BAYAMBANG–Vigilance, community involvement and the loud sound of kung-kung (a local gong made out of bamboo) were all that took to stop cattle rustlers in their tracks in this town. Mayor Leocadio de Vera Jr. has commended the barangay folks for their vigilance and creativity in using the simple yet…
The sight of security escorts surrounding and trailing him everywhere could very well frighten, if not put off, would-be voters. But Lawyer Gallant Soriano, deputy commissioner of the Bureau of Customs in an officer-in-charge capacity, who is planning to run for the congressional seat in the third district, has stressed…
DAGUPAN CHINOYS FOR JDV—House Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. (middle) accepts the pledges of support from members of the Dagupan City Filipino-Chinese Chamber of Commerce for his reelection during a call on him at his Makati residence. The delegation includes Belen Fernandez, George Chua Cham, Edison Soriano, Juanito Cuason, Benito…
NO TO PORK BARREL–Senator Panfilo Lacson defends his decision to reject his annual P200 million Countrywide Development Fund in a press conference in Dagupan City while barnstorming Pangasinan with Genuine Opposition (GO) fellow candidate Rep. Allan Cayetano of Taguig-Pateros (left). Lacson said that CDF has become the major source of…
SENATORIABLES’ WIVES— Gina de Venecia, wife of House Speaker Jose de Venecia (middle), introduces the wives of senatorial candidates under the Lakas ticket, actress Sunshine Cruz-Montano, wife of action star Cesar Montano; and Audrey Zubiri (right), wife of Bukidnon Rep. Juan Miguel Zubiri, to the local media. Not in photo…
MJ’S SUPPORT –Former Manila Congressman Mark Jimenez (third from right) expresses his support to the candidacies of Rachel Arenas for a congressional seat in the third district of Pangasinan, during the General Membership Meeting of the Biskeg na Pangasinan political party. Joining them are Undersecretary for Local Governance Antonio “Bebot”…
MONITORING THE AGRI SITUATION—Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap fields questions from local newsmen while in Sto. Tomas town monitoring the agriculture situation in Pangasinan in the face of the ongoing mild El Niño occurrence. (Punchphoto by Ray Zambrano).
MEDICAL MISSION–Dagupan City Vice Mayor Alvin Fernandez (2nd from right) joins the doctors from the Philippine Medical Association of Oklahoma, USA who rendered free medical consultations and free medicines during a medical mission held at the Philippine Mental Health Association grounds in Bani, Dagupan. Also in photo are the PMHA…
STO. TOMAS –Notwithstanding the mild effects of El Niño, the country’s agriculture sector is expected to grow by five to six per cent this year. According to Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap, who was in Pangasinan on Wednesday to monitor the province’s agricultural situation, this year’s target is higher than in…
THE Lyceum Northwestern University and the City Government of Dagupan have signed a memorandum of understanding for the comprehensive profiling of the city’s bangus processing industry. The profiling project was conceptualized by the LNU Research and Development Management Office (RDMO) under its Community Research and Development Program. “This is LNU’s…
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