LINGAYEN-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas’ call on the Catholic community to do a critical evaluation of the approved 2025 national budget as recently signed by President Marcos Jr. is a bit too late in the day. Quoting him: “As your Archbishop, I admonish you to study diligently, judge critically and act…
SUPER HEALTH CENTER COMING SOON IN MANGATAREM The groundbreaking ceremony for the Mangatarem Super Health Center was held on January 10 in Barangay Parian. The facility, funded by the DOH’s Health Facility Enhancement Program 2024 with an initial P12 million budget, was championed by Second District Rep. Mark Cojuangco, who…
WHERE’S THE CSWD? – An ambulant vendor allows his 3-year-old brother to help push the cart around the city’s business district, unmindful of the risk to the life and limb of the child but POSO personnel allowed them to proceed without calling the attention of the City Social Welfare Department…
2025 CAMPAIGN PERIOD BEGINS — Uniformed personnel of the Dagupan City Police Station man a Comelec checkpoint watching out for gun ban violators as the official campaign period for 2025 midterm elections begins. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
CREATIVE ASIAN CONTEST CHAMPS — Elementary students from Barangays Amamperez, Barangobong and Maburak dressed in colorful Indian costumes were adjudged best in costume in the Creative Asian Dance Contest during the Talong Festival celebration in Villasis town on Thursday. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
UNLISERBISYO KASUNOD ng alarma sa nararanasang “wildfires” sa bahagi ng Amerika, agad na nagpatawag ng meeting si Mayor Belen Fernandez ukol sa “FIRE ALAM!” measures and awareness to prevent grass fire sa layuning maihanda at mapalakas ang ugnayan sa mga otoridad at barangay. Kabilang dito ang CDRRMO, BFP, PNP, PARMC,…
By Rex Catubig MY barrio Calmay was self-contained–a tiny world unto itself. But when one had to venture to Baley–for work and other mundane reasons, the baloto was the mode of transport to rely on. Fashioned out of a single piece of carved wood, and secured with bamboo outrigger…
THE signing of the country’s 2025 annual budget by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., with all his vetoed items was a big letdown to the Filipinos who turned out in an unprecedented number in 2022 to elect him with a majority vote that not even his late father, former President Ferdinand…
Checking on a new flood-control project — Second District Rep. Mark Cojuangco conducts a brief site inspection at the Aplaya Floodgate in Sitio Aplaya, Barangay Pangapisan North, Lingayen, to ensure safety before the project is officially opened and utilized. The project is designed to manage water discharge from heavy rains….
CALESA JOYRIDE — Dagupan residents and their visitors try a calesa ride on a cool night around the city’s downtown area. The calesas can be found around the city plaza. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
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