ARENAS AVENUE BY NIGHT — The largely unused portion of the well-lighted Arenas Arenue in Calasiao town has turned into a nightly promenade with a line of food stalls catering to residents who stay to walk the stretch and enjoy the cool night breeze. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
LAB FOR ALL — More than 1,500 registered patients arrived to avail of free medical check-ups, including ENT, OB-GYN, and pediatric consultations arranged by the Bayambang local government. Other government agencies were on hand to assist residents with concerns about Pag-IBIG, PhilHealth, Technical Education and Skills Development Authority, Land Transportation Office (offering free…
UNLISERBISYO DISTRIBUTION of food assistance to some 900 volunteers who participated in the city’s Simultaneous ‘Grass Cutting Day and Clean-up Drive’. Salamat po sa tulong ninyong linisan ang ating kapaligiran, maging sa pagtatabas ng mga damo/talahiban upang maiwasan ang sunog/grassfire, Mayor Belen Fernandez told the volunteers * * * *…
By Rex Catubig SHE is a creature of habit. And the habit that drives her to the point of obsession is what has defined her– Unliserbisyo—the expeditious delivery of much-needed services not only to the public in general, but to those most in need—the indigents and marginalized sector– the children,…
AS we usher in the year of the Chinese Wooden Snake, many have expressed hopes that the protracted political animosities seen at the Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod will finally come to an end. While the five minority members (Councilors Michael Fernandez, Jigs Seen, Dennis Canto, Kap. Marcelino “Lino” Fernandez and SK…
By Rex Catubig “INTSIK tsonga”, “Tsikwa”– are just two of the monikers they are condescendingly called, implying disdain in how they are regarded, which reveals our bias and cultural ignorance. My father was privileged to enjoy a close association with the Chinese in the lumber business. I grew up…
GREETINGS IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES – Lion dancers roll out small banners of “Happy Chinese New Year” traditional greetings in various languages across the world. At the Dagupan City Plaza. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
UNLISERBISYO THE One Bonuan Tourism Pavilion amounting to P100 Million will soon rise at the Tondaligan Beach, Bonuan Gueset which was sponsored by Senator Risa Hontiveros. The City Government of Dagupan, led by Mayor Belen Fernandez, held a groundbreaking ceremony of the One Bonuan Tourism Pavilion, together with Department of…
FOUR-LANE HIGHWAY AS DRYER – An unfinished portion of the Arenas Highway in Calasiao is put into good use by grateful farmers who find the flat surface ideal for dying their harvested palay but they are joined by goats in the area that are equally grateful for the sumptuous dried…
TRADITIONAL ‘ANGPAO’ FROM BELEN – Dagupan residents rush to the pick-up truck carrying Mayor Belen Fernandez for their share of the ‘angpao’ in small red envelopes only to find out her ‘angpao’ was reserved for children. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
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