MORE congressmen and senators have filed separate bills seeking to completely ban online gambling. It’s about time. However, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said he is inclined to support a plan by the Department of Finance (DOF) to impose new taxes on online gambling operators, provided the measure would be thoroughly studied…
MAGTANIM AY DI BIRO— A farm worker operates a hand tractor to prepare a rice paddy while his companion prepares rice seedlings that will be transplanted. Farmers spend long hours on their farms to produce rice, but are hit hard by the drastic palay price drop. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
UNLISERBISYO A HUNDRED girl scouts underwent hands-on training in containerized gardening during an activity on July 15 at the City Plaza attended by Mayor Belen T. Fernandez. The initiative was jointly organized by the Girl Scouts of the Philippines Dagupan Council, Schools Division Office–Dagupan City led by Schools Division Superintendent…
ART FOR EVERYONE—Dentist and visual artist Ann Theresa Bolos views one of the almost 200 artworks of around 90 local artists from Pangasinan and La Union showcasing a variety of styles for the two-week exhibit “Art for Everyone” at SM Center Dagupan. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
By Rex Catubig SHE was scheduled to leave for Baguio that sultry afternoon. Not to take a breather from the oppressive July heat, but to scout possibilities for building a movie house there. Youngest brother Kerwin had developed a passion for movies and as a doting sister, she helped…
A new dawn is clearly in the offing. We have been receiving news reports on good governance in towns and cities that are initiatives of both reelected and newly elected mayors with visions. These are not programs worth millions of pesos, but programs that exemplify how political will alone can…
BUSINESSMAN ON WHEELS—A tricycle-riding entrepreneur peddles all sorts of plastic household and kitchen wares—from storage box, chairs, brooms, pails, laundry tubs and bins, hangers, clips, etc., all stacked in his sidecar as he traverses the Aguilar-Mangatarem highway. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
BACKBREAKING JOB—Rice planting is never fun, but farmers like this one in Barangay Paitan West in Sual town do this backbreaking work to ensure that locally produced grains will be available in the market. The provincial government will soon begin buying newly harvested palay (unhusked rice) from local farmers. (Punchphoto…
MONSOON BREAK—A farmer dries his newly harvested palay grains on a concrete pavement of the Pangasinan-Tarlac Road (Romulo Highway) in Barangay Cayanga, Bugallon during a recent break from the monsoon rains. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
ANTi-RABIES VACCINATION—Residents of Barangay Dulag, Lingayen brought their fur babies (dogs and cats) to the village covered court last July 9 for anti-rabies vaccination given free by LGU Lingayen through the Municipal Agriculture Office. (Punch photo by Cesar Ramirez)
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