SINCE President Marcos Jr. assumed his coveted post in July 2022, his administration has been noted for three things: the most traveled president in six months, spiraling prices of rice, sugar and onions, and last but not the least, the creation and promotion of Maharlika Investment Fund, earlier bandied as…
PREPARING FOR BOUNTIFUL HARVEST – A tobacco farmer in Barangay Macayo in Alcala town plows an area in his farm to uproot weeds that will compete for the water through the plowed area, The plowed area in-between tobacco plants serves as a channel for water. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
LAST MINUTE REGISTRANT FOR SK ELECTIONS – A young boy goes through the process of submitting his biometric data to Comelec five minutes before the registration closed. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
ABUNDANT SUPPLY OF TOMATOES – Unlike the anxious onion vendors, the tomato vendors at the Bagsakan Market in Villasis are confident there will be no imported tomatoes that will affect their P150 per crate selling price. (Punchphto by Ray Zambrano)
VALENTINE’S DAY IN LINGAYEN – Workers prepare a heart-shaped arch at the public plaza in Lingayen on Wednesday for lover’s and couples’ selfie photo ops on Valentine’s Day. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
Molano is interrogated by a PDEA operative after his arrest. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka) A MEMBER of the Public Order and Safety Office (POSO) of Binmaley town was arrested by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office last January 29 in a drug buy-bust operation. The…
UNLISERBISYO DAGUPAN City Mayor Belen Fernandez was among the local government executives, led by Governor Ramon Guico III and Vice Governor Mark Lambino, that met with DILG Sec. Benhur Abalos during his visit to Pangasinan last January 30 to join the celebration of the Binmaley Town Fiesta. He was invited…
By Rex Catubig SOME wonder why the Jayceekens love to have breakfast and meetings at the unkept PNR Heritage site. And for good reason. After all, the dusty ground, crawling ants and falling insects from the Duhat tree, aggravated by the piercing morning sun, can turn off the…
IT was all a misunderstanding. This may be a politically-correct reaction from the Philippine National Police leadership to the brouhaha over the reported harassment of the widow of an onion farmer who committed suicide, but that is an understatement as well. It was an embarrassing encounter for all the parties…
By Rex Catubig (Note: This is an updated version of my opening remarks at the Darapilan Art Exhibition held in conjunction with the National Arts Month at the so-called Saudi Building in DCNHS campus in February 2020). THERE’S a poem by Langston Hughes inscribed on a flexiglass divider at…
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