UNLISERBISYO THE city welcomes the professors of The Rhode Island University, Dr. Michael A. Rice and Dr. Wayne Kang Lee to a discussion on road pavement technology and transportation engineering as another alternative to mitigate flooding in the city’s main streets. The engineering solutions, according to them, focus on mitigating…
THE Guico provincial administration has unabashedly established an unprecedented ‘incentive program’ for its officials, from members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan to department heads, in return for their productive work and loyalty – to travel overseas for 7-10 days for free (from airfare to hotel accommodations, plus shopping allowance.) Such an…
ROAD HAZARD – A rolling convenience store loaded on a motorized carrier is banned on highways but this was seen traveling along De Venecia Highway in Dagupan City where it slows down traffic and poses a hazard to motorists. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
ENTREPRENEUR ON FOOT — A mobile trader carries locally produced bamboo and rattan handicrafts like baskets, hats, hammock, mirror frames, ‘walis tambo’ and ‘walis tingting’ and some plastic brooms and ropes around barangays. Most bamboo based products come from San Carlos City and sold in different towns in the province. (Punchphoto…
BEWARE OF SPEEDING BUSES, TRUCKS –The pickup truck driven by PUNCH editor-publisher is rammed by speeding First North Luzon Transit in the middle of the Yellow Box while turning left to exit TPLEX in Urdaneta City. No traffic enforcers, no traffic lights to manage flow of traffic at the site where lives…
UNLISERBISYO THE city’s ongoing flood mitigation project in Sitio Calarin & Tranquilinio-Siapno Rd. Brgy. Malued going to Old De Venecia is expected to provide an effective access road, even during high tide or heavy rainfall. Mayor Belen T. Fernandez and City Engr. Josephine Corpuz conducted an onsite inspection on May…
FOR THE WIN – Pangasinan Heatwaves’ Mark Meneses moves to evade Parañaque Patriots’ Jed Salaveria for the lay-up. (Grabbed from Pangasinan Heatwaves’ FB)
By Rex Catubig TO paraphrase a writer’s words, “Why did our leaders aspire for freedom that people dream about, rather than provide them with food they cannot live without? In retrospect and context of the colonial past, with the discrimination and abuses dramatically depicted in two epochal novels, our…
THE discussion on the House of Representatives’ approved bill on divorce as an option for married couples and outcome of the Senate’s debate on the issue is becoming a very heated and emotional in many communities. As expected, the center of disagreements is the Catholic doctrine about marriage. Curiously, the…
SANTACRUZAN 2024 – Young girls bedecked with flowers gleefully wave their letters to spell ‘Ave Maria’ before the start of the Mayflower & Santacruzan 2024 parade Thursday, May 30, 2024, at the St. John the Evangelist Cathedral. The grand Santacruzan is the culmination of the Flores de Mayo, a Catholic flower festival honoring Mary. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
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