THE first of a series of voters’ education and information drive will be held in Dagupan on the evening of February 19 at the Dagupan City Plaza. Pablo de Venecia, chapter president of the Brotherhood of Christian Businessmen and Professionals (BCBP), said the event, which will feature an audiovisual presentation,…
ABOUT 220 priests from Pangasinan and neighboring provinces will celebrate the 1st Clergy Day on Feb. 15 at the CSI Stadia in Dagupan City. The event, initiated by Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas, is in commemoration of the 150th death anniversary of St John Mary Vianney, patron of parish priests. “We…
CALASIAO–Former President Joseph Estrada, who was in town last week campaigning for his presidential candidacy, said he will not make the same mistakes that led him to step away from the presidency in 2000. He pledged that if elected a second time and should his political rivals again attempt to…
INSTEAD of hosting a party for her birthday on February 15, Gina de Venecia, who is running as 4th District representative, will instead distribute reading glasses to senior citizens in the district. The distribution already started on February 13 in Dagupan, San Fabian and Mangaldan. San Jacinto and Manaoag.
HOSPITAL IMPROVEMENTS—Dr. Jackson Soriano, chief of the Pangasinan Provincial Hospital, confirms during the Talakayan sa Kapitolyo on last Monday that it was Governor Amado Espino Jr. who introduced wide-ranging reforms in all government-owned hospitals in the province. Soriano is flanked by Provincial Administrator Rafael Baraan and department heads of the…
PANGASINAN’S BIRTHDAY—Dr. Gonzalo Duque, president of Lyceum Northwestern University (third from right), hands over the final report of the research and study committee formed by Governor Amado Espino Jr. which sets April 5, 1580 as the founding day of the province of Pangasinan. Members of the committee accompanied Duque at…
USELESS MACHINE—The brand new dredging machine bought by the past Dagupan City administration using a P40 million loan from the LandBank is a virtually a junk at docked the bank of the Calmay River, fronting the National Bureau of Investigation building, after its forward hull developed a leak. (Punchphoto by…
ANOTHER HIRED GUNS’ VICTIM—Police Provincial Director Percival Barba, with Dagupan City Chief of Police Supt. Mariano Luis Verzosa, inspects an Izusu Trooper where an engineer-contractor, identified as Danny Del Rosario, was shot dead in Barangay Malued in Dagupan on February 10 by two unidentified armed men riding tandem on a motorcycle. (Punchphoto…
POLICE PROMOTIONS—Dagupan Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez, as guest honor and speaker, pins the new insignia rank of PO2 Mera Alagna, secretary at the Office of the Police Provincial Director and one of the 211 Police Non-Commissioned Officers of Pangasinan recently promoted by the Philippine National Police. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)…
FOOD FOR WORK—Dagupan City Mayor Alipio Fernandez, Jr. visits Barangay Malued to observe the implementation of Food for Work Program for the citywide cleaning project of major creeks and canal on February 4. The program provides free rice to barangay volunteers who help in the cleaning project. (CIO Photo by…
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