By Farah G. Decano IT is still February, albeit post Valentine, and I was inspired by my former law professor, Supreme Court Associate Justice Marvic Leonen, now touted as the love guru in the twitter world, to come up with snippets of post breakup advice culled from the many…
By Eva Visperas YES, mga Marites. The chismis is true. I’m back to where my heart is. Thanks again to Sir Ermin for this space in our beloved Sunday Punch. As soon as I had my much-needed brief vacay from a short local government work stint, his timely offer…
TO ASH THOU SHALT RETURN — Rev. Fidelis Layog, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan, marks ash on the foreheads of provincial government employees and police officers during the Holy Mass at the Provincial Training and Development Center II (PTDC2) at the Capitol Compound in Lingayen in observance of Ash…
THE Dagupan City government is reactivating its past Privately Hosted Evacuation Center (PHEC) program as one of its preparations and responses to a possible 7.8 magnitude earthquake that may hit the country and could result in a tsunami that might affect Dagupan City. This was decided during Mayor Belen Fernandez’s…
THE city of Dagupan, along the coast of the Lingayen Gulf, is increasingly vulnerable to perennial flooding, water security issues and extreme weather events which negatively impact on its coastal and marine ecosystem and the health of its over 171,000 population. This was bared in the Climate and Ocean Risk…
THE minority in the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) agreed with the manifestation of the majority to end its committee hearings on the 2023 proposed annual budget on March 14 even with no certainty that the annual budget will be approved. Councilor Redford Erfe-Mejia, chairman of the committee on finance budget and…
FROM DELETING FEB 7 MINUTES AFTER deleting the entire minutes of the February 7 regular session, the majority in the Dagupan City Sangguniang Panlungsod again used its number to defer the approval of the minutes of its February 14 regular session in a predictable 7-5 voting. Councilor Redford Erfe-Mejia, who…
BINMALEY BLOOM – Two rookie police women walk past a blooming Palawan cherry blossom tree at a park near the Our Lady of Purification Church in Binmaley . (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez) WATCH Binmaley bloom every love month of February, thanks to the Palawan cherry blossoms planted in the heart of…
DUE TO HIGH SUICIDE CASES NOTED MENTAL Health, albeit overlooked and stigmatized, will now be prioritized in Mangaldan town after its Sangguniang Bayan passed “‘An Ordinance establishing the mental health care suicide in the Municipality of Mangaldan establishing mechanism and guidelines for its implementation, adopting certain provision of RA11036 appropriating…
SAN DIEGO LIONS-DCHS ALUMNI MEDICAL MISSION – More than 1,000 Dagupeños and DCHS alumni were served by the Medical Mission organized by the San Diego Forever Lion’s Club in partnership with the with Dagupan City High School Class ’73 held in Bgy. Lucao, Dagupan City last February 18. Beneficiaries received free medical,…
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