ZUMBA-YAWAN IN LINGAYEN – Hundreds of zumba enthusiasts from the different towns and cities in Pangasinan gathered at the Capitol beach park in Lingayen last Tuesday (26 November) to participate in the provincial government's ZUMBAyawan program for Pangasinenses’ health and wellness. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
BREAKTIME FROM QUADCOMM HEARINGS -- Vice President Sara Duterte leaves Metro Manila away from the House of Representatives, to lead the distribution of 2,000 gift packs to beneficiaries from various sectors in Lingayen to mark the 89th anniversary of the Office of the Vice President (OVP) on November 28. She is assisted by…
THE Pangasinan Provincial Police Office (PPPO) is currently assessing supposed threats against candidates for the May 2025 elections who formally requested protection in the run-up to the campaign period to voting day. In an interview, P/Colonel Rollyfer Capoquian, PPPO director, said they are meticulously evaluating the claimed threats to the…
Opinions
Editorial
When ‘benchmarking’ becomes an alibi for graft
THE Quad committee of the House of Representatives has been holding investigations “in aid of legislation” zeroing on alleged corruption and plunder in the office of Vice President Sara Duterte. The hearings wanted to know how the P125 million was spent by the vice president. Were it not for the…
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Punchline
VP Sara in Lingayen, not in Dagupan
By Ermin Garcia Jr THOSE who still don’t appreciate or understand how important Pangasinan is in the realm of voting power, let the recent images of the presence of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Vice President Sara Duterte in Pangasinan wooing voters for the 2025 mid-term election tell you…
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Out of the fire
May elections will be a flashpoint
By Gonzalo Duque FOLLOWING the recent concern expressed by no less than President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. about the hearings going on in the House of Representatives that seemed to be leading to the eventual impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte, the probe is now likely to be stopped because it…
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Random Thoughts
Legal setbacks
By Leonardo Micua THE series of legal setbacks suffered by the opposition councilors of Dagupan City could mean that justice and reason are not on their side in their continuing efforts to undermine the administration of Mayor Belen Fernandez. It started on January 12, 2024 when the Regional Trial Court…
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G Spot
Expressing Love
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo A good friend, art curator Bina Sarkar Elias, requested me to participate with a short 6-8 lines poem on women's empowerment for an art show she will be curating entitled "Free, Fearless & Fantastical!" scheduled for the Pen + Brush Gallery in New York (Jan.…
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Andromeda’s Vortex
Cheap politics
By Farah G. Decano THEY say that Philippine politics on the national scene is high level. In the academic sense, high-level politics tackle issues about international relations and national security. This concept, however, has earned a new connotation in our country to mean the involvement of powerful and influential…
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Newsy News
Reviving the agri convo with Engr. Sendong
By Eva C. Visperas IT had been a long time since we last spoke to Engr. Rosendo "Sendong" So, chairman of the homegrown Abono Partylist. For years, Rosendo has been a media fixture, always available to discuss anything related to agriculture. His commitment to the sector was evident during…
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Entre’acte
NEVER NOT, LOVE AGAIN, Pagdating ng Panahon
By Rex Catubig MY return to movie watching in the theater early this week, after a six-year hiatus, in part brought on by the Covid pandemic, was disenchanting. The movie that seduced me into going, Hello, Love, Again, is the much-ballyhooed sequel to an earlier smash hit and stars…
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Life with my lens
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
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…
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 - 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)
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.…
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…
Unliserbisyo ENGINEERS and personnel from the City Engineering Office, CDRRMO and DepEd were directed by Mayor Belen Fernandez to evaluate the structural stability of the school buildings after the intensity level 2 earthquake in Dagupan City on November 26. While there was no reported visible damage to school buildings by…
PANGASINAN’S BEAUTY QUEEN -- Rona Lalaine Lopez of Mangaldan who recently won the Hiyas ng Pilipinas 2nd runner-up of the New Miss Continental World, receives a plaque containing the resolution from the Sangguniang Panlalawigan led by Vice Gov. Mark Lambino, congratulating her during the SP’s regular session last November 25 at the…
PANGASINAN Brotherhood-USA President Sue Ann-Tumakay paid tribute to her fellow provincemates for their collective spirit and unwavering dedication that defined Pangasinan community. Citing her colleagues for their positive values during a gala night last week, she said the PB-USA is a testament to the enduring legacy and steadfast spirit of…
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