VISPERAS’ SHORT STORY IN PANGASINAN WINS — The PUNCH’s Associate editor Eva Visperas receives her award for her article that won first prize in the National Commission for Culture and the Arts’ Writers’ Prize 2023 on December 9 at the NCCA Auditorium in Manila. Her piece in Pangasinan titled “Inkadenan…
THE municipality of Manaoag hosted 4, 000 girl scouts from different cities and towns in Pangasinan who joined the two-day Girl Scout of the Philippines’ 74th Senior and 5th Cadet Provincial Camp held at Manaoag National High School last December 8-10. The camp was administered by the Girl Scouts of the Philippines (GSP) Pangasinan Council led by Executive Eufemia De Guzman and Division…
THE Agdao Integrated School of the San Carlos City Schools Division was among the top 5 Regional Awardees for School Governing Council Best Practices during the Regional School-Based Management Convergence and School Governance Council ceremony on December 14 in San Fernando City, La Union. San Carlos City SDO Division Superintendent Dr. Sheila Marie Primicias received the…
UNLISERBISYO SOME 200 children in Sitio Careenan, Barangay Poblacion Oeste were served with nutritious meals of chicken tinola with papaya and warm rice and pairing of fresh apples during the ‘Goodbye Gutom’ and ‘You’re the Apple of My Eyes’ program of Mayor Belen T. Fernandez on December 13. The feeding…
PANPACIFIC University Urdaneta (PUU) won the school-based division title when the National Basketball Training Center ‘s Development Basketball Program championship reeled off in Eastern Pangasinan last December 11. The Panpacific University trounced the Rosales National High School, 90-80; and the Villasis PMW Ball Club outclassed Bayambang in a 99-77 dominating finish. In the same tournament, Villasis PMW Ball Club…
THE Malasiqui local government launched the 1st Armando Mondares Cup Chess Tournament last December 3, 2023 that saw the participation of 60 chess wood pushers. Sanctioned by Mayor Anthony Geslani, the event was held at the Municipal ABC Building. The winners of the seven-round chess rapid time control system in 7 categories…
THE eldest daughter of Hendrix and Councilor Librada Reyna-Macalanda pulled a surprise in the recently concluded PSKI X Risk Karate Championship at Tiendesitas, Pasig City when she won gold medals in two events. Hailey Fe Macalanda won the gold medal in both Kata and Kunitz in the 8-9 year old category…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! DECEMBER 17 – (Dagupan City) Wendell de Guzman; (Mangaldan) Daniel De Guzman DECEMBER 18 – (Dagupan City) Cristina Santillan; (Calasiao) Erlinda de Guzman DECEMBER 19 – (Calasiao) Nenita de Vera; (Manaoag) Anecita de Vera DECEMBER 20 – (San Diego, CA, USA) Wedding Anniversary – RICKY & BLES LOPEZ…
HERE we go again. Some do-gooders at the House of Representatives and the Senate in government simply don’t understand the risks and hazards faced by journalists in their practice. To them, to decriminalize libel is a step in the right direction to prevent senseless harassment by politicians and businessmen for…
By Ermin Garcia Jr. IN our editorial this week, we called on our congressmen (and senators) to stop moves to decriminalize libel. While the move appears to support and protect journalism practice, the consequence of such a move will serve not only to increase risks to journalists’ lives but…
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