LIBERAL Party presidential candidate and bachelor Senator Benigno Aquino III is certainly not going it alone in his bid for the presidency. His ladylove is with him all the way. While the campaign period is still a couple of months away, the winsome Shalani Soledad, a councilor from Valenzuela City,…
CALASIAO—Rep. Ma. Rachel Arenas, who is running for a second term in the May poll, has vowed to continue pouring in funds for infrastructure projects in the 3rd district if re-elected. “Even as my detractors did nothing but to criticize my work, the P1.5 billion worth of infrastructure projects I…
THE Association of Private Schools, Colleges and Universities (APSCU) in Region 1 recently held its two-day biennial convention, with the theme: APSCU Responding to the New Challenges in Education and Environment”, at the Leisure Coast Resort and Hotel in Dagupan City. APSCU president Macarthur Samson Sr. of the University of…
CNN 2009 Hero of the Year Efren Penaflorida underscored the importance of education during a demofest sponsored by the Reading Association of the Philippines (RAP) held at the CSI Stadia in Dagupan City on January 21 to 23. The CNN hero, who initiated an education program for out-of school children…
A LITTLE-KNOWN amateur rider from San Manuel town was first to cross the finish line to win the Bataoil Cycling Challenge, Tour de Segundo Distrito held January 24. The 21 year-old Juancho Callorina broke away from the five-man lead pack 22 kilometers into the finish with blistering speed that the…
STATE OF PANGASINAN—Governor Amado Espino Jr. (third from left) ́is escorted to the stage in front of the provincial Capitol where he delivered his 3rd State of the Province Address (SOPA) on Monday. With him were Board Members Tyrone Agabas, Alice Pulido, Nestor Reyes, Romeo Dadacay and Liberato Villegas. (PUNCHPhoto…
AUTONOMOUS UL—President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo congratulates University of Luzon President MacArthur Samson Sr. during a ceremony in Malacanang after UL was granted Autonomous Status by the Commission on Higher Education, represented by its chair Emmanuel Angeles (left). UL is the only university in Northern Luzon granted such status. Back to Homepage
VALUES FROM SCOUTING—Mrs. Gina de Venecia, Sison Mayor Kimi Cojuangco and Urdaneta City Mayor Amadeo Perez Jr. endorse the ideals of scouting when they visited the Boy Scouts Jamborette held in Barangay Bila, Sison with the theme: “Scouts create a Better World”. The activity, held Janaury 29-31, was joined by…
DAGUPENOS IN SO. CALIFORNIA—Pressy Lim-Dimapilis, on the podium, 18th president of the Dagupan City Club of Southern California introduces some of the past presidents of the organization during its 60th anniversary induction ball held January 23 at the Knott’s Berry Farm Resort Hotel in Buena Park, California, namely (from left): Dr. Mario Galvan, Dr….
READY TO GO—Former NCRPO chief Leopoldo Bataoil raises the checkered flag for the start of the Bataoil Cycling Challenge, Tour de Segundo Distrito that started and ended in Mangatarem. Back to Homepage
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