HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! JULY 02 – (Calasiao) KRISTEL D. RAMOS; JULY 03 – (Dagupan City) Michael Peter M. Manaois; (Lingayen) Ara Soco, Roma Beatrice C. Improgo; (CA,USA) Gil Gregorio; JULY 05 – (Mangaldan) Luzviminda De Guzman; (Illinois, USA) Ma. Cristina R. De Venecia Happy Birthday! DIONISIO ‘Saffe’ VILLAR (July 01- Sto….
Photos and short story by Art G. Valenzuela “These boots are made for walking,” so goes the old song. And my camera is made to capture wonderful memories in wonderful places. Rather than store them in the inner recesses of my mind, here I am, sharing these nature photos with…
HERE, THERE AND EVERYWHERE: From Bolinao to Banaue
STARTING next week, our communities will be watching how our newly reelected and elected provincial and local officials will conduct themselves in the next 100 days. Here are some barometers uppermost in our local communities’ minds. Firstly, while it is safe to assume that the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic…
Post pandemic ‘First 100-days’ of local governance
By Ermin Garcia Jr. NEXT week, Mayor Belen Fernandez (and many others like her) will restart her public service engine. And fairly or unfairly for her, the expectations are very high given the unprecedented mandate she got from the city, and after the disappointing and dismal performance of the…
Restarting the public service engine
By Al S. Mendoza BARRING a catastrophe, Bongbong Marcos will become our President five days from now. That’s on June 30 to be exact, signaling the second coming of a Marcos 36 years after Bongbong’s father was deposed as president in the bloodless Edsa People Revolt on February 25,…
In politics, timing is everything
By Gonzalo Duque THE Sanggunian Panlungsod has passed a resolution expressing its profound gratitude to outgoing Mayor Brian Lim, commending him for his “sterling leadership and competent management” of the city’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This is a positive move of the august body. Recognizing the mayor’s awesome and…
Commendation vs reservation
HITMEN RIDING-IN-TANDEM ARE BACK CRIMINALS riding in tandem struck again, killing the president of the Lingayen-Dagupan Transport Cooperative whose fleet of modernized vehicles are among those giving Libreng Sakay to commuters to and from Dagupan daily. The ambush happened 7:15 p.m. on June 23 in Lingayen town at the corner…
Transport cooperative president shot dead
VEGETABLE FARMER HIT BY FUEL CRISIS – Farmer counts cash to determine how many liters of gas he can buy to reach the market. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
VEGETABLE FARMER HIT BY FUEL CRISIS
ESPINO AMBUSHER NABBED – One of the last two fugitives, Sherwin Diaz, charged for the ambush of former Fifth District Rep. Amado Espino Jr., is presented to the media by P/Lt. Col. Bernouli Abalos, CIDG Pangasinan provincial director. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
ESPINO AMBUSHER NABBED
ONE of the principal accused in the attempted slaying/ambuscade of former Fifth District Rep. Amado Espino Jr. on September 11, 2019 was arrested in the early morning of June 24 in Barangay Mawaque, Mabalacat, Pampanga by joint police operatives. The suspect, Sherwin Diaz, an ex-Army Ranger from Barangay Caturay Sur,…