By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. THE relatives, particularly parents and guardians, supporters and friends of our young athletes who passed the qualifying rounds to officially represent their respective regions in the coming Batang Pinoy National Games originally scheduled on December 4 to 10 in Vigan City, Ilocos Sur, are…
By Rex Catubig I always fell asleep on my way to Dagupan during my sem break from college. Despite being cramped elbow to elbow on the wooden bench seat of the Pantranco bus, the wind surge from the open sides, the drone of the engine, and the rocking motion…
November smoke gets in your eyes
RECENT DISCOVERY: 2 MISSING MOTORBOATS WITH more irregularities and anomalies committed by the past Lim administration being uncovered, affecting her administration, Dagupan City Mayor Belen Fernandez is considering to seek the help of the cybercrime division of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to establish accountabilities behind the series of deletion…
MBTF wants NBI to probe missing computer files
PARTIAL LUNAR ECLIPSE – PUNCH’s chief photojournalist Willie Lomibao took this photo of a partial lunar eclipse after a “blood moon”, over the skies of Dagupan City at 7:49 PM on November 8, 2022. In Dagupan City it was cloudy before and after the total eclipse. It was hardly visible and only…
PARTIAL LUNAR ECLIPSE
OPERATORS of old jeepneys, particularly whose engines are 15 years old or older, have only until March 31 next year to continue operating and after which, their units will be banned on roads and highways. The deadline was set for the implementation of the phasing out of the old jeepneys…
DOTr: Phaseout of old jeepneys, buses, vans starts April 1, 2023
GOOD news to commuters from both Camiling and Bayambang who were inconvenienced for weeks! The temporary bailey bridge constructed over the collapsed span of the Carlos P. Romulo Bridge along the Camiling-Wawa-Bayambang, Malasiqui road stretch is already open to light vehicles with maximum weight capacity of five tons only. Esperanza…
Bayambang bailey bridge finally open to light vehicles
AMID FINANCIAL CRISIS CAUSED BY LIM ADMIN A strict belt-tightening policy and intensified revenue collection from all sources was ordered by Mayor Belen Fernandez amid a projected a shortfall in collection of P60 million in the Dagupan City government up to the end of the year and missing records of…
Mayor Belen orders belt-tightening in city operations
SIXTEEN cases of Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease (HFMD) have been recorded in Dagupan City while 70 cases were reported by other towns and cities in Pangasinan. Dr. Ophelia Rivera, Dagupan City health officer, said the patients are aged four to nine some of whom reportedly acquired the disease in…
Dagupan logs 16 HFMD cases, patients in 14 towns reported
‘COUNT ME IN’ MOVEMENT A NATIONAL digital petition was launched on Friday, November 4, in Laoac town to convince both Houses of Congress to implement the Hybrid Election System (HES) n 2025. The ‘Count Me In’ campaign for the HES is led by Laoac Vice Mayor Atty. Nelson V. Gayo….
Digital petition for Hybrid Election System in 2025 launched
DUMP TRUCK TO THE DUMPSITE? – The truck is obviously headed towards the closed dumpsite while the rehabilitation is ongoing. Residents wondered where the truck dumped its load. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)