The gift of hope By Johanne Margarette R. Macob WE can survive a day without food, clothes and shelter; but a single second without hope? That would kill us. (I can’t remember from whom I learned that thought. I might’ve read it somewhere, or heard it on television, or from…
SIX young swimmers who represented Dagupan in the 2013 Speedo National Long Course Swimmimg Championship held at the Rizal Memorial Stadium in Manila last November 27 to December 2 were honored last Dec. 18 by the city government. Leading the honorees was 13-year old Dyrham Palfrey who bagged the gold…
Decorp’s faux pas By Ermin Garcia Jr. WHY did Decorp do that to Mayor Belen Fernandez? This was the common sentiment in the streets on learning that Decorp refused to comply with the mayor’s simple request for the transfer of the electric meter of the city government at the…
Rizal’s roots in Pangasinan By Jun Velasco “It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risks everything in doing them,” Plutarch FLASH! Basista students and faculty of the Mary Help of Christians had their early Christmas gift from the Lord with…
Mayor Belen’s transformative leadership By Gonzalo Duque NOTWITHSTANDING the non-stop put-downs by a few pathetic loud mouths against Mayor Belen Fernandez, the city of Dagupan — City Hall specially — is festive. Why? Because despite the bankruptcy that she inherited, the Mayora—with the Sanggunian’s support—was able to find ways…
In Mar vs Alfred, Mar lost—and P-Noy, too By Al S. Mendoza MAR Roxas bit the bait and that was it. He got ditched. I refer to the gripe of Alfred Romualdez, the mayor of Tacloban City. Alfred went to Congress and let his hair down, deploring what he said was…
Worsening drug problem in Urdaneta By Bebot Villar TO say that distressing ang mga recent reports tungkol sa rampant drug-pushing sa Urdaneta City would be an understatement. Actually, I am no longer surprised sa mga ganitong information. In fact, I know that there is one councilor there suspected to…
CBCP Pastoral Exhortation (1 December 2013) By +Oscar V. Cruz, JCD ON the very first day of his assumption of Office, the President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference made a pronouncement in form of a 6-page Pastoral Letter. Addressing the “Situation” obtaining in the country, he pointed out, among…
Cyclist and lawyer Paddy By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. AFTERNOON of December 8, I received the text message from The PUNCH colleague Al Mendoza that my cycling contemporary of the same age, the back-to-back (1966-1967) Tour of Luzon champion Atty. Cornelio Padilla Jr. had passed away due to heart failure…
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