Maramba Blvd undergoes renovation

Posted on April 30, 2006 - Filed Under Inside News, News | Comments Off

LINGAYEN – Maramba Boulevard Park, one of Lingayen's earliest landmarks being the gateway to the seat of the provincial Capitol, will finally be given a much needed facelift since its rehabilitation three decades ago. Provincial Engineer Divinia de Leon said the two-lane boulevard was rehabilitated during Gov. Aguedo Agbayani's term as shown by a 1974 [...]

20 ladies vie for Miss Magic

Posted on April 30, 2006 - Filed Under Inside News, News | Comments Off

OVER P400, 000 in cash prizes and special awards are at stake in the grandest and most glamorous beauty pageant in Pangasinan, the Miss Magic 2006. Twenty young ladies will vie for the title as they take the center stage of the Urdaneta Sports Center in Urdaneta City on May 13. The ladies were presented [...]

Punchline

Posted on April 30, 2006 - Filed Under Opinion, Punchline | Comments Off

Mayor Benjie Lim's threat By Ermin Garcia Jr. READ the indignant reaction of a piqued Dagupan City Mayor Benjie Lim to two of PUNCH’s stories in last issue before you read this item to understand the context. *** So, here's my take on his reaction. 1. The PUNCH published the story on the presence of [...]

Editorial

Posted on April 30, 2006 - Filed Under Editorial, News | Comments Off

Festivals at people's expense if one were to witness how fiestas and festivals are observed in Dagupan City, one would begin to wonder why anyone would make us believe that the country's economy is in shambles. Between the earsplitting roar of engines of long motorcades that make a worsening oil crisis look like a big [...]

Bravado in life

Posted on April 30, 2006 - Filed Under Punch Forum | Comments Off

Edwin Mercado pangasinan60@yahoo.com 30 April 2006 Edwin, I like your energy and bravado in life. Please keep us in tune when you get to fly your own Lear Jet. You are an idol to us Pinoys who are still figuring out how to make our life comfortable. Your name sake.

Here and There

Posted on April 29, 2006 - Filed Under Here and There, Opinion | Comments Off

Chaotic Labor Day in M. Manila differs from May 1 here By Gerry Garcia FIRST day of May tomorrow, Labor Day, has for Metro Manila, as usual, another sinister if not irrelevant significance far removed from the day's actual intent. That is, if we took at face value the words of the Armed Forces of [...]

Think about it

Posted on April 29, 2006 - Filed Under Opinion, Think about It | Comments Off

Where's the 'punch', Ermin? By Jun Velasco PANGASINAN, otherwise known as Agbayani Country, at summertime should easily run away with the prize title of the most fun-filled province in the islands. The ballyhooed Pistay Dayat, traditionally celebrated  with aplomb, fiesta galore and  beauty pageants, unfailingly energizes  Pangasinenses’ and in Dagupan City dons international color  with [...]

Playing with Fire

Posted on April 29, 2006 - Filed Under Opinion, Playing with Fire | Comments Off

Philippine Star's sense of fairness By Gonzalo Duque BELOW is our letter that appeared in the Philippine Star’s Wednesday, April 26, 2006 issue. We are reprinting it to give you an idea of how and why we and the Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities dealt with the libelous and damaging articles released by the [...]

General Admissions

Posted on April 29, 2006 - Filed Under General Admission, Opinion | Comments Off

'Bangungot Pestebal' By Al S. Mendoza WHAT FESTIVAL are we talking about here? Are we all blind? Bangus Festival? What's that? Open your eyes. Look around you. Sniff the air. What do you see? What do you picture? What do you smell? You see a government that values parades which are nothing but charades. You [...]

Viewpoints

Posted on April 29, 2006 - Filed Under Opinion, Viewpoints | Comments Off

Labor Day By +Oscar V. Cruz There must be something very strong in a country when precisely during Labor Day, the laborers lambast the government instead of allow it to honor them. Today, we behold workers marching, rallying, protesting for being underrated, underpaid and underhandedly treated. And they are people who are still working somewhere [...]

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