WAS the passage of the Dagupan City’s 2024 annual budget after more than two months delay, indeed, a reason to celebrate? Hardly. From time immemorial, a budget, whether for home, education, vacation or for governance, technically speaks of money that makes things happen. Families and corporations save for it, so…
PANGASINAN BEAUTIES MEET THE PRESS — The twenty lovely candidates of Limgas na Pangasinan are joined by Mrs. Maan Tuazon-Guico, and Mrs. Melanie Lambino, Limgas na Pangasinan Committee Chairperson and Vice Chairperson during the Press Presentation and Official Sashing held at the Monarch Hotel, Calasiao, on March 17. The pageant is one of…
TIT-FOR-TAT AFTER 2024 BUDGET APPROVAL – Any sign of acceptance of the opposition’s offer of reconciliation by Mayor Belen Fernandez is not apparent in her press conference where she showed again documents of fraudulent transactions entered into by Brian Lim administration in response to a call by the opposition to watch her administration’s…
BRIGHT, SAFER NIGHT MARKET – With bright new lights installed at the Dagupan Night Market on A.B. Fernandez Ave., more fresh vegetable and fruit vendors are showing up at the market to bring their newly harvested products to households. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
STREET DANCING FOR BAGOONG FESTIVAL — Young boys and girls participating in the street dancing competition of Bagoong Festival in Lingayen town, gleefully perform promoting the town’s “One-Town, One-Product.” (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
UNLISERBISYO THE work on the construction of the sidewalks along the road elevation & drainage upgrade on AB Fernandez Ave., including the drainage connections of business establishments to the main drainage system are almost done. DPWH Project Engineer I Chriselda Nicer at City Engineering Office led by City Engineer Josephine…
By Rex Catubig (Last of a series on ordinary but exemplary women in celebration of Women’s Month) AT the beach where a naval landing had made history, the same beach that has produced the legend of a rags-to-riches Matutina, other enterprising women vendors today do not even come remotely close to…
THERE’S much to tell about our women today but on such a topic, nothing beats hearing it all from the women themselves beyond an occasion “to spotlight women’s accomplishments and address ongoing and emerging issues related to women’s empowerment and gender equality,” or “empowering your girls around the nation with…
HIGHWAY FOR PALAY DRYING – While there’s a law that bans rice farmers from using any empty space on any cemented highway for drying their palay, that law is flagrantly violated in every town and city in Pangasinan knowing they won’t be arrested. The photos shows the farmers filling up the…
TALABA FESTIVAL IS BACK – Residents and visitors have their fill of huge ‘Alaminos talaba ‘ (oyster ) brand harvested in barangays Pangapisan, Mona, Cayucay, and Balayedaan in Alaminos City. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
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