BLESSED are the peacemakers because they get hurt. This was the case of Bautista town Mayor Joseph Espino who attempted to break up a rumble between two warring groups. Investigation showed the town was holding its SK Night in the municipal gymnasium as part of its town fiesta, when 20-year-old…
By Leonardo Micua NO other Dagupeno is more deserving of the highest Pinablin Dagupeno Award given during the culmination of the Diamond Jubilee Celebration of Dagupan City on June 19, than former five-time Speaker Jose C. de Venecia, Jr. Now 87 years old and a legend of his own, JdV…
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo I always take brewed coffee at home, from freshly-ground beans bought from various places, and those sent to us by friends from their travels. On very rare occasions, I have my coffee at McDonald’s. Whenever I do, I remember Philippine National Artist for Literature F. Sionil…
By Farah G. Decano I am seeing more rainbow flags displayed this month of June in places I expected the least because of the offices’ perceived tendency to be conservative. While attending a hearing in Urdaneta City two weeks ago, I was very much surprised to see two multicolored…
By Eva C. Visperas IT was Father’s Day last Sunday, June 18, when we, a group of Pangasinan reporters, headed to Bonifacio Global City (BGC) to catch SandboxFest2023 featuring Duncan Macmillan’s plays “Lungs” and “Every Brilliant Thing”. We had more than eight-hours roundtrip to-and fro BGC in our van…
By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. WITHOUT a doubt, our Filipino boxers are our perennial hopes to win medals since we started to join the world’s most prestigious multiple sporting events called Olympic Games in 1924. Eight Filipino amateur boxers had already given us four silver and four bronze medals,…
By Rex Catubig I grew up in Calmay which was cut off from the población by the river. Our barrio had everything a village needed, but we would cross the river aboard a banca to partake of life on the other side. On Sundays, my mother and I would…
BISKEG NA BALEY DIAMOND AWARDEE – Former Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. receives the highest commemorative award for the city’s 75th founding anniversary from Mayor Belen Fernandez. With him is his son Rep. Christopher de Venecia, himself a PINABLIN PANGIDAYEW DIAMOND Awardee. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
THE 76th Agew na Dagupan celebration with the theme “Ilaban su Baley” (Fight for the City), kicked off on June 20 with a wreath-laying at the foot of the monument of the late Speaker Eugenio Perez Sr., revered as the Father of Dagupan who authored Republic Act 170, the law…
UNLISERBISYO MAYOR Belen Fernandez presided over the mass wedding ceremony for 38 couples from different barangays in the city, billed as the first BEACH MASS WEDDING IN TONDALIGAN, last June 18, at the Tondaligan Beach. The ‘Diyamanteng Kasalan’ was an activity to celebrate the 75th Year Diamond Jubilee Anniversary of…
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