Entre’acte

by Rex Catubig

August 9, 2025 in Entre'acte, Punch Gallery

The IGLESIA INDEPENDIENTE : Worth a second look on its 123rd Anniversary

By Rex Catubig   I always threw it a glance but never really acknowledged its presence so that it might as well be non-existent. The edifice has always stood there—conspicuous yet unobtrusive. It stands unperturbed amid the cacophony and chaos of the marketplace, the Malimgas market being its next-door neighbor.…
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August 2, 2025 in Entre'acte, Punch Gallery

BIRTHDAY CYCLE: Remembering Ermin’s birthday

By Rex Catubig   THE eastern sky began to darken at 2p.m. Soon after, an ominous burst of thunder warned of a heavy downpour. By that time, it was already raining gallons in Sta Barbara; and Urdaneta was also getting drenched. It was imminent, it was just a matter of…
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July 26, 2025 in Entre'acte, Punch Gallery

The boy and the flood

By Rex Catubig   THE seasonal high tide brought on by the lunar cycle aggravated by monsoon rains and storms has made Dagupan vulnerable to flooding, with Typhoon Crising and Emong and Dante, and who knows which other weather cohorts, on its heels setting record high inundation. The rising water…
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July 19, 2025 in Entre'acte, Punch Gallery

Being Belen in the year of the quake

By Rex Catubig   SHE was scheduled to leave for Baguio that sultry afternoon. Not to take a breather from the oppressive July heat, but to scout possibilities for building a movie house there. Youngest brother Kerwin had developed a passion for movies and as a doting sister, she helped…
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July 13, 2025 in Entre'acte, Punch Gallery

Going full circle

By Rex Catubig   DURING the enrollment of incoming first year at the Dagupan City High School in 1960, the school officials headed by the erudite but stern Principal, Mr. Eduardo Q. Edralin from Lingayen, conceived the idea of grouping together all the honor graduates from the various public elementary…
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