DAGUPAN Mayor Benjamin S. Lim met with the tricycle drivers and operators group last Wednesday to discuss their concerns, particularly the problem on unlicensed operators. Dagupan City Tricycle Operators and Drivers Association-Multi-Purpose Cooperative (DCTODA-MPC) officers led by Felix Ocampo, chairman of the board, presented to Lim their plight.
HAIL THE BAGOONG—Participants in the Street Dancing Competition of the recently held Bagoong Festival 2013 in Lingayen proudly feature the capital town’s One-Town-One-Product, the bagoong. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao) Back to Homepage
BINMALEY—This town, aiming to lay claim as the Fishbowl of Pangasinan and the Seafood Capital of Northern Luzon, is celebrating its 3rd Sigay Festival slated from January 18 to February 3. The term sigay is a Pangasinan word that means “to harvest from the sea” and the festival is Binmaley’s way…
VILLASIS—The annual Talong Festival in this town is true to the old spirit of Philippine fiestas where sharing a meal among locals and guests is one of the highlights of the celebration. In the Pinakbet sa Kawa competition, the town’s 21 barangays cook the well-known Ilocano vegetable dish pinakbet in…
THE Dagupan government and the city’s Filipino-Chinese community are jointly organizing the festivities to welcome the Chinese New Year beginning February 10. Mayor Benjamin S. Lim and City Tourism Officer Rose Mary Teng-Mejia met with fellow Sino-descent sector representatives last January 16 to discuss the details of the celebration, which…
WRITER Lila Shahani, youngest daughter of former Senator Leticia Ramos-Shahani from Pangasinan, was recently given recognition by the Writers International Network Canada for her work in putting to the fore the plight of the poor and the abused. “My subject of interest is the disempowered. I write what’s in my…
TRIATHLON WITH A TWIST—Competitors in the unique triathlon event dubbed IBTOR Challenge held January 12 navigate their pedicabs in the bicycle leg covering a 20-kilomenter distance. IBTOR Challenge includes the usual sports of swimming, cycling, and running – but the swim requires players to carry with them a banana log,…
SAN FERNANDO, LU–After years of hiding in the Visayas and Mindanao, the number 9 most wanted person in the Ilocos region was finally arrested. Police Chief Superintendent Ricardo C. Marquez, Police Regional Office 1 director, announced the arrest of Jolly Ordanza Abuan, 56, an ex-soldier of the army and a…
MALASIQUI—Just minutes after the enforcement of the gun ban last January 13, a barangay chairman from Macabito, Calasiao was arrested by the police manning a checkpoint in Barangay Tambac here for possession of a Cal. .45 pistol ARMSCOR with one magazine loaded with six live ammunition. Arrested was Roberto Jorgio,…
DAGUPAN CITY–A government employee and a tricycle driver were arrested in a buy-bust operation conducted by the Dagupan City Police Station in Barangay Bonuan Gueset at about 1:00 p.m. of January 16. Arrested were Joseph Molina 38, the tricycle driver who was nabbed while in the act of handing one…
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