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TOBACCO FARMERS PROTEST – The protesting tobacco farmers meet to express their resentment and opposition to plan to increase tax on cigarettes. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
TOBACCO FARMERS PROTEST
ALAMINOS CITY—This city, home of the famous Hundred Islands, has a new mayor possibly the youngest city chief executive elected nationwide in the May 13 polls. Twenty-two year old Arth Bryan Celeste garnered 22,498 votes while his closest rival had 19,452 votes in a three-cornered mayoralty fight. All the candidates…
Alaminos City elected youngest PH city mayor
BOLINAO SUNSET — A mother and child bike around a fish port in Bolinao town as the summer sun sets on the West Philippines Sea over the weekend as public schools prepare for the opening of classes next week. (Punchphoto by Jojo Riñoza)
BOLINAO SUNSET
TOBACCO FARMER’S HELPER –- A young daughter of a tobacco farmer in Villasis town sorts and strings newly harvested tobacco leaves while her father protests the planned increase in cigarette taxes. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
TOBACCO FARMER’S HELPER
SUMMER’S CATCH — A woman arranges fish to dry under the sun in barangay Pantal in Dagupan City. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
SUMMER’S CATCH
A TRUE STORY UNTOLD. 2AM, May 14, 2019. When the Pozorrubio Municipal Board Canvassers called for her presence in her proclamation as incoming mayor, Emma Chan did not ride a car. She walked the streets to the SB Hall, no police presence at all (though her town was originally included…
A TRUE STORY UNTOLD
BALON DAGUPAN NEWS THE city’s new Teen Center is now open for the youth, following a turnover ceremony on May 21. Mayor Belen T. Fernandez led the simple rites with DepEd officials headed by Schools Division Superintendent Dr. Lorna Bugayong. They were joined by officers from the Division Federated Supreme…
