THE majority in the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) have kissed and made up. So says at least one of the councilors who signed the controversial resolution giving authority to Mayor Benjamin Lim to negotiate for the sale of the MC Adore and a 10-hectare property in Calasiao during a controversial special…
STARTING this issue, The PUNCH is reviving its early format promoting the Pangasinan language among Pangasinenses with weekly features written by the province’s foremost writers and authors, namely Santiago Villafania and Mel Jovellanos, alternatingly. The two noted authors in Pangasinan are forerunners of the Ulupan na Pansiansay Salitan Pangasinan and…
JOSE de Venecia III, son of former House Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr., has filed a civil case before the Regional Trial Court in Quezon City seeking to compel the National Telecommunication Commission (NTC) to implement its memorandum circular ordering telecommunication companies to lower the cost of text messaging by 20…
BRIGADA ESKWELA–Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez and officials of the Department of Education (DepEd) observe delegates of the 20th National Youth Congress on Drug Abuse Prevention and Education from various parts of the country as they help repaint the walls of the Lucao Elementary School when they joined Brigada Eskwela 2012 on May 24 as…
THE Brigada Eskwela, a nationwide program enjoining community participation in preparing schools for the opening of the new academic year, started last week as classes in preparation for the start of classes on June 4. In Dagupan, the City Schools Division said the first day of the weeklong Brigada Eskwela on…
DESPITE the heavy rains being experienced in the province almost every afternoon, the rainy season is not yet officially here, according to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA). Greg De Vera, bureau chief of the in PAGASA office in Pangasinan, said the basis for declaring the rainy season,…
CALASIAO–The ordeal of victims of human trafficking does not end with their return to their families. This is what that the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) addressed in the three-day Training on the Psychosocial Recovery, Social and Economic Reintegration for Trafficked Persons held at the Regency Hotel this…
AN INTERRUPTION in electricity supply will be experienced in parts of eastern Pangasinan when the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) shuts down of some of its transmission facilities for scheduled maintenance work. On May 29, 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., the affected areas are Lingayen, Binmaley, San Carlos,…
THIRTY representatives from the City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (CDRRMC) component government offices, selected barangay councils and partner volunteer groups will be trained by Makati City’s Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) team on the safety procedures on search, stabilization and extrication of victims trapped in collapsed structures. The training,…
CERTIFIED RICE SEEDS—Governor Amado Espino Jr. hands over to a farmer his share of a bag of certified seed produced by the province under a program funded by the provincial government, Abono parylist and the Department of Agriculture. With the governor during the distribution program at the Provincial Nursery in…
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