(Filed by Ahikam Pasion) Promodiser killed in motorcycle collision A 43-year-old motorcycle-riding promodiser in Bugallon was declared dead on arrival at the hospital after a head-on collision with another motorcycle rider. The incident occurred at 2 AM when the victim, Erwin Aquino Salazar, a resident of Brgy. Umanday, Bugallon, was…
By Gonzalo Duque CONGRATULATIONS to The Sunday Punch for adding another milestone in its history as a fighting community newspaper—its 68th anniversary. The Sunday Punch is now the longest surviving community newspaper in the country today. The Baguio Midland Courier, the oldest community newspaper in Baguio and the Cordilleras…
A Pres. Trump will be good for PH
By Leonardo Micua NO one has to doubt the report that Dagupan is in the tail end among all cities in Region 1 for its performance given the kind of councilors that the people elected in 2022. Using their number as the majority, the seven councilors in the opposition…
The obstructionist councilors succeeded
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo THE poem Asawa (Pupok ti Kapia) was inspired by Cage of Peace, one of the paintings of Belgian surrealist artist René François Ghislain Magritte, known for his provocative “depictions of familiar objects in unfamiliar, unexpected contexts”. My interpretation of his work was based on the…
Cage of Peace
By Farah G. Decano DON’T you think it is presumptuous to call oneself a kingmaker when he or she has produced only one top honcho who actually was not a nobody to start with? President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. was not a nobody in 2010, 2016 or 2022, when…
The Kingmaker
By Eva C. Visperas LAST Monday, the Sangguniang Panlalawigan session hall was full-packed. I wondered what the agenda was since there were a lot of spectators, seated guests that included newsmen who normally don’t cover the beat. I got a copy of the agenda and I saw a ‘Question Hour…
Urdaneta City’s ‘agri land reclassification’ questioned
By Rex Catubig WE call them maid, boy, or katulong, now better known as kasambahay—short for kasama sa bahay–literally, house companion, euphemism for servant, househelp. However condescendingly they are called, they are an indispensable part of the Filipino household. Back in the day, our family had a handyman, a housemaid,…
Wanted: Kasambahay
UNLISERBISYO SA DAGUPAN PAGKATAPOS ng office hours, dali-daling nagpunta ang mga Job Order Employees (JOEs) sa city plaza upang ipapirma ang renewal ng kanilang kontrata o “serbisyo” (mula July to December 2024) sa LGU-Dagupan, sa pamamagitan ni Mayor Belen Fernandez. Sa pagkakataong ito’y ibinahagi ng alkalde ang pagtaas ng kanilang…
DAGDAG SAHOD ALERT
TWO Para athletes from the Schools Division Office of San Carlos City representing Region I showcased their exceptional balancing and coordination skills when they bagged two gold medals in Bocce during at the recently concluded Palarong Pambansa last July 12 at the Bright Academy Gymnasium in Cebu City. Bocce is a ball game that requires each player or team to take turns rolling the ball towards…
San Carlos’ Para athletes wrest 2 golds in Palaro
MARVIN Santiago of the Dagupan Tenpin Bowling Inc. captured the championship in the Men’s Graded Masters Finals during the national bowling open marking the 19th PTBA-Crown Pipes Open Championship held on July 19 at Pladium Bowling Center in Quezon City last July 19. Santiago, 47, scored 1,594 pinfalls in eight games,…