By Rex Catubig WHEN I see Nanang, our old-maid aunt, in the kitchen, stirring black gooey Deremen in a deep kawali perched on the wood-fired clay dalikan, I know it’s Pistay Inatey—All Saint’s Day, the highlight of Ani or harvest month—when religion and folk custom meld into one celebration. Following the belief that the spirits of…
BAYAMBANG’S NEW MEDICAL CENTER — Former Mayor Cezar Quiambao guides First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos through the newly-constructed six-story JKQ Medical and Wellness Center in Bayambang during its inauguration. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
UNLISERBISYO SASAILALIM rin sa rehabilitasyon ang binabahang kalsada ng Burgos St. sa bahaging ito ng Barangay IV. Ang gagawing proyekto ang isa sa mga ininspeksyon ni Mayor Belen Fernandez kasama ang DPWH Pangasinan 2nd Engineering District, Engr. Joel Bautista, Engineer II, at City Engineer Josephine Corpuz para sa gagawing pag-papataas…
BEAUTIES FOR SALUYOT AND WATER HYACINTH — Contestants in the search for Mr. and Miss Nego-Luzonian 2024 from the University of Luzon College of Business Administration & Hotel Restaurant-Tourism Management in Dagupan City parade in their authentic costumes made from recycled materials during the opening day of “Nego-Luzonian 2024: Saluyot and Water Hyacinth Caravan”…
BANGUS AND SALUYOT IS FOR ALL — A student from the University of Luzon (UL) in Dagupan City shows a ‘bangus pie’ that used saluyot for the university’s food and non-food products during the Opening day of UL College of Business Administration & Hotel Restaurant-Tourism Management Week, featuring Nego-Luzonian 2024.Saluyot and Water Hyacinth Caravan” (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
SISIMULAN nang itayo ang kauna-unahang 2-storey 4-classroom school building para sa mga mag-aaral ng Lasip Grande Elementary School. Mga kasama para pasimulan ang proyekto ay sina Vice Mayor BK Kua, Councilors Michael Fernandez, Dennis Canto, DepEd School Division Superintendent Dr. Rowena Banzon, DepEd Engr. Tatum Grace Manzano, Public Schools District…
THE continuing probe of the drug war by the QuadCom at the House of Representatives is nothing but a trial by publicity in aid of the reelection of its chairmen and their confederates and to put an end to the Dutertes’ continued political influence. The hypocritical motive is not about…
By Rex Catubig NOTE: I’m reprising this previous column in support of the National Mental Health Awareness Month and to give a face to the menace of suicide that afflicts even the seemingly normal person, robbing the young of their power to dream and cutting short the future that…
FOR MOM GINA DE VENECIA — Congressman Toff De Venecia holds the copy of the certificate of candidacy he filed for his mom, former Congresswoman Gina, seeking to succeed him as next House Representative in the Lower House, a post she held before he succeeded her. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
THERE must be something inherently wrong with the mindset of both the voting populace and the candidates vying for positions that Commission on Elections (Comelec) has to set stringent rules and guidelines on campaign activities. Over the past decades, Comelec issued rules vs. vote-buying, designation of common poster areas, limitations…
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