The PhilHealth Regional Office I has been implementing a 4 o’clock cut-off time for payment and collection of premium since July 3, 2006. All private and government agencies, individually paying members, including OFW’s are advised to pay their premium from 8 am to 4 pm, during working days. However, the…
LINGAYEN – The Sangguniang Panlalawigan has confirmed the appointment of Norma Landingin Untalan as provincial planning and development officer vice Tom Teja who retired last December. Untalan has been serving as assistant provincial planning officer since 1998. She was class salutatorian at General Gregorio Del Pilar Elementary School in Bonuan,…
Untalan named provincial planning officer
Jamaica Marie Clata, a junior high school student of Pangasinan Universal Institute (PUI) emerged as one of the major winners in the 2006 China Middle School Olympiad held in Qingdao, China on August 5-10, 2006. Jamaica, a resident of Dagupan City, along with other Filipino math wizards, was awarded the…
Dagupan stude shines in international math quiz
It’s all systems go for the 26th Area I Conference hosted by the Junior Chamber International Dagupan on September 1-3, 2006. The Jaycees of Dagupan City have started putting the finishing touches on the preparations for the largest business and social networking event in Luzon among young leaders and entrepreneurs…
Dagupan to host 26th JC Area confab, Sept.1-3
TORONTO, CANADA – Ambassador Jose ‘Chito’ Brillantes has been invited by the officers and members of the board of directors of The Annak Ti Villasis of Canada to grace the 13th foundation anniversary of the association on October 14 (Saturday), 6:00 P.M. at the Rembrandt Banquet Hall (Alex Manoogian), 830…
Amb. Brillantes in The Annak Ti Villasis of Canada event
Urdaneta City and Pangasinan show them how! At the outset, The PUNCH congratulates the officials of Urdaneta City for the city’s unprecedented outstanding financial performance as a city in year 2005. We extend our sincerest congratulations as well to the provincial government team led by Gov. Victor Agbayani for keeping…
Editorial
Dagupan officials should hide in shame! By Ermin Garcia Jr. We are not a bit surprised by the recent 2005 report of the Commission on Audit listing Dagupan City as being kulelat in standing among the cities in terms of net income not only in Pangasinan but in Ilocos Region!…
Punchline
Last resort for ‘survival’? By Gerry Garcia THE paranoid’s obsession for PGMA’s impeachment dating back to days after the ’04 presidential elections when she was pitted against the immensely popular but rather reluctant bet FPJ . . . is, hopefully, on the way out following the 2nd impeachment complaint’s being…
Here and There
Sec. Arthur Yap is a Dagupeño By Jun Velasco MAYOR Benjie Lim, we’re sure, meant well when he had all those streamers “Dagupan City Must be Jueteng-free” strung all over the city’s strategic street corners, but some naughty wags are quick to twist its meaning to mean that they (streamers)…
Think about it
Men that matter By Al S. Mendoza ONE CAPTURED THE IMAGINATION of the world, the other the Philippines. American billionaire Warren E. Buffett has made one stupendous move for mankind when he donated almost more than three-fourths of his fortune to charity. That was some weeks ago. Just very recently,…