EYE-CARE MEDICAL MISSION – Thousands of Dagupeños trooped to the Astrodome for a chance to consult with ophthalmologists from the UST Hospital, courtesy of the Unliserbisyo program of the Fernandez administration on health. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
THE province’s new set of mayors are expected to put their best foot forward in the first 100 Days after being given the mandate to serve for three years, mostly on the basis of the campaign promises. Their credibility and integrity are at stake if they fail to show that…
ONCE A BRIGHTLY COLORED BRIDGE – The once colorful Pantal Bridge on De Venecia Highway already viewed as a landmark in Dagupan City at night is already a dark structure whose outline can only be seen by oncoming headlights of vehicles. It has since been abandoned by the past city administration and city residents…
By Rex Catubig I’M haunted by memories of catastrophes. Yet I was never in any of them. As a young boy, I was raised on stories around the massive brick columns that lay on the riverbank of Calmay. The overriding theme was the Great Flood of 1935, way before…
DANGEROUS PLAYGROUND – Children play by the Pantal River practically covered by water lilies behind the Pantal Barangay Hall unsupervised, unaware of a fatal accident waiting to happen. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
FISHING FOR HIS NEXT MEAL – An elderly man sits by a wall waiting for a fish hiding among the water lilies to bite his bait. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
DELAYED BY COVID-19 PANDEMIC – After two years of waiting, young girls finally receive their sacrament of Confirmation, one of the initiation rites into the Roman Catholic Church after Baptism, at the Parish Church of San Fabian, officiated by Archbishop Socrates Villegas. (Punchphoto by Ray Zambrano)
CLEARING OPERATIONS, FINALLY — Members of the City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (CDRRMC), Philippine Coast Guard, Waste Management Division (WMD), Pantal Barangay Council and other launched a river clean-up operations to remove water lilies and river spinach that clog Pantal River in Dagupan City. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
THE current data on the COVID-19 pandemic in Pangasinan is not at all alarming, not yet. However, given the nature of the coronavirus, the level of infection can still be murderous if it is not given the 24/7 attention it deserves. The sudden surge of the virus infection in China,…
IMPROVISING ON THE SPOT – A group of young ladies decide to use plastic bags to cover their shoes as they cross flooded streets in Dagupan City during the high tide last week. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
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