SOON TO OPEN- An aerial view of the new Pantal bridge shows the almost completed phase except for its northern approach. The bridge and the completed Dawel-Pantal-Lucao road are set to be opened to traffic in March this year. (PunchPhoto by Willie Lomibao aboard a helicopter).
GILON, GILON-–Balikbayan residents watch with glee the actual harvesting of bangus in the fishpond of Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr. in Bacayao Norte from a floating hut last December 29 in a special program called “Gilon, Gilon” which formed part of the Dagupan City Fiesta. (Punchphoto by Willy Lomibao)
DAGUPAN FIRE—An old man and his grandsons search for anything of value from the rubble of their burned house gutted by a dawn fire on Thursday on Interior Barrera on A. B. Fernandez Avenue. The fire is believed to have been caused by an overheated electric fan.
FIESTA PARADE–Councilor and Hermano Mayor Jose Netu Tamayo, garbed in Katipunero attire, (left) leads the parade riding a horse while Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr. and the 31 barangay beauties comfortably ride calesas during the parade around downtown Dagupan last December 26. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
MAYBANK-PVAO PARTNERSHIP—Officials of MayBank and the Philippine Veterans Affairs Office are shown after signing a memorandum of agreement that will enable veterans to receive their pension through their MayBank ATM Account. At the signing ceremony were Ernesto Carolina, Undersecretary for Civil, Veterans & Reserve Affairs (4th from right) and Enrique…
DCNH ALUMNI OFFICERS– Mayor Alipio Fernandez, Jr., administers the oath of office of the new officers and members of the 2008 Dagupan City National High School Alumni Association led by RTC Judge Emma Torio as president during the DCHNS Alumni Homecoming Night on December 29 at the City Plaza. (CIO…
RIZAL DAY—City Administrator Alvin Fernandez acknowledges Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez after delivering his speech as guest of honor and speaker during the 111th Rizal Day celebration at the Dagupan City Plaza on December 30 as Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr. and German Manfred Ollik, Knight Commander of Rizal in Germany applaud….
VISITING MARKSMAN—Balikbayan Monico Meneses, son of retired Regional Trial Court Judge Iluminado Meneses of Bonuan, Dagupan City and a top marksman at the San Antonio Police (Texas), readies his pistol for firing in the Dagupan City Fiesta Shootfest held December 30 at the Dagupan Practical Shooting Association’s Firing Range in…
Chip 5 Jan 2008 Mr. Know-It-All Pontaoe, I admire your literary prowess that you display in this forum but to characterize an OFW and a Japayoke, misguided, is a shabby statement, and can only come from someone with a crab mentality. One must remember that most of these…
Rafael L. Oriel, Jr. 5 Jan 2008 Bagong taon na naman pero mukhang marami pa rin ang hindi nagbabago. Well, Mr. Pontaoe, you really started the New Year in Punch Forum with a bang all right as if trying to tell the whole world, “Let us be mean,…
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