The 2nd Puto Festival held May 5, as expected, was a crowd drawer was well attended, said Mayor Roy Macanlalay, achieving their goal of boosting the town’s most popular product, considered as their “white gold”. The mayor said puto-making is a century-old industry here and the festival was intended to…
ROSALES–The incumbent president of the Liga ng mga Barangay and ex-officio councilor of San Manuel, Tarlac was gunned down by a still unidentified gunman Wednesday night in barangay Carmen West here. Police identified the fatality as Dario Tabugan of barangay Salcedo, San Manuel, Tarlac. Initial investigation indicates that the victim…
THEIR physical disabilities have previously hindered them from landing jobs despite their university degrees and other skills. But now, they are part of the workforce, thanks to the Dagupan City Citizens’ Helpline project. Today, seven persons with disabilities (PWDs) man the city’s help desk, a 24/7 operation handling inquiries about…
Win some, lose some. While many sectors have applauded the changes and innovations introduced in this year’s celebration of the Pista’y Dayat through the initiative of Governor Amado Espino Jr., there are some who are not too happy about the modifications. Tiangge vendors complained that they earned less this year…
TELECOMMUNICATIONS giant Philippine Long Distance Telephone (PLDT), in coordination with the Dagupan City government, served 1,224 patients during its free medical, dental and surgical mission on May 4 at the Dagupan People’s Astrodome, as part of the culminating activities of the Bangus Festival. PLDT Pangasinan-Tarlac head Gerry Marquez thanked the…
AFTER steering the successful Dagupan Bangus Festival, Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez is off to another public service event. This time, Fernandez is set to launch another big project, ‘Operation Smile’, on May 15 to 16, to help children suffering from cleft palate since birth. Operation Smile, another project of the…
CO-workers in the city government and friends gathered on Monday night to pay their last respects for Dagupan’s waste management division chief Reggie Ubando who died on May 4 due to cardiac arrest. UBANDO Peers described Ubando, 40, as “an outspoken, intelligent, caring and tireless leader dedicated to his work…
ASINGAN–Long is in. Inspired by the previous longest grill record of Dagupan City’s Bangus Festival and the recent attempt of Sto. Tomas to establish its own during its Corn Festival, the people of a small barangay in Asingan held their own ‘longest breakfast’ Thursday as the highlight of their community…
Paging all former staff nurses and doctors of Nazareth General Hospital! Dr. Edmundo Exconde, president of NGH, will be in the US to join the planned reunion of former staff doctors and nurses now based in the US on June 21 in Las Vegas. Exconde said he looks forward to…
Van S. de Leon 12 May 2008 I noticed that posters and most people are using the legally and technically correct word to call people from Pangasinan—PANGASINENSE. Here in Pangasinan .org and Sunday Punch, they no longer use the insulting derogatory Pangalatok which means Pangasinense sira toktok or other…
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