FOR THE ADVENTUROUS REVELER – A vendor at the designated fireworks zone in Dagupan City is ready to serve any preferred firework, local or imported, to the New Year afficionados who can’t think of celebrating it other than lighting up thousands worth of fireworks, sparklers, etc. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
THEFT or inside job? This, after a Chinese engineer working with a sub-contractor at the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) in Labrador, reported he lost more than P1 million to thieves who broke into his room at the house that he and his two companions are renting. But after…
TWO former members of the “Militia ng Bayan” of the Communist Terrorist Group (CTG) in Umingan town surrendered to police and military on December 26. The surrenderers were identified as Diosdado Parinas, alias “Ka “Joel”, 47, and Alfredo Valdez, alias “Cardo”, 71, both of Barangay Maseil-Seil, Umingan. They surrendered in…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! JANUARY 01 – (Dagupan City) Louela Agustin, Clarita de Vera; (Manaoag) Katherine Sandoval JANUARY 02- (Dagupan City) Pepito Cendana, Christopher de Guzman; (Calasiao) Annaliza Servito; (Mangaldan) Arlene Vedana JANUARY 06 – (Dagupan City) Luzviminda Centeno; (Mangatarem) Cesar Perez JANUARY 07 – (Dagupan City) Angeline Bernal-Samson, Rebecca Lomibao; (Villasis)…
By Leonardo Micua THIS week, permit me to reprint the my good friend and The Punch’s news correspondents in USA, Tocayo Leonardo J. Galvez ‘s post on his Facebook account. Mr. Galvez used to write for The Punch till he decided to migrate in the Land of Milk and…
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo I realized that some of the people closest to me are experiencing challenges which they have chosen to keep for themselves. Over the years, we have shared thoughts, acted on problems together and celebrated our successes. It is heartbreaking when you see them suffer, whether…
By Farah G.Decano ACCOLADES are not the monopoly of the famous, the rich and the powerful. It is time we recognized the hard work of the people whom we meet in our daily toil. For this column, I wish to show my appreciation to the security guards at CSI. Recently,…
By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. SOME of my cycling mates, my age contemporaries, my relatives, friends, media colleagues and especially numerous cycling avid aficionados, keep asking me if I still ride my bike even for just for fun, only. Their biggest question is, if I don’t…why not? My answer…
By Rex Catubig THEY were high school kids in their teens — tabula rasas eager to absorb colors and paint dreams. I was a young college grad bursting with idealism and desirous to impart social consciousness and awaken young minds to the harsh realities of a world in the…
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