RISKING LEPTOSPIROSIS – Two students cross a flooded street in Dagupan City nonchalantly while aware that they are risking leptospirosis infection each time they walk through flooded areas. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
NO SHORTAGE, JUST LOW SUPPLY – A stall owner at the Malimgas Market in Dagupan City shows customers the quality of locally-produced salt that sells for P30 per kilo. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
ONE WEEK OF UNLISERBISYO By Belen T. Fernandez AS I made my rounds to check the status of Dagupan’s rivers, kasama ko ang ating OIC city agriculture officer and members of Bantay Ilog Task Force. I was saddened to see our rivers teeming with illegal fishpens. Marami sa mga…
COMMITMENT TO SIMBAYANIHAN — Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas, Bishop Jovy Fodulla of the Iglesia Filipina Independiente and Ustadz Husayn Mangaoang of the Muslim Community sign their names on the framed document to pledge of their support to Simbayanihan, an advocacy that calls for active participation and engagement in local governance. (Punchphoto by Cesar…
Photo and short narrative by Art G. Valenzuela (Exclusive to The Sunday Punch) I always love to capture the rising of the sun and its setting. Perhaps it is the artist in me or putting it more succinctly — the romantic in me that inspires me to go to…
DAILY MAD RUSH IN AND OUT OF SCHOOL – Hundreds of students are seen entering and leaving the campus of the Dagupan City National High School during noon breaks to allow for the shifting of classes between morning and afternoon sessions for students. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
WHILE the national government continues to focus its attention on the infection rate of COVID-19 in the regions, the Pangasinan provincial government must not lose sight of the seasonal illnesses that infect communities during the rainy season- and can cause death: Dengue from mosquitoes. Gastroenteritis mainly from polluted drinking water….
FIRST RESPONDERS ON THE JOB — The tireless crew of the Dagupan City Disaster Risk Reduction Management prepare to move a rubber boat in position while waiting for orders to pick up isolated families or to distribute relief food in flooded areas. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
NO FISHING DAY – Fishermen tend to their nets and supplies while waiting for the Coast Guard to allow them to sail to the Lingayen Gulf for their regular fishing trips. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
PROTECTIVE DAD WHO’S OUT ON GAS – A young father whose motorcycle suddenly ran out of gas decides to keep his son comfortably seated while he walks his young learner to school. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
© 2026 Sunday Punch. Dagupan.
