By Rex Catubig (Continued from last week. Last in the series on women for Women’s Month) WHEN Christina was relocated from Riyadh and reassigned in the remote township of Bisha, her life as an OFW changed forever. She was supposed to work for a family of 6, but she…
THE arrest of Past President Rodrigo Duterte by International Criminal Court via Interpol was not exactly a surprise after the apparent flip-flopping by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. no less. While our fellowmen are discussing and digesting both the future scenarios for FPRRD while under detention in The Hague, and the…
VIOLATING COMELEC RULES — All candidates for the 2025 midterm elections ignore and violate the Comelec rule that bans mounting of campaign posters on government buildings and infrastructures and trees because local Comelec officials ignore these. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
SCAVENGERS WARNED – The Dagupan City government posts the signboard that warns scavengers to stay away from the dumpsite that is undergoing clearing operations. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
GRILLED TALABA ANYONE? — Contestants of Miss Hundred Islands 2025 sample the grilled oysters during the “Talaba Ihaw-Ihaw” event of the annual Hundred Islands Festival of Alaminos City. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
UNLISERBISYO ARAW-ARAW ang operasyon sa pag clear ng dating bundok ng basura. Sa ngayon po ay makikita na ang haba ng napatag na area mula nang magsimula po tayo patungo sa SAFE CLOSURE AND REHABILITATION nito as our first step in TRANSFORMING THE AREA INTO AN ECOTOURISM PARK. Kaya ipinagbabawal…
By Rex Catubig (Note: This is part of my series on Women in celebration of National Women’s Month) IT’S an oft repeated tale of OFW woe. The domestic helper being maltreated. One is already inured to these stories. Until it hits close to home. Christina Aquino, a single mom…
SOON after Ferdinand Marcos Jr. took his oath as president of the Philippines in 2022, he announced the appointments of cabinet members, except a secretary for the Department of Agriculture. He said he would be the DA’s concurrent secretary. The agriculture sector wondered if, indeed, he had the experience or…
CATHOLICS’ RITUAL — Parishioners of St. John the Evangelist Cathedral in Dagupan City join the ritual burning of old palms used last year whose ashes are used during Ash Wednesday, the start of the Holy week. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
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