By Farah G. Decano I CANNOT help but be moved by the humility of City Councilor, Manang Celia Lim, when she apologized to the Sanggunian Panglungsod members moments after her outburst. Councilor Irene Lim-Acosta, who stood in front of Manang Celia, appeared worried about her mother’s show of vulnerability….
By Eva C. Visperas IT started on a happy note. Everyone was excited, especially women-beneficiaries of Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS) and farmers’ groups. The reason: The Super Ate of our President, Senator Imee Marcos, came to Lingayen for the distribution of projects at the Veterans’ Park in Lingayen…
Super Ate Imee‘s disappointments with Pangasinan
By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. “IT has been said, and it will be done.” That was my reading of the thoughts of my beloved town Mangaldan’s chief executive Bonafe de Vera Parayno on the return of Pangasinan’s biggest, oldest and the most prestigious one-day bikefest in the province popularly…
“It has been said…” but it was not done
Sunday Punch Women’s Month Exclusive (1st of 2 parts) By Rex Catubig IT all started with an ice cream stick. One of three boys our overseas domestic helper was taking care of, asked her to buy him ice cream at the cold store. Which she did, thinking the boy had…
The woman distressed by ice cream
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! MARCH 12 – (Dagupan City) MARLYN BARROZO; (Calasiao) Armando de Vera, Menchie De Vera MARCH 14 – (Dagupan City) Ryan Mae Galliguez; (Mangaldan) Monchito Cendana, Ricca Agapito MARCH 16 – (Dagupan City) Wendy Dela Cruz, Angelica Dela Cruz MARCH 18 – (Calasiao) Arlene De Vera Happy Birthday!…
Birthdays/Anniversaries March 12 -18, 2023
PIERRE NOEL “Angcoy” FORONDA CRISOLOGO December 29, 1985 – March 7, 2023 Angcoy joined his Creator on March 7, Tuesday. He is survived by his parents, BOK and AGNES, stepmother TENG, his children, NEIYA and BRANDON, his siblings BOENG, TEA, TEO and KEVIN. His family and friends earnestly request…
PIERRE NOEL “Angcoy” FORONDA CRISOLOGO
IT is bad enough that Pangasinan has a governor in Mr. Ramon Guico III who has assumed a muted governance policy never before witnessed in the province since the 60s! The situation for Pangasinenses is aggravated when the provincial board members have shown willingness to merely do as the governor…
Wanted: Credible Sangguniang Panlalawigan
By Ermin Garcia Jr. AS I recall how Frank Sinatra’s enduring “My Way” song that begins with – “ And now, the end is near…” I cannot but feel that no other line in that song would best describe the scenario for the 7epaLiFes’ short-lived power play to heir…
“And now, the end is near…”
WATCH OUT FOR BAGOONG FESTIVAL – Lingayen’s touted Bagoong Festival is set to entertain thousands of visitors for three days again after a 3-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
WATCH OUT FOR BAGOONG FESTIVAL
GOV. Ramon Guico III issued on March 2 two Executive Orders (EO) extending anew the temporary total ban on the entry of live swine/pigs, pork, and pork by-products and another involving ducks, quails, spent hens (culled), hatching eggs, pigeons, gamefowls, ready to lay pullet that come from other provinces to…