By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. IN our last week’s issue, I acknowledged the many queries from our avid cycling enthusiasts about who, when, where and how Pangasinan’s cyclists fared and succeeded in competitive cycling over the years. I decided that the best way to respond to these questions is…
By Rex Catubig “IT’S a constant battle, a war between remembering and forgetting.” ~E.E. Cummings. Aside from family, my brother had three great loves: politics, women, and food. It was his love of food that forged the bond between us. As kids growing up in the barrio, we were…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! MAY 19- (Dagupan City) Clarissa Servito; May Anne Domingo; (Calasiao) Arlene Vedana MAY 21- (Dagupan City) Arnold Fernandez; (Mangaldan) Aries Finuliar MAY 22- (Dagupan City) Anselma de Guzman Happy Birthday! DANNY CUNA (May 19 – Dagupan City) Happy Birthday! NINO MANIPON (May 21 – Lipit, Manaoag) Happy Birthday!…
WE, The PUNCH editors and staff, thank the Philippine Press Institute for acknowledging your SUNDAY PUNCH as the ‘Best Edited Weekly Community Newspaper’ in the country. We accept the citation with pride knowing that our mission as defined by our founder Ermin E. Garcia in 1956, is validated not only…
By Ermin Garcia Jr. ONE cannot but to hand it to the 7 epaLiFes. They consistently, wittingly or unwittingly, manifest their ignorance about parliamentary rules and laws practically every week without fail! The most recent was their decision to cut the 2024 supplementary budget by 73%. They want…
2024 GILON-GILON CHAMPION – Street dancers of Cluster 6 (Barangays Pantal, Lasip Chico, Lucao, Malued and Tapuac) show their winning performance that made them this year’s champion with other minor awards. Gilon-Gilon is an annual and popular feature of the Bangus Festival every year. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
THE seven members of the opposition slashed the proposed P599, 972.235.23 million supplemental budget to P43 million despite explanation from Mayor Belen Fernandez the difference between the annual budget and the supplemental budget. The city mayor called out specifically, Councilor Redford Erfe-Mejia, as chairman of finance committee, for not knowing…
ONE SCHOLAR NABBED IN BUY-BUST OPS MAYOR Belen Fernandez turned the table on the opposition when one of its members raised questions on the selection process after one scholar of the present city administration was caught in an anti-drug operation of the police and reportedly in detention. Fernandez quickly clarified…
WE DID IT! – The members of the opposition in the Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod show copies of the ordinance they passed ostensibly for the benefit of city hall employees after rejecting the same for last year. Shown claiming credit for the passage are from left: Councilors Irene Lim-Acosta, Celia Chua-Lim,…
IN observance of Cervical Cancer Awareness Month, the Department of Health-Center for Health Development 1 (DOH-CHD-1) is providing complimentary cervical cancer screenings throughout the month of May at key hospitals in Region 1. Women are urged to undergo these screenings on May 24 at the Region 1 Medical Center in…
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