REACTIVATION OF 24/7 CHECKPOINTS SOUGHT THE return of the tarpaulin canopies that provided shelter to police personnel manning the six entry/exit points of Dagupan City during the pandemic and the 2022 election period was requested by the city police station after the latter was asked to reactivate and resume its…
THE Department of Education Dagupan City Schools Division Office (SDO) is considering more options as alternatives to replace classrooms possibly damaged by the Magnitude 7.0 earthquake in July 27. While Dagupan City was at Magnitude 5, it was more than enough to render some facilities unsafe. Dr. Aguedo Fernandez, DepEd…
By Gonzalo Duque I apologize for not expounding on the executive order of Mayor Belen Fernandez last week, creating an executive committee that will prepare Dagupan’s Diamond Jubilee Year on account of space limitation imposed by our editor. I had wanted to discuss some guidelines set by Mayor Fernandez’s…
By Leonardo Micua NOT many people knew that the high tide that hit Dagupan in mid mornings of August 10 and 11 was influenced by a cosmic phenomenon called “King Tides” felt not only in all the coastal areas in the Philippines but in the whole world without exception….
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo TODAY, I fell on the pavement facedown. I thought my face was broken because I was bleeding on the face, and tasted blood inside my mouth. Afraid that I would pass out, I immediately stood up with the help of strangers who took a cab…
By Farah G. Decano EASTER Sunday is now playing in theaters. I am pleased that finally Hollywood has taken fancy on an All-Filipino movie. Jo Koy, the stand-up comedian who explored the humor of having been raised by a Filipino mother steeped in Filipino values and tradition, seems to…
By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. FOR a long while, I was nationally known for being a professional cyclist by winning three national multi-stage cycling races and also finishing four times as a first runner-up. Aside from that, our Pangasinan squad which I skippered four times won the national team…
By Rex Catubig \BEFORE an infamous dam lent a bad reputation to the name, making it synonymous to being a harbinger of catastrophe as opposed to its religious significance of being a beneficent healer of sickness, San Roque had been, and remains a revered patron saint of my beloved…
RETROFITTING THE DAWEL BRIDGE – Personnel of the Department of Public Works and Highways start the task of repairing the damage on the Dawel Bridge in Bonuan District in Dagupan City caused by the July 27 Magnitude 5 earthquake. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
THERE is no plan yet to construct a new bridge to replace the damaged Dawel Bridge in Dagupan but merely to do some repair by retrofitting it to strengthen the bearing under the bridge that was weakened by the Magnitude 5 earthquake that struck Dagupan last July 27. This was…
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