Monthly Archives

July 2006

Toyo Construction ready to build bridge

By | Business, Inside News, News

Work on the new Pantal bridge can be expected to start soon. The Toyo Construction has already mobilized its personnel and equipment to proceed to Dagupan City preparatory to building the P903 million new Pantal Bridge, according to Department of Public Works and Highways Regional Director Fidel Ginez. Speaking during…

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Toyo Construction ready to build bridge

Pandaragupan Youth Orchestra formed

By | News, People & Events

At least 33 talented and musically-inclined students, mostly from indigent families, were selected to form the Pandaragupan Youth Orchestra. The orchestra was formed on the initiative of the Pandaragupan Youth Orchestra, Inc., made up of business leaders, professionals, music teachers and members of Non-Government Organizations. Jeslito Seen, one of the…

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Pandaragupan Youth Orchestra formed

Disaster-preparedness ‘olympics’ winners bared

By | News, People & Events

The one-day academic “Olympics” with the theme “Itaguyod ang Kaunlaran, Kalamidad ay Paghandaan’ staged at the Division Training Center on July 17 drew enthusiastic participation from the city’s schools and colleges and professional artists. The competition, one of the activities held in observance of the National Disaster Consciousness Month, was…

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Disaster-preparedness ‘olympics’ winners bared

Veteran cyclist Obosa wins eastern P’sinan bikefest

By | News, People & Events, Sports

MANAOAG son and veteran Ericson Obosa used his sprinting skills to race past his eight breakaway partners in the last 400 meters and win the P10,000 top prize in the “Tour de Cinco y Seiz Distritos” bikefest last Sunday which wheeled off  and finished in  Rosales town. The main pack…

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Veteran cyclist Obosa wins eastern P’sinan bikefest

Feelings

By | Feelings, Opinion

Oh No, Not Yet By Emmanuelle There is a topic that this writer would rather not write about. Though she knows, she would have to get around to doing it sometime; but not now, oh no, not yet. Oh well. That sometime is here. Feelings readers of the Sunday Punch,…

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Feelings

By July 23, 2006Feelings, Opinion

Birthdays/Anniversaries

By | Birthdays/Anniversaries

_________________________________________________________   Submit dates of birthdays and anniversaries of friends and relatives to sundaypunch2@yahoo.com as in below:  Ex: January 29, Wedding anniversary, Dop and Snow Garcia, Los Angeles, CA May 29, Birthday, Karmina Arrogante, Dagupan City ________________________________________________________  HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! July 23- (Dagupan City) Grace P. Flores, Linda Samson; (Manaoag) Rowena…

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Birthdays/Anniversaries

Pacquiao won but fan died

By | Inside News, News

AGUILAR- Warning! Watching Manny “Pacman” Paquiao fight can be hazardous to your health. But this warning came too late Danny Tiangson, 53, of barangay Pogonsili who died even before Pacquiao could be proclaimed the winner by a unanimous decision. According to the victim’s relatives, Tiangson, a certified Pacquiao fanatic, said…

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Pacquiao won but fan died

By July 16, 2006Inside News, News

Remembering how The PUNCH reported it – JULY 16, 1990 EARTHQUAKE

By | Headlines, News

Killer quake aftermath Dagupan not sinking Death toll: 48; Missing, 14; Injured, 24 P4 B needed, rehab work starts; Business paralyzed Classes still suspended; Relief distribution on Authorities dismissed as products of wild imagination reports that the quake-devastated Dagupan City will sink, saying there is no scientific basis for residents…

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Remembering how The PUNCH reported it – JULY 16, 1990 EARTHQUAKE

By July 16, 2006Headlines, News

Cable thieves now eye electric wires

By | Headlines, News

DECORP, PLDT, DIGITEL WORRY Child scavengers tagged as suspects Initially, the cable-theft syndicates targeted phone cables. Recently, they have started to cut off electric cables as well. Alarmed by the growing number of cable theft cases in Dagupan, city officials met with representatives of public utilities last Wednesday to map…

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Cable thieves now eye electric wires

By July 16, 2006Headlines, News