URDANETA City—The annual Regional Schools Press Conference kicked off on February 13 with a three-day campus journalism contest held here. More than 4,600 budding student-writers from 13 school divisions in Region 1 joined the parade around this city before the start of the opening program and later competed in various…
THE Chinese-Filipino community in Dagupan led the festivities last week in welcoming the Year of the Snake with traditional events such as a dragon lion dance and setting off firecrackers. Artemio Cheng Jr., a “lao shi” or teacher in Chinese, said the celebration of the Lunar New Year or the…
HISTORIC SILVER—The Lyceum Northwestern University Dukes representing Region 1 in the PRISAA national collegiate games feel like number one after winning the silver last Friday, the highest achievement so far of the region in the basketball event. Region IV-A won the gold with the final score at 103-87. (Punchphoto by…
FLYING ATHLETES—Five athletes representing different regions in the country appear to be flying as they run the 3,000-meter steeple chase in the centerpiece athletics event at the Narciso Ramos Sports and Civic Center oval during the Private Schools Athletic Association (PRISAA) national games which was won by Anthony Merza of…
LINGAYEN–Calabarzon – which clusters the provinces of Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal and Quezon – crushed the opposition in ball games, running away with the men’s and women’s cage titles and the men’s volleyball crown but that was not enough to stop Central Visayas from retaining the overall lead and the…
ENROUTE TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP—Region 1 power-forward Julius Palaganas of the Lyceum Northwestern University attempts a reverse lay-up to score against Bicol Region 5 team during the PRISAA national games hosted by Pangasinan last week. The LNU Dukes defeated the Bicol squad, propelling them to the championship against Calabarzon. The Dukes…
FREESTYLE SPECIALIST—Mariano Versoza of Lyceum Northwestern University representing Region 1 competes in the 100-meter freestyle swim in the PRISAA national collegiate games. He also competed in the 1,500-meter and 400-meter freestyle events. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao) Back to Homepage
LAOAC– This small town will host the second provincial bicycle road race of the year on March 4 as a n activity of the celebration of its town fiesta. The bikefest, dubbed ‘Laoac Cycling Challenge 2013”, will be ran in two categories, amateur and executive-master divisions and is expected to…
MILLION VOLUNTEER RUN—More than 5,000 runners take part in the Million Volunteer Run organized by the Philippine Red Cross on February 10 nationwide. PRC-Pangasinan staged its part of the run in Dagupan City and Rosales town. The top winners in the five categories were given 50 percent scholarships from schools…
TAKING part in the nationwide Million Volunteer Run staged by the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) last February 3 were more than 5,000 Pangasinenses who joined in two areas organized by PRC-Pangasinan, in Dagupan City and Rosales town. Red Cross Chapter Administrator Florame Magalong said the turnout of 5,540 runners exceeded…
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