By Rex Catubig AT year-end past, I’m usually all agog expecting to be dazzled by the whizz and brilliance of fireworks. But this year is different. Because I’m blindsided by a sinister and remorseless pyrotechnics display that’s far from heavenly. I’ve seen it before. But my gaze is always…
CAPITOL NEWS Governor Amado I. Espino III reiterates call for unity among Pangasinenses during the Christmas Season as the Province of Pangasinan continues to report lower number of COVID-19 cases. In his Christmas message, Gov. Pogi extolled all frontliners who shared their efforts and sacrifices in the COVID response of…
SUNDAY Punch’s lensman Ray Zambrano clinched first place in the first-ever ExplorePD4 photo contest sponsored by Fourth District Rep. Christopher de Venecia. “In 1st place, Ray Zambrano’s multi-layered and visionary capture of swordfish or “pingka” roasting under the glare of the majestic sun. Pingka is a famous delicacy found in…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! JANUARY 2- (Dagupan City) Pepito Cendana, Christopher de Guzman JANUARY 7- (Dagupan City) Angeline Bernal-Samson; Rebecca Lomibao; (Villasis) Conrado ‘Jojo’ B. Estrella JANUARY 8- (Dagupan City) Arturo C. De Vera, JANUARY 9- (Dagupan City) Ofelia Donato; (Mangaldan) Arnold Mendoza, Nenita Mendoza Happy Birthday! DJ JUSTIN F. DELA CRUZ…
SHOULD the celebration of the Christmas take us away from the sufferings of our fellowmen in the southern islands amid new fears of a new outbreak and surge in the Covid pandemic? Not a few even wondered how the country can move on from this New Normal Christmas with all…
By Ermin Garcia Jr. SENATOR Ping Lacson was in town last Sunday, and I doggone missed it. I had wanted to listen in to his much talked about dialogues in town hall meetings with stakeholders in public service and governance. I’ve always known the senator to be a no-frills…
29 COVID-FREE TOWNS/CITIES THIRTY-FOUR new active COVID-19 cases in Pangasinan were reported over the six-day period ending on December 20. However, there were 24 patients that recovered. The positive note was no death was recorded during the past six-day period. There were six new cases logged on December 16 with…
MANGALDAN’S DEPICTION OF NATIVITY – Residents and visitors approach the life-size mock-up of the depiction of the birth of Jesus Christ for better appreciation of the creative details erected at the town plaza. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
P200K FUND FOR EACH BARANGAY WITH only six days before the year ends, only eight of the 31 barangays in Dagupan City received their respective shares of this year’s allocated P6.2 million Barangay Fund. This was bared by City Councilor Teresa Coquia who confirmed that seven barangays (Mayombo, Mangin, Barangays…
A post of the Public Information Office of Dagupan City that falsely credited City Councilor Celia Lim as author of the ordinance increasing the allowance of barangay tanods and an insensitive comment by a market marshal directed at Councilor Teresa Coquia created a furor at the Sangguniang Panglunsod (SP). The…
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