By Gonzalo Duque I wish everybody a hopeful and prayerful New Year. May your families be safe, sound, and remain healthy throughout the 2026 season! * * * * We have seen a lot of changes in our political system and observed that a new breed of leaders is…
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo WE planned to spend the New Year in several places. We thought of Pangasinan and Baguio. We explored the possibility of Bicol. But here we are, in Teresa Rizal, where we didn’t think of spending it. Sometimes, we are where we are without planning, following…
By Eva C. Visperas WE never learn. That line has been echoing in my head after a morning walk along Lingayen Beach—again. And the longer I stayed, the heavier it felt. Not because of the sun, not because of the walk, but because of what we continue to leave…
A tragic explosion occurred on Christmas Day, resulting in the deaths of two individuals—a young girl and an adult male—and injuring eight others. The incident took place around 7:00 p.m. on a two-storey house in Sitio Boquig, Bacayao Norte, where firecrackers were being packaged for sale ahead of the New…
ISLAND BARANGAY GARBAGE—Personnel of the Dagupan City Waste Management Division collect piles of garbage unloaded by a motorboat from island barangays along the roadside of Judge Jose de Venecia Sr. Diversion Road in Dagupan City for pickup by garbage trucks and direct hauling to the sanitary landfill in Urdaneta City…
THE Region 1 Medical Center (R1MC) has intensified its “Iwas Paputok” preparations as it began monitoring firecracker-related injuries in Dagupan City and nearby towns ahead of the New Year celebrations. According to R1MC officials, surveillance of fireworks-related injuries started on December 21 and will run until January 6 as part…
SUAL ranks No. 1 in terms of assets among 44 towns of Pangasinan, according to the ranking made by the Commission on Audit (COA) in 2024. Sual, where the coal-fired power plant—which is generating 2,000 megawatts of power for the Luzon Grid, was credited with a total town asset of…
THE Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod concluded its 2025 sessions with a final meeting on December 23, where Vice Mayor and Presiding Officer Bryan Kua highlighted the body’s remarkable achievement of enacting 35 ordinances and 253 resolutions in just six months. This success was credited to the robust support of the super…
SERIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN THE Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) has directed the sanitation unit of the City Health Office (CHO) and the City Engineering Office (CEO) to investigate the septic tank of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) following concerns raised by a reader of The SUNDAY PUNCH. The…
CHRISTMAS EVE MASS—The Saint John the Evangelist Metropolitan Cathedral in Dagupan glows in magnificent splendor at midnight of December 24 as thousands of Catholic devotees hear the midnight mass outside the church, unable to inch their way inside because the Cathedral was already filled to the brim. (PUNCHphoto by Willie Lomibao )
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