THE protesting owners of the traditional jeepneys being phased out by the modernization plan of the national government have reason to celebrate the totally unexpected decision of President Marcos Jr, to extend the deadline for their consolidation to April 30, after rejecting appeals last month to extend the deadline. Of…
FOR LOVERS’ PHOTO-OP IN LINGAYEN — A student imagines how he and his girlfriend should pose inside the heart-shaped structure installed at the Lingayen public plaza on Valentine’s Day by the local government. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
HOT MALUNGGAY PANDESAL — Customers line up for malunggay-fortified hot pandesal sold for P5 each by a mobile rolling store parked in front of the City Hall of Dagupan under-construction. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
MEET the beauty queen that didn’t just win the crown but three other minor awards and 15 other special awards in the town’s beauty pageant, Mutia ti Mangatarem 2024 pageant last January 22. Tonette Alexandrea Mendoza, a Tourism student at the Lyceum Northwestern University (L-NU) in Dagupan City, wrote in…
UNLISERBISYO MAYOR Belen Fernandez announces the conduct of a medical and dental mission in Dagupan this January where she sought the support of barangay health frontliners to inform residents about the activity, a part of her Unliserbisyo sa Kalusugan campaign to bring health care delivery closer to Dagupeños. The local…
By Rex Catubig IN 2015, to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of my high school class of 65, I wrote a marching song as our gift for the City. When that year’s Hermano Mayor Joeyboy Atty. Tamayo II heard it, he endorsed it to Mayor Belen T. Fernandez who listened…
DAGUPEÑOS who felt the earth move in 1990 and are still alive today do not need be reminded how to survive a 7.8 magnitude earthquake. But they should be asked to recall how unprepared they were when the deadly earthquake shook them out of their wits, and looking back, what…
TALONG NACHOS ANYONE? — The team from Barangay Lipay in Villasis proudly presents its entry – Eggplant Parmesan Chips Nacho Style – to the cookfest of Talong Festival 2023 held at Villasis auditorium. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
DEVELOPING FUTURE JOURNALISTS BY LAW – Participants in the three-day Division School Press Conference (DSPC) 2024 of DepEd Schools Division Office (SDO) in Dagupan gather in front of the main building of Dagupan City National High School on January 17 for the competition in different journalism categories (elementary and secondary). Republic Act No. 7079 mandates…
STRICT SCREENING OF VISITS – Relatives of detainees at the Bureau of Jail Management and Penolgy/BJMP Dagupan City, are required to present their food packs intended for their detained relatives for clearance before they are allowed entry inside the facility. Personal effects are checked for contrabands particularly drugs. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
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