SCAVENGERS WARNED – The Dagupan City government posts the signboard that warns scavengers to stay away from the dumpsite that is undergoing clearing operations. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
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GRILLED TALABA ANYONE? — Contestants of Miss Hundred Islands 2025 sample the grilled oysters during the “Talaba Ihaw-Ihaw” event of the annual Hundred Islands Festival of Alaminos City. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
GRILLED TALABA ANYONE?
UNLISERBISYO ARAW-ARAW ang operasyon sa pag clear ng dating bundok ng basura. Sa ngayon po ay makikita na ang haba ng napatag na area mula nang magsimula po tayo patungo sa SAFE CLOSURE AND REHABILITATION nito as our first step in TRANSFORMING THE AREA INTO AN ECOTOURISM PARK. Kaya ipinagbabawal…
SAFE CLOSURE AND REHABILITATION OF DUMPSITE
By Rex Catubig (Note: This is part of my series on Women in celebration of National Women’s Month) IT’S an oft repeated tale of OFW woe. The domestic helper being maltreated. One is already inured to these stories. Until it hits close to home. Christina Aquino, a single mom…
Woman as OFW
SOON after Ferdinand Marcos Jr. took his oath as president of the Philippines in 2022, he announced the appointments of cabinet members, except a secretary for the Department of Agriculture. He said he would be the DA’s concurrent secretary. The agriculture sector wondered if, indeed, he had the experience or…
DA as the most corrupt agency
CATHOLICS’ RITUAL — Parishioners of St. John the Evangelist Cathedral in Dagupan City join the ritual burning of old palms used last year whose ashes are used during Ash Wednesday, the start of the Holy week. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
CATHOLICS’ RITUAL
By Rex Catubig WOMEN are usually portrayed as mothers or wives, or girlfriends. When they are in an illicit relationship, they are branded as kabit, the other woman. But there are other women, who fall under the tag other woman not because of the implied forbidden status but simply…
The other woman
BAM IN DAGUPAN – University of Luzon students and faculty await the opportunity to listen to their special guest, senatorial candidate Bam Aquino, during the UL’s 77th Foundation Day celebration. He is accompanied on stage by gentlemen in pink shirts, from left- UL President Chito Samson, former DENR Secretary Eli Quinto and DCNHS Batch ‘73 President…
BAM IN DAGUPAN
UNLISERBISYO MATATANDAAN na isa rin sa mga proyekto ni Mayor Belen Fernandez na ibinasura ng 7 majority councilors noong 2022, 2023, at 2024 ang pagtatayo ng bagong Salapingao Child Development Center na para sa mga batang walang magamit na ligtas, maayos, at komportableng lugar para sa kanilang pag-aaral. Kasama ring…
