TIMELY ARRIVAL – The Dagupan Vaccination Team of the City Health Office holding fort at the Dagupan City Astrodome, the city's vaccination facility, account for the 4,200 doses of Sinovac vaccine that arrived on June 10, 2021 to be administered to A1, A2 and A3 priority groups. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
PORT DEVELOPMENT - Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade and Lingayen Mayor Leopoldo Bataoil cruise along the Limahong Channel to inspect the completed river landings in barangays Pangapisan North and Capandanan, sites of the Pangasinan Port Cluster Development Project in Lingayen. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
LAWBREAKERS IN FRONT THE SIGNBOARD - A POSO enforcer confronts a group whose members were caught swimming at the Tondaligan Beach in spite of the signboard posted in the area (that warns the public of a city ordinance that bans swimming at the beach during the pandemic) where the group was holding a…
Opinions
Editorial
Nothing is certain in this pandemic
THE reported temporary suspension of inoculating Dagupeños with their first dose of the anti-COVID-19 vaccine didn’t really come as a surprise. It had to be expected, and should be expected to happen again in the weeks ahead, not only in the city but in all other vaccination sites in the…
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Punchline
COVID no longer means certain death
By Ermin Garcia Jr. EVERY week, we get a mouthful of data and statistics on the status of contagion of COVID-19 in the province. While there is reason for the health authorities in Pangasinan, particularly by the Provincial Health Office, to believe that the situation is well under control,…
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General Admission
Diamond in the rough now glistens so brightly
By Al S. Mendoza YUKA Saso winning the U.S. Women’s Open championship on Monday reeked of history. It did not only make her the first Filipino, male or female, to win one of golf’s nine majors in the world. It also gave her multiple exemptions in the money-rich U.S.…
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Random Thoughts
Another change is coming
By Leonardo Micua IT was quite uplifting in this stage of the pandemic to see one of five modern jeepneys providing daily free commute for medical health workers, essential workers and Authorized Persons Outside Residence along M.H. Del Pilar Street. It was plying around Dagupan’s Downtown Loop and towards…
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G Spot
Calculated risk
By Virginia Pasalo SO many desperate attempts to have everyone vaccinated without a satisfactory explanation for the concerns raised. Some are outright ridiculous, requiring commercial establishments to offer discounts to those who can present a vaccination card. Some want it as a precondition to avail of certain government health…
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Andromeda’s Vortex
SAPAQ, SAGO and SABAW
By Atty. Farah G. Decano OF course, I am talking about portmanteaus of possible team-ups for the two highest elective posts in the land. SAPAQ refers to Mayor Sarah Duterte and Senator Manny Pacquiao. SAGO pertains to Mayor Sarah again and Senator Bong Go while SABAW just sounds good…
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Sports Eye
It’s now Pacquiao versus Sec. Cusi
By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. THE forthcoming world welterweight title fight of Philippine boxing icon Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao against American World Boxing Council (WBC) and International Boxing Federation (IBF) champ, the unbeaten 31-year-old Errol Spence, Jr. will definitely be held at MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on…
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Learnings in Life
Feelings
THE growing popularity of the world-class Bikers’ Den in Barangay Inmalog, San Fabian has become more evident with a feature in the BluPrint Magazine, the leading sourcebook on architecture and design in the Philippines. The article in the magazine’s June 2 issue, written by Shan Arcega, hailed the design of…
FIL-AM BROTHERS Jacob and Andrew Nordhagen, grandsons of Florence and Geri Fernandez of Sta. Barbara, achieved perfect scores in their ACT separately in Spokane County in Washington, USA. Two million students take the test nationwide and getting a perfect score has been rare, and for both to earn perfect scores in…
THE Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) is considering passing a resolution asking the national Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) to allow the holding of basketball games and tournaments while strictly observing health and safety protocols. The resolution proposed by Fourth District Board Member Jeremy Agerico Rosario, chairman on…
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