THE Department of Education’s (DepEd) ‘Gulayan sa Paaralan’ program can be expected to serve as a sustainable source of food in the community in Dagupan City. This was the hope expressed by Mayor Belen Fernandez under whose administration food security is considered one of its top priorities, when she attended…
SOME 200 bikers and biking enthusiasts participated in the Pennidalan Challenge last Tuesday in Asingan, a feature of the town’s celebration of the World Tourism Month this September. Sponsored by the town’s Team Bangad and the Asingan Municipal Tourism Office, cyclists from Baguio City, Pampanga, Nueva Vizcaya and La Union, were…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! OCTOBER 01- (Mangaldan) Arnulfo de Guzman OCTOBER 02 – (Dagupan City) Monica Salcedo; (Mangaldan) Albert Garcia, Jr. OCTOBER 03 – (Dagupan City) Conrado C. Villamil, Aldous Winchelle Ang Lee; (Bonuan) Ferdinand M. Soy OCTOBER 04 – (Calasiao) Denise S. Ballesteros OCTOBER 06 – (New Jersey & Calasiao) Laura…
THE exposé of Senator Alan Peter Cayetano about DPWH’s “fund parking’ or the illegal realignment of billions of pesos in the infrastructure department’s 2023 budget is an indication that the 30-40% “S.O.P.” from favored contractors is back with a vengeance. This involves allocation of projects in various districts, and it…
By Ermin Garcia Jr. IT’S been more than 75 days and still nothing is heard from Guv Mon-Mon Guico about developments and current issues in Pangasinan! Who’s running the provincial government? Is it already Vice Guv Mark Lambino holding the reins? The continued silence of the governor on the…
ONLY 5 HECTARES CAN BE RETAINED IN AWAI LAND ONLY five hectares of the more than 29 hectare property located in Barangays Awai and Labney (Bolo), San Jacinto, bought by Dagupan City in April 2002 for P16 million will be retained by the city, with the rest of the property…
TEXTING CAPITAL OF THE WORLD – It’s a commons sight inside public jeepneys and buses to see passengers holding their mobile phones texting away until they reach their destinations. Was the onset of texting the beginning of anti-social conduct of most Filipinos? (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
COMMUTERS are expected to pay more for their jeepney and bus fares on October 3. This, after the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) approved the petition for the hike: Minimum fare in traditional PUJs for the first four kilometers will be P12, and P.30 for every succeeding kilometer….
WORLD’S BEST SCHOOL COMPETITION THE Bonuan Boquig National High School (BBNHS) was adjudged one of top three finalists in the World’s Best School Prizes competition under the category of Environmental Action for its ‘Ilog Ko, Aroen Ko Adopt-a-River Project’, an entry that involves mangrove planting that earned international recognition. The…
CENPELCO APOLOGIZES FOR HUMAN ERROR WHAT would you do if your electric bill says you have to pay more than P1 million for your last month’s consumption? This was the electric bill that a family in Barangay Laoag in Aguilar town, received making it pay P 1,473,533.36! In a viral…
© 2026 Sunday Punch. Dagupan.
