By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo EACH year, each household in Quezon City is given a bagful of food items for Christmas through the Pamaskong Handog (PH) of the Mayor’s Office. Last year, we received the food items consisting of rice, spaghetti with torn plastic, dented cans of Alaska milk, CDO…
By Eva C. Visperas WHENEVER Christmas comes, my thoughts naturally drift to three celebrations that have shaped my life in deeply personal ways: the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Dagupan City Fiesta, and the birthday of the greatest statesman I have ever met in my 37 years…
By Rex Catubig ViICTORIO Edades, the illustrious son of Dagupan, is without a doubt, the primus inter pares among the city’s brightest sons. But his memory precariously dangles on the corroding recall of people in the city he lived in, and in the fading fragile minds of his diminishing…
THE Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod has adopted a resolution commending and congratulating Ms. Agatha Wong, whose roots trace back to Dagupan City, for her remarkable achievements at the 33rd Southeast Asian Games in Thailand, where she secured two gold medals in the women’s wushu events of Taijijian and Taijiquan. Sponsored by…
AS we celebrate the joy and quiet wonder of the Yuletide season, The Sunday Punch extends its heartfelt wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Prosperous New Year to its readers, partners, and the communities we serve. Christmas comes each year wrapped in familiar settings—lights, songs, greetings, and gatherings—but beneath…
ROUGH SAILING FOR PROJECT SEEN TWO Philippine cardinals and 27 other archbishops and bishops from across the country lent their voice to the growing opposition to the construction of a nuclear power plant not only in Pangasinan, but anywhere else in the Philippines. Cardinal Virgilio David of Kalookan and Cardinal…
ANTICIPATED MASS—Catholics, mostly provincial government officials, employees, and residents, attend the first Anticipated Simbang Gabi officiated by Most Rev. Napoleon Sipalay, Jr., bishop of the Diocese of Alaminos, late afternoon of December 15 in front of the Provincial Capitol Building in Lingayen. (PUNCHphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
EMPLOYEES of the Dagupan City government can look forward to a bountiful Noche Buena on Christmas, following the Sangguniang Panlungsod’s approval of Resolution No. R-218, which endorses Supplemental Annual Investment Program (SAIP) No. 4 for Fiscal Year 2025, amounting to P20,142,034.42, to address urgent city programs and provide a one-time…
AS the wealthiest city in Region 1, Urdaneta offers its dedicated employees greater year-end benefits than any other city in the region. Mayor Julio Parayno III announced that Urdaneta stands out as the sole Local Government Unit (LGU) in Region 1 to provide a 14th-month pay to its workforce, distributing…
THOUSANDS gathered at the Freedom Park in Rosales on Wednesday, chanting for “Truth, Justice, and Reason.” Demonstrators urged the local Commission on Elections (COMELEC) office to produce what they termed the authentic ballots, alleging these had been swapped with fake ones. This accusation forms the basis of Regional Trial Court Judge Roselyn…
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