KARITELA BY THE CHRISTMAS BRIDGE – Residents and visitors take joy rides on board Dagupan’s white colored “karitelas” that pass through the Quintos Christmas Bridge nightly. For many years, it was the “King of the Road” until the jeepney and tricycle pushed it out as the main means of transport around the city. (Punchphoto by…
AMID CORRUPTION CHARGES FOR ignoring the invitation of the SP for at least 10 times and since he refused to refute the accusations leveled against the him and the market marshals by the fish vendors, “then I consider all these allegations to be true”, an exasperated Dagupan City Councilor Teresa…
FOR FACE-TO-FACE CLASSES TWENTY-eight learners from 100 Islands Cowboy Christian Learning Center, Inc., a private school in Alaminos City joined the opening day for the limited pilot run of the face-to-face classes of the Department of Education for private schools nationwide on November 22. The school, located in Barangay Victoria,…
ALL 21 existing quarantine control points (QCPs) are already operating as law enforcement checkpoints no longer COVID-19 related but still implement travel restrictions 24/7 and to check and negate the movement of lawless elements as part of its preparations for the May 2022 elections. P/Colonel Richmond Tadina, acting police provincial…
THE vaccination rate of San Nicolas town already stands at 80% as of Nov. 25, according to the Municipal Health Office (MHO). In an advisory issued on Thursday night, MHO said 18,994 out of the targeted 23,759 persons the total vaccinated individuals in town. Based on the data, 69 %…
KATIPUNAN’S CORONEL QUINTOS’ WAR MEMOIRS (Second Installment) The translation of a century-old war memoir of a Katipunan colonel originally written in Pangasinan to Pillipino, depicting his exploits during the war against Spanish and American colonizers, is finally off the press. (Almost) lost in translation Orpilla has had his share…
‘CHRISTMAS BRIDGE” IN DAGUPAN– Dagupeños and their friends are seen nightly at the Quintos Bridge, the city’s Christmas Bridge’, for their ‘selfies’ and ‘groufies’ to update their social media posts last year. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
1ST DAY OF FACE-TOFACE CLASSES IN ALAMINOS WHAT was expected to be a quiet and orderly opening of the first limited in-person classes at the Longos Elementary School in Alaminos City on November 15 became the source of a controversy between the Alaminos City government, the Department of Education (DepEd)…
MAY MALASAKIT AT PAGMAMAHAL SA KAPWA A FACT check on the circumstances behind the video footage of an armed police officer belied earlier report that the police personnel inside the Longos Elementary School during the pilot run of the limited face-to-face classes in a school in Alaminos City were in…
LIQUOR BAN LIFTED AN executive order issued on November 16 by Dagupan City Mayor Brian Lim will reset the curfew hours in Dagupan City from 12:00 midnight to 3:00 a.m. beginning November 22, Monday. Executive Order No. 43, series of 2021 prescribes the health and safety guidelines in conformity with the…
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