POLITICAL turmoil has always been the mark of Philippine politics. So, the recent signature outburst of former president Rody Duterte in the direction of President Bongbong Marcos did not really surprise most everyone. That it happened between two back-to-back presidents was unprecedented and disconcerting. It was evidently triggered by illegal…
Foot bridge on Arellano St. is dismantled to give way to elevation of the road. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao) UPDATE ON GRIDLOCK THE return of Arellano Street to two-way traffic from one-way traffic was tentatively set by Mayor Fernandez on March 15 this year. The date was confirmed by City Engineer Josephine…
WHAT’S FOOD FOR MAN IS FOOD FOR THE BIRDS – Hundreds of egret birds hover over a fishing boat and the net being pulled by fishermen to the shore along the beach in Barangay Libsong East in Lingayen for a chance to snatch a fish from the catch being unloaded by the…
DAGUPAN BAYWALK GONE TO THE SEA –This is what’s left of the baywalk in Bonuan Binloc along Tondaligan Beach abandoned by DPWH after it decided it was futile to rehabilitate and reconstruct the damaged portions. It appears the initial construction was done without the benefit of a technical study on the viability of…
ROCKS FOR ACCESS TO NEW DAWEL BRIDGE — Boulders are prepared to be laid out to start the last phase of the construction of new Dawel Bridge set to be open. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
UNLISERBISYO OUT of 5,000 selected college scholars, the city government have started to support 1,123 initial batch of scholars for the 2nd semester of 2023-2024. Mayor Belen Fernandez said she wants to make sure that there will be no delays for the payout of tuition fees of the scholars after…
THE 2024 Pakwan Festival reeled-off in Bani town last January 27 with the holding ‘Tambol‘ and ‘Kudyapi’ competitions for the first time. However, the main celebration of Bani’s Pakwan Festival will be on February 4 that will be highlighted by street dancing by dancers garbed in indigenous materials adorned with…
By Rex Catubig THE weekday morning couldn’t have been less hackneyed than any other morning the teenager wakes up to. It is the usual run of cliché common in a household. To jumpstart the day which could be hectic depending on what he crams it with, he goes off…
WHAT APO WANTS, LOLA GETS — A grandmother mother quickly buys a colored cotton candy for her grandson to keep him behaved while she watches a performance during Villasis’ Talong Festival 2024 last January 19. (Punchphoto by Eva Visperas)
‘DIANA’, BANI TOWN’S PRIDE, FOR SALE — A roadside vendor along the national highway in Bani town, arranges his display of “Diana” one of the most expensive varieties of watermelon, from Bani. The town’s watermelon are known to be the country’s sweetest and juiciest because they are planted on limestone-rich soil. Bani…
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