COMMUNITY LIFE UNDER NEW NORMAL – Some 100 artist volunteers from the Eastern Pangasinan–Villasis, Rosales, Urdaneta, Balungao, Umingan, Asingan, Natividad, Tayug, Sta Maria, and Sto. Tomas – work on a 300-meter wall mural in Villasis town depicting aspirations in their daily lives under the New Normal, post the COVID-19 pandemic. (Punchphoto…
AFTER FIVE MONTHS DELAY THE office of City Mayor Brian Lim finally submitted the city government’s proposed Devolution Transition Plan (DPT) to the Dagupam Sangguniang Panlungsod before the close of office hours on March 9, five months past its deadline on October 12, 2021. As the prescribed process mandates, the…
REENACTED BUDGET LOOMS DAGUPAN City is close to operating with a reenacted budget up to the end of the year after the Indicative Annual Procurement Plan (IAPP) in lump sum form submitted to the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) by the office of the city mayor on December 20, 2021 was found…
RESIDENTS URGED TO STAY INDOOR EVEN before PAGASA can officially declare the onset of summer, Dagupan City already topped the highest heat index twice this week. According to PAGASA, Dagupan City first made it to the top on Monday, March 7, with 46 degrees Celsius. Davao City, Tuguegarao City and…
By Leonardo Micua LAST week, Finnela Sim, regional coordinator of the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC), tagged me along to Lingayen where she turned over 60 sports balls to the provincial government in line with the nationwide grassroots sports program on sports of PSC Chairman William “Butch” Ramirez. Ms. Sim,…
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo THESE days, I get notifications on Ukraine. If I listen to all the traditional media outlets, the social media and succumb to the propaganda, I would be unduly skewered with the rest of the public who have given opinions without re-reading the history of the…
By Farah G. Decano “I like Manny Pacquiao to be president.” “Why?” I asked. “Because he is humble. He talks about his compassion for the poor and intention to deliver them from poverty with such sincerity.” “How did you determine his sincerity?” I became more curious. “He speaks with…
By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. THE PATAFA-Obiena rift is still unresolved despite the senate intervention to fix the crisis. It has turned from bad to worst. The issue is like the unstoppable soaring of oil prices and the weakening of our peso in the world market. Yes, latest report…
By Rex Catubig Note: This is a continuation of our tribute to the simple ordinary woman. Last week, due to space constraint, a couple of lines meant to paint the contrast between the two types of women who work the “night shift”, and the metaphorical coda at the end,…
LAST MINUTE FULL TANK — A common sight in Pangasinan was the long queue of vehicles last Monday, March 7, in all gas stations that rushed to have their gas tanks fully filled before midnight to beat the expected bigtime increase in fuel prices took effect. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
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