SEAWALL STOPS FISHERMEN’S LIVELIHOOD – Different fisherfolk groups are protesting the ongoing construction of steel seawall in front of their communities because it will prevent them from doing their usual fishing activity using the beach seine (kalokor). (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
CONG. MARK’S SUPPORTER – A fisherman who donned a campaign t-shirt of 2nd District Mark Cojuangco sheepishly smiles when retired police officer Sonny Versoza, points to the name on the fisherman’s t-shirt. Cojuangco is reportedly behind the protested seawall project. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
ICONIC PANTRANCO BUS — A reproduction of a unit of the Pantranco (Pangasinan Transportation Company), the biggest passenger company that served Pangasinenses commuting to various towns and other provinces since 1925 to 1970s, is featured in one of the 11 galleries of the Banaan Pangasinan Provincial Museum inside the historic Casa Real Building. (Punchphoto…
PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST WINNER – The PUNCH’S chief photojournalist Willie Lomibao is shown with PAGCOR officials after receiving his award for his entry to the PAGCOR Photography Contest 2023. ( L-R ) Atty. Juanito Sañora Jr PAGCOR president/COO, Alejandro Tengco, PAGCOR chairman /CEO, and Gilbert Remulla PAGCOR Director. Lomibao’s entry was one of 20 finalists…
By Rex Catubig IT’S where everything merges and converges: the Grand Central of street food, produce, and a motley assortment of goods and merchandise. And at five o’clock in the afternoon, Galvan street flanked by the old MacAdore and Malimgas market, becomes a veritable market goers’ convention hub —…
PANPACIFIC UNIVERSITY’S ‘SKILL’ — Dr. Rhonda Padilla, Panpacific University president, and Dr. Christine N. Ferrer -Director IV, CHED Region 1, unveil the marker of the World’s Universities with Real Impact during the launching of the university’s School of Knowledge Innovation and Lifelong Learning (SKILL). (Punchphoto by Ray Zambrano)
UNLISERBISYO VARIOUS flood mitigation programs and updates on Dagupan’s projects were presented during the first general meeting of the Flood Mitigation Commission of the city and stakeholders expressed their staunch support to the anti-flooding measures being implemented under the administration of Mayor Belen Fernandez on September 8, 2023. The commission’s…
LAST week, DPWH and Dagupan City government engineers confirmed that the city’s rivers and tributaries are heavily silted and block the flow of water from upstream to the sea. This fact can easily be gleaned from the Quintos Bridge over the Pantal River. A counterflow from the other side of…
MINIMUM RICE PRICE? – The pricing of the stall of the rice retailer in a public market in Pangasinan appears to be the common strategy adopted by many in all public markets, the minimum/maximum selling price is P45, not P41 (as mandated by E.O.39). It appears the maximum price cap rule dictated by…
HISTORICAL TRADING WITH CHINA — A docent at the Banaan Pangasinan Provincial Museum, explains how Chinese traders began trading with Pangasinan natives. In Chinese annals, Pangasinan was a Chinese trading post that attracted many other Chinese merchants including Limahong. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
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