MANAOAG-The SOS has been raised for Pangasinan’s agricultural traders. Gov. Amado Espino Jr. has appealed to Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap for help in curbing the smuggling of agricultural products into Pangasinan through La Union and the two Ilocos provinces. Yap, for his part, promptly acted and called Finance Secretary Gary…
MANAOAG– Lito Arenas and wife Charito, both registered nurses, found another route to success: nursing mangoes. The couple’s pickled and dried mango products, which have earned them the tag “mango magnate” of Pangasinan, are exported to other countries and their business continues to flourish.
The Martinez clan here has launched a nationwide campaign to draw up a grand homecoming slated on December 2008 after the executive committee, headed by Land Bank Makati executive Jethro Martinez, reported that a family reunion scheduled on January l2 at the Magic Club Warehouse in Barangay Malued has drawn…
Pangasinan’s best cyclists take on the road today as they battle for cash and glory in a short but punishing 130-kilometer run in the RD Gen. Bataoil-Jesus Garcia Jr. Cup. The bikefest, organized by Police Region 1 Director Chief Superintendent Leopoldo Bataoil and former Tour of Luzon titlist Jesus Garcia,…
THE five year-old boy sensation who caught the fancy of the whole nation when he swam the six-kilometer Mactan Channel in Cebu within two hours in October 8, 2006 was born in Bayambang, Pangasinan. Justin Daniel Junio, who again swam the Hilungatan Channel, also in Cebu, a distance of 10…
HEAD TURNERS—Seven of the 31 Miss Dagupan hopefuls captivate the crowd that gathered during their official pictorial on Sunday at Leisure Coast Resort with their winsome smiles and shapely curves. Final judging for the beauties will be on Tuesday, December 18. (Punchphphoto by Willy Lomibao)
SIGNING OF SISTERHOOD PACT -Mayor Jose Miguel Sta. Maria (left) of Ordizia City in Spain sign the historic sisterhood pact of his city with Urdaneta City, Philippines while Urdaneta Mayor Amadeo Perez Jr. waits for his turn to sign.
JDV’S MORAL REVOLUTION—Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Oscar Cruz (right) appears to be whispering something to Speaker Jose de Venecia when both emerged from a one-on-one meeting at the Archbishop’s chancery on Sunday where de Venecia convinced the prelate to join his crusade for a moral revolution in government. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
READY FOR CROWD CONTROL–Police personnel of the Police Provincial Office, with sticks and truncheons, demonstrate crowd disturbance management as part of the Annual General Inspection of the PNP on December 14 at the PPO headquarters.
BARANGAY BONANZA—With Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr. and Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez witnessing, House Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. inducts the newly elected barangay officials of Dagupan City at his residence in Bonuan Binloc last Sunday, where he promised P1 million worth of projects per barangay. (Punchphoto by CesarRamirez)
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