By Leonardo Micua IT looks like the political alliance that backed the tandem of then candidates Mon-Mon Guico and Mark Lambino, with Mark Cojuangco as one of the major allies in the province, is now on the rocks. This after Gov. Mon-Mon minced no words in criticizing the construction…
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo IN this day and age, women have lesser tolerance for philandering partners but it doesn’t mean they do not respond or react. They respond by not saying a word, or a tirade of so many words, or throw unidentified flying objects, leave, or wait. I…
By Farah G. Decano FLORANGEL Rosario Braid honored her city of birth anew by naming her recently launched book, “TAGPO: Right Place and Right Time.” Her book chronicles her life and the opportunities she encountered at the right time and right place. Dr. Braid is a much respected intellectual…
By Eva C. Visperas ON Tuesday evening, September 19, 2023, I had to set aside all my scheduled tasks, prompted by a message from a fellow Puncher, Farah Decano. She invited me to join a virtual program of Lyceum Northwestern University’s Rule of Law Month, Gender Card event, featuring…
By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. THE much-anticipated 2023 Asian Games have kicked off in Hangzhou, China, and it’s the talk of the town for sports enthusiasts across our nation. The event encompasses a wide array of sports sanctioned by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), including boxing, basketball, volleyball, football,…
By Rex Catubig I GREW up in the movies. And the post of Herencia del Filipinas of a vintage movie house purportedly in Dagupan, awakened a montage of dormant fleeting memories of the silver screen. As a boy in the barrio, the blaring announcement by a roving caravan of…
AMID efforts of the Marcos Jr. administration to stabilize the supply of rice and eventually see a drop in the price of various milled rice in the face of the uncontrolled spiraling prices of the commodity, there is one fact already absent in most Pangasinenses’ minds – Pangasinan was once…
By Ermin Garcia Jr. THAT’S the battle cry of the Belen Fernandez administration to rally sectors affected by the lost support and benefits that her 2023 annual budget promised after the 7 epaLiFes (majority in SP) engineered to deprive them of these. Mayor Belen urges her supporters, ILABAN SU BALEY!…
FISHERMEN’S PROTEST — Residents of Barangay Pangapisan Norte in Lingayen town stage a protest rally in front of the ongoing construction of a seawall fronting their community. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
A SEA wall of the Lingayen Beach reportedly initiated by Second District Rep. Mark Cojuangco was slammed by fishermen, residents and other stakeholders during an indignation rally Saturday at the Lingayen Beach. Led by P/Colonel Sonny Versoza (ret.), former Dagupan police chief and police provincial director, participants in the rally…
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