By Rex Catubig CONVALESCING September through expectant October is when the tall, slender and majestic talahib bursts into silky white feathery flowers. And as the gentle Amihan blows from the northeast, the talahib sways and dances rhythmically with the refreshing breeze–waving its plumy gossamer quill bloom at the colorful…
OVER the past two decades, Pangasinan was always one of the worst-hit provinces in north and central Luzon each time a super typhoon hit the province. Yet so far, the Pangasinan provincial government has only gone as far as creating the Pangasinan Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PPDRRMO),…
HOSPITAL FOR MOTHERS & CHILDREN – Dagupan Mayor Belen Fernandez shows local media the concept illustration of the Department of Health’s ‘Mother and Child Hospital’ after sending a second certificate of urgency of its passage to the city’s Sangguniang Panlungsod. She warned that the P150-M fund allocated by the national government…
SOON TO DISAPPEAR — What appears to be a beachfront during high tide at the Perez Blvd and Tapuac Road junction, will soon vanish once the DPWH project, funded by the national government, that started last week is completed. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
CHILD’S TUB-RIDE – – Flood doesn’t have to deprive a child a playground so a child caregiver tows her happy ward on board a ‘batya’ loaded in an improvised floater (oversized tire interior) around the neighborhood in Barangay Bacayao Sur in Dagupan City. (Punchphoto by Butch Ika)
UNLISERBISYO KABILANG rin sa #Unliserbisyo sa Bagong Pilipinas na ipinahatid nuong #birthday ng ating Presidente Bongbong Marcos ang distribution of hearing aids, wheelchairs, at laboratory equipment mula sa Department of Health (DOH). Kasama ni Mayor Belen T. Fernandez si DOH Regional Director Paula Paz Sydiongco upang pangunahan ang turnover ng…
NOT a few have wondered why so much time and resources are being spent by the Senate committee of Senator Risa Hontiveros and Congress’ Quad Committee on the activities and identity of the former Bamban mayor, Alice Guo, whom they tag as the principal character behind the illegal activities of…
PRIEST RETURNS TO DAGUPAN TO BE ORDAINED BISHOP — Archbishop Socrates Villegas of Lingayen-Dagupan presents the mitre to Most Rev. Rafael Tambaoan Cruz, D.D. Bishop-Elect of the Diocese of Baguio during his Episcopal Ordination at Dagupan Metropolitan Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist last Saturday. Rafael Cruz was ordained priest…
PSU THANKS THE PUNCH — Pangasinan State University (PSU) presents its Certificate of Recognition to the Sunday PUNCH, represented by Eva Visperas, The PUNCH’s associate editor, “for being a steadfast partner whose support has been instrumental over the years.” It was presented during the Stakeholders’ Night on the occasion of PSU’s 45th anniversary celebration by…
By Rex Catubig THERE’S always an urgency to reach out and express oneself. Man’s burning desire to communicate his being is second nature to him. When he coughed, he began to articulate a sound, and learned to speak and then as he screamed, he began to sing. When he…
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