LINGAYEN–At 100 years old, Glicerio Valdez Sr. will receive the honor as the oldest living World War II veteran in Pangasinan during the celebration of the 66th Lingayen Gulf Landing anniversary and Veterans’ Day on January 10. Valdez, who lives in Alcala town, is Filipino by birth and a retired…
LINGAYEN–Police chiefs in Pangasinan will be reshuffled starting the middle of the month on order of Police Provincial Director Rosueto Ricaforte. Superintendent Geraldo Roxas, chief of the Police-Community Relations and spokesman of the Police Provincial Office, said the first to be reassigned are chiefs of police affected by the ‘two-strike…
“WE will not stoop to his level”. This was the sharp retort of Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez, chair of the Sangguniang Panlungsod, to a statement made by Mayor Benjamin Lim accusing members of the city council of “sitting on their job” as the city budget for 2011 has yet to…
LINGAYEN–People just never seem to learn. The Provincial Health Office (PHO) recorded 158 fireworks-related injuries all over Pangasinan under its “Formula Kontra Paputok” from December 21, 2010 up to January 3, 2011.
THE manhunt is on for the person who fired a shot into the air and which stray bullet killed a 17-year old boy during the New Year revelry. The fatality was identified as Francisco Corpuz, 17, who was hit in the head while he and members of his family were…
ALAMINOS CITY–By the year 2013, this city intends to go on record as having a zero malnutrition rate through its unique ‘Expanded Feeding Cum Livelihood Program’. This is an ambitious goal for Alaminos, which in 2005 had the highest malnutrition rate in the entire Ilocos Region at 22.1% among the…
A program dubbed “War of our Fathers…A Tribute to the Filipino Freedom Fighters” will be staged in Dagupan City through the initiative and sponsorship of the Philippine Veterans Bank and the Veterans Federation of the Philippines in partnership with the city government.
HIGH NOON AT POGO GRANDE– Barangay residents of Pogo Grande in Dagupan City string and fuse together thousands of firecrackers early morning for the traditional January 1 noon revelry that has drawn visitors to the place to witness the once-a-year spectacle. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao) Back to Homepage
BARANGAY Pogo Grande in Dagupan City, a known top producer of firecrackers and other pyrotechnic materials has a unique tradition: every 12 noon on New Year’s Day, residents fuse together all the firecrackers unlit the previous night’s revelry for sequential explosion.
A REFOCUSED health intervention program will be implemented in Dagupan City beginning this year to provide improved services to barangay communities in the city. Mayor Benjamin Lim said the program, with the City Health Office (CHO) leading the implementation, will involve the deployment of more skilled health staff to the…
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