DAGUPAN’S 21ST CENTURY MILLENNIALS – The young set, representing the today’s millennial set, whoop it up along the city’s main street during the Parada na Dekada during the Agew na Dgupan last June 20. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
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PDEA: Alaminos, first drug-free city in Region I
WAR ON DRUGS ALAMINOS CITY—This city became the first city in Region 1 to be declared by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) on June 19 as drug-free. Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Region 1 Director Jeoffrey Tacio lauded the efforts of the city government as he added that “it might be the first city […]
Pangasinan PNP nabs 1,341 pushers, 207 users
UPDATE LINGAYEN—After 11 months, 1,548 persons (1,341 pushers and 207 users) have been arrested so far based on the Consolidated Accomplishment Report of Project Double Barrel prepared by the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office for the period July 1, 2016 to date. P/Chief Inspector Norman Florentino, chief of the police community relations, said the arrests were […]
PLATINUM AWARDEES ALL
PLATINUM AWARDEES ALL — Dr. Aurora S. Reyna (Order of Merit for Exemplary in Culture and Arts; Retired RTC Judge Alicia Decano (Order of Merit for Exemplary in Judiciary Service), Gonzalo Duque (Order of Merit for Exemplary in Public Service), and GSIS chairman Francisco Duque III, (Public Administration) represented by their sons, receive their plaques during the Pinablin […]
Dagupan honors outstanding sons and daughters
THIS city’s outstanding sons and daughters who distinguished themselves in public service, business, humanities, the creative arts, communications or in the profession they practice were honored as Pinablin Dagupenõs during the Gala Night at CSI Stadia on June 19. The year’s awardees are: Dr. Eliza Fernandez Ramos (Medicine), Dr. Gregoria P. Villaflor (Medicine), Dolores Cerezo […]
Cabrera: No corruption, conflict of interest
LAND DONATION FOR NEW CITY HALL THERE was no law violated when the brother of Mayor Belen T. Fernandez donated a 1.2-hectare land to the city of Dagupan and even if the new city hall will rise in the donated property. This was the opinion rendered by City Legal Officer Victoria Cabrera during the public hearing conducted […]
MC Adore was for new city hall
WHAT HAPPENED? THE controversial sale of MC Adore Hotel during the term of Mayor Benjamin S. Lim was resurrected during the recent public hearing of a draft ordinance seeking the transfer of the city hall to another site. Barangay Caranglaan Chairman Teresa Coquia said there would have been no contentious issue about the transfer of […]
Bongbong Marcos: Nagmahal. Nasaktan. Nag-protesta
FORMER Sen. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. capsulized his life since he lost his bid for the vice presidency in 2016 with the three words: Nagmahal. Nasaktan. Nag-protesta (He loved, he was hurt, he protested). This was how he described his life before some 4,000 graduates of the Pangasinan State University (PSU) and referred to them […]
Fr. Soc: Stop alternative facts and fake news
THE president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) urged the people “to refrain from patronizing, popularizing and supporting identified sources of “alternative facts” or “fake news”. In a pastoral exhortation dated June 21 titled “Consecrate them in the truth”, Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas, also called on the sources of news “to rebut and […]
“Papa Bear” urged for displaced Marawi kids
THE activation of the “Papa Bear” program that was cited by the Metrobank Foundation was recently sought for the benefit of the children in Marawi City traumatized by the ongoing war. P/ Superintendent Ryan Manongdo, an awardee of Metrobank’s Country’s Outstanding Police in Service, and former police chief of Pozorrubio town, made the suggestion to […]