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June 2022

Birthdays/Anniversaries July 3 – 9, 2022

By | Birthdays/Anniversaries

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….

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Birthdays/Anniversaries July 3 – 9, 2022

HERE, THERE AND EVERYWHERE: From Bolinao to Banaue

By | Art Valenzuela's Photo Collection, Punch Gallery

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…

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HERE, THERE AND EVERYWHERE: From Bolinao to Banaue

Post pandemic ‘First 100-days’ of local governance

By | Editorial, Punch Gallery

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…

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Post pandemic ‘First 100-days’ of local governance

Restarting the public service engine

By | Punchline

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…

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Restarting the public service engine

By June 26, 2022Punchline

Commendation vs reservation

By | Out of the fire

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…

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Commendation vs reservation

By June 26, 2022Out of the fire

Transport cooperative president shot dead

By | Headlines

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…

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Transport cooperative president shot dead

By June 26, 2022Headlines