The miracle By Al S. Mendoza WITH only a hint of wrongdoing incurred allegedly by a government official in many Asian countries, including notably South Korea and Japan, that official will resign. Promptly. Pronto. Only very recently, the Prime Minister of South Korea has resigned. Reason? He took the blame…
Malacaňang’s AO 22 By Bebot Villar NOTHING miraculous about the order from Malacaňang. It was expected. Many of the board members natin refused to believe it but last Tuesday May 12, they realized that what I said was true, that the order of the Office of the President is…
Toward globalization in education By Johanne Margarette R. Macob A FEW days ago, an international higher education information provider- Quacquarelli Symonds (QS)- made public its latest ranking of top 300 Asian universities. The country’s premiere state university, University of the Philippines (UP) remains as the country’s top university and moved four notches…
HARASSING THE PUNCH FAMILY—-The PUNCH’s staff members cited as respondents in the libel case filed by Citystate Savings Bank troop to the regional trial court in Dagupan City to surrender voluntarily and to submit their P130,000 cash bond. The case stemmed from the publication of news story last year about…
FIRST BLOOD DRAWN FORMER Fifth District Congressman Mark Cojuangco fired the first shot early this year to signal the start of a political scramble for power when he announced his bid for the governorship post that Gov. Amado Espino Jr. will vacate. But it didn’t take long for Espino’s allies at…
UNITED WE JOG, DIVIDED WE RUN IN 2016—-What appears to be a jovial group jogging around the Capitol Complex and the Lingayen beachfront with Vice President Jejomar Binay, is likely a picture of political posturing by wannabes in the 2016 local elections. With the Vice President are Gov. Amado Espino Jr.,…
THE provincial chapter of the Nationalist Peoples Coalition (NPC) is far from being described as a sinking ship. While the provincial board members have made their sentiments known publicly by resigning their memberships in the party, the municipal mayors take a different view. Most municipal mayors of Pangasinan are inclined…
FINALLY, of the 68 fish pens allowed to operate in Dagupan’s rivers until April 30, only 25 remain to be demolished this week after Task Force Bantay Ilog headed by City Agriculture Office (CAO) completed the demolition of 43 structures. The city government ended up doing the dismantling of 68 fish…
DREDGING BEGINS—-The brand new Water Master III and the aging Dredge Visayas, both owned by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) start dredging the heavily silted and shallow Calmay River. A third dredging machine still moored near the Jose R. de Venecia Expressway Extension is set to joint…
OTHER towns may not be concerned but the Dagupan City government is not taking any chances. Learning from the ‘Yolanda‘ experience that saw countless deaths of residents in many communities, the city government is gearing itself for the possible occurrence of a similar calamity, the city being a coastline community….
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