People & Events
Lingayen lass graduates magna cum laude in Boston College
People & Events
PANGASINAN’S BET TO BB. PILIPINAS
People & Events
Bermudez’s Ilocano novel wins in 40th National Book Awards
People & Events
Asingan eyes 1-km long rice cake in Kankanen Festival
Overseas

United Pangasinanes of America, Inc. 52nd Inaugural Banquet and Ball

By Charito R. Wui, UPAI Vice President THE United Pangasinanes of America, Inc., a registered non-profit corporation and representing one of the largest Filipino - American organizations in the Bay Area, held its 52nd Inaugural Banquet and Ball on April 15, 2023, at the Hilton Hotel, San Francisco Airport Boulevard…
Overseas
Love for indigent seniors and families from overseas Dagupenos
Overseas
JULY 4TH GATHERING OF DAGUPENOS
Overseas
It’s a roaring Tiger Year for the Samahan Fil-Am Heritage Association of San Diego
News
Daroya-Garcia-Belisario Clan bonding
Sports

PRIDE OF PANGASINAN

PRIDE OF PANGASINAN --Karatekas John Manantan and Arriane Brito who both won silver medals in the recently concluded Southeast Asian Games (SEAG) held in Cambodia were honored by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan led by Vice Gov. Mark Lambino during the last Monday’s regular session at the Capitol in Lingayen. Also in…
Sports
Mangatarem’s rising basketball star eyes PBA Draft
Sports
Guico tells LGUs: Promote football
Sports
SP commends Oranza for SEA Games cycling win
Sports
PNP Provincial Advisory Group to hold shootfest
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