ONE of the three prime suspects in the slaying of journalist Virgilio Maganes last 2020 was nabbed by authorities in Quirino province. P/Major Ria Tacderan, public information officer of the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO) said suspect Noe Ducay aka ‘Owing’, 45, was arrested by policemen in Aglipay, Quirino province.…
Opinions
Editorial
The hybrid pork barrel
THE exposé of Senator Alan Peter Cayetano about DPWH’s “fund parking’ or the illegal realignment of billions of pesos in the infrastructure department’s 2023 budget is an indication that the 30-40% “S.O.P.” from favored contractors is back with a vengeance. This involves allocation of projects in various districts, and it…
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Punchline
Who’s running the provincial government?
By Ermin Garcia Jr. IT’S been more than 75 days and still nothing is heard from Guv Mon-Mon Guico about developments and current issues in Pangasinan! Who’s running the provincial government? Is it already Vice Guv Mark Lambino holding the reins? The continued silence of the governor on the…
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General Admission
Signing 2 contracts is illegal
By Al S. Mendoza WILL Navarro was hot news this week on the sporting front. Not because of his on-court skills but, alas, on his off-court misstep of monumental proportions. Navarro was a star of the Ateneo basketball team that won multiple times in the UAAP events in recent…
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Out of the fire
Our family trip to Ilocos Norte
By Gonzalo Duque LAST week, I traveled to Northern Luzon to visit my brods and friends in that area. You know, the Duque clan originated from Paoay, Ilocos Norte. On my way to Ilocos Norte, I had a stopover in Vigan City where I and company had a nice conversation…
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Random Thoughts
Impact of Coke’s disappearance
By Leonardo Micua THOSE who are not concerned about the disappearance of Coca-Cola and its allied products in the shelves of supermarkets and sari-sari stores, we would like to announce we do and it matters to us. This even if we are not a drinker of Coke nor a…
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G Spot
Andromeda’s Vortex
The right to be forgotten
By Farah G. Decano THE right to be forgotten is a relatively new concept in the legal arena. It first arose in 2014 when a man from Spain asked Google to erase his links that pertained to his past records of bankruptcy. Because of the giant search engine’s refusal,…
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Sports Eye
Excellent Noodles Cup cagefest unfurls Sept. 25 (Part 1 of 2)
By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. WE have witnessed how the world’s economy was derailed by the COVID-19 for three years (2019-2021) and reportedly killed millions of people worldwide. As true believer of our Holy Bible, I expected this to happen given what was written in the Good Book in…
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Entre’acte
Art Valenzuela’s Photo Collection
PAGUDPUD BEACH: NO. 1 MOST BEAUTIFUL IN THE WORLD
Photos and short story by Art Valenzuela (Exclusive to the Sunday Punch) Whenever I think of taking a long vacation, “away from it all,” there is one place that always comes to my mind as it weaves back pleasant memories of the past --- Pagudpud in Ilocos Norte. It is…
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UNLISERBSIYO By Belen Fernandez ON board motor boats, nagsagawa tayo, kasama ang personnel ng DPWH, City Engineering Office at CDRRMC, ng inspection sa Pantal-Sinucalan River last Wednesday afternoon para makakuha ng important data na maaring gamitin in preparing a master plan kung paano maibsan ang pagbaha sa ating mahal na…
MEMBERS of the Greater Dagupan City Association of California gathered over the July 4th weekend for a post-pandemic mini- reunion and despedida get-together for couple Tony and Gloria Dator who have retired in Dagupan City. Present during the occasion were: Angie Pacheco Rominger, Mila Marquez Maramba, Lope and Celia Catubig,…
THE provincial swimming try-out for the Batang Pinoy National Championship 2022 at the Narciso Ramos Sports and Civic Center swimming pool on September 3 became a challenge to 70 young swimmers (from 12 years old and younger, and 15 years old). Leopoldo Arnaiz, head of the Pangasinan Sports Management and…
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