SAN CARLOS CITY–Cattle rustlers here seem to have been intimidated by the letters sent by Senior Superintendent Percival Barba, police provincial director, warning them to stop their illegal operations. Superintendent Noel Vallo, city police chief here, said no instance of cattle rustling has been reported since the issuance of what…
GOVERNOR Amado Espino Jr. and Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Oscar Cruz may not see eye to eye on several issues, but they agree on one thing: the exemplary performance of Health Secretary Francisco Duque III. “Sec. Duque is a model public servant that we in government should emulate,” Espino said in light…
SAN CARLOS CITY—Another public official here was gunned down April 3 in broad daylight, but police authorities were quick to point out that the crime was not politically motivated. The victim, Ma. Carmelita Torre, 48, widow, lady barangay chaiperson of barangay Mestizo Norte was killed after speaking at the graduation…
By Leonardo V. Micua ON late, late nights in early 1980s, the late PUNCH editor Magno ‘Manny’ Vent Cornel, who relished being referred to as “anak na managtalaba”, would go to the market just to buy a kilo of beef, fresh from the slaughterhouse. He would bring the beef to…
DAGUPAN Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez, one of the most successful women entrepreneurs from Pangasinan, called on the young to have a dream and pursue this. Speaking during the Recognition Day of the PH 722 Malued Baptist Student Center on Saturday, Fernandez said everyone should have a dream since “to dream…
The Ministry of Health of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is in urgent need of qualified applicants for various positions in the King Faisal Hospital and Research Centre. Philippine Overseas Employment Administration-Luzon chief Nonnette Villanueva said the government hospital based in Riyadh is in need of 50 male artificial limb…
CAMP BGEN OSCAR M FLORENDO, La Union–Almost 1,000 applicants are racing to fill the 360 new slots open for the Ilocos Region police force (PRO1). The regional police office said the big number of qualified applicants is an indication that the Philippine National Police (PNP) continues to attract quality personnel.
BROADCASTING network GMA-7 will bring its ‘Kapuso’ stars in full force for the 2009 Dagupan Bangus Festival, according to Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez, chair of the 16-day fest slated April 15 to May 1. The first ‘Kapuso’ star to appear on April 24 at 2 p.m. will be Janice de…
JEROME Victor Tuazon III was among those who passed the bar exams given last September 2008. A Behavioral Science graduate at the University of Santo Tomas, he completed his law studies at the Far Eastern University Institute of Law. TUAZON Atty. Tuazon, married to Lorena Macale of Marikina City, is…
AFTER four years of absence, the annual Mapandan cycling, which was traditionally held during the town fiesta, will be revived on April 19. The “Calimlim Cycling Cup” will be exclusively for Pangasinan professional-amateur pedal-pushers and will be run in three classes: the master-executive, team-time-trial and the open event.
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