2023 DAGUPAN WATERWORLD — The high level of flood water in many parts of Dagupan City last week is ominous and foretells of a city completely under water. The flooding last week was mainly from the heavy rains carried by Super Typhoon ‘Egay’. Fortunately, for the city, it did not occur when the…
ONE-WAY STREET THRU DRAINAGE CONSTRUCTION – Motorists from Mangaldan and Manaoag literally move like turtles as they pass through flood and deep mud on A.B. Fernandez East Ave. amid ongoing construction of an elevated drainage system in the area. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
HERE we go again. Super Typhoon Egay came and went, and thank God, Pangasinan was largely unscathed, at least compared to other provinces in the Ilocos Region. The Pangasinan Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) reported only P34-million in damages to the “agriculture” sector. Still, it was about…
SNAPPY ATTIRE AS PROPER DECORUM – Members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, keep to their respectable dress code as honorable members of the legislative body, huddle in front of Vice Gov. Mark Lambino during last week’s regular session before Typhoon ‘Egay’ hit home. Many that visit and attend the regular sessions wonder…
NO CLASSES IN SCHOOL BELT– The knee-deep flood water on Perez Blvd – Tapuac Road junction was reason enough to suspend all classes in the area. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
UNLISERBISYO MAYOR Belen Fernandez visited barangays that experienced severe flooding during typhoon and high tide to assess how the flooding in the areas can be included in the program of the Flood Mitigation Commission. She was accompanied by City Engineer Josephine Corpuz during her ocular assessment in Maharlika Riles, Caranglaan;…
THE Inner Wheel Club of Downtown Dagupan (IWCDD ) led by President Jean C. Ang accomplished its three-day basic massage therapy livelihood training program for persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) at the female dorm of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) in Dagupan City. The trainers are persons with…
WHAT’S a senior newspaper like the Sunday PUNCH to do when it reaches 67? A lot more than when it was 15, 30, 50 years old! Unlike many journalists whose physical ages begin experiencing difficulties in movements and memory when they reach 65, The PUNCH’s mission as a community newspaper…
ICONOCLAST – SM shoppers view the Iconoclast, a graphic novel by Gino Tioseco, a ten-day (July 19-29) painting exhibit hosted by the SM City Dagupan at Level 2. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
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