Pangasinan’s best athletes of 2011 By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. SORRY guys if you missed my column last week. I was not able to beat The PUNCH deadline which fell on a Thursday (December 29), not remembering that the following day was Dr. Jose Rizal’s day, a national holiday. My…
Saving innocence By Raqueza Lalangan, UPB ALMOST 1/3 of the Philippine population is composed of the youth, according to the National Census. At the same time, statistics from the Philippine National Police indicate that almost six million children and youth are at risk, including those who are in conflict with…
“FOR ADULTS” SHOW AT THE PLAZA—Ladies in skimpy bikinis perform before a large crowd (including children) at the Dagupan City Plaza during the city fiesta’s Barangay Night last Dec. 27, prompting an uproar among the city’s conservative population. Back to Homepage
STILL NO MEMO TO CITY ENGINEER EVEN with the Christmas and fiesta rush over, the Dagupan city hall appears in no hurry to act on the illegal structures, including several beach resorts, that have proliferated at the foreshore land in Barangay Bonuan Binloc and part of the Tondaligan Park. City Engineer…
NOT FAMILY-FRIENDLY—Scantily-clad dancers who were hired to perform during the Barangay Night on December 27 did their “for-adults” act at the city plaza to the delight of the men in the audience but not their wives, some of whom attended with their children in tow. The performance sparked a controversy…
FUN FOR THE BOYS WHAT was supposed to be a fun evening for Dagupan’s barangay officials and their families left a very bad taste in the mouth with the inclusion of a lewd show that prompted some guests to walk out. Seven scantily-clad ladies in two-piece bikinis performing lascivious acts…
LOUD, BUT SAFE––Residents and visitors of Barangay Pogo Grande anxiously watch the preparation for the sequential explosion of firecrackers of all sizes attached to a single line of wick that stretched over a kilometer long for the community’s Balon Kaaguan traditional welcome of the new year at noon of January…
THREE children who had their fingers or hand amputated were among the more than 30 recorded injuries related to the New Year’s celebration. The Region 1 Medical Center (R1MC) reported a total of 34 injuries, of which 30 were from December 31 to January 4. The most seriously injured was…
LINGAYEN—Former President Fidel Ramos will be the guest of honor and speaker during the 67th Lingayen Gulf Landings commemoration, also known as the Pangasinan Veterans Day, on January 9 at the Pangasinan Memorial Park here. The day will mark the landing of the Allied Liberation Forces headed by General Douglas MacArthur in…
CITY administrator Vladimir Mata said the city hall is expecting the Sangguniang Panlungsod to invite city hall’s department heads, including himself, this week discuss the proposed 2012 budget. “The city government’s department heads are ready to defend their respective budget proposals,” Mata said in a statement issued Friday.
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