2013 ASNA AWARDEES—Governor Amado Espino Jr. (1st, right) joins this year’s ASNA awardees (from left) Arnold Arquillano son of Dr. Josephine Paed-Arquillano (Fisheries Education), Romeo Castillo-Mananquil (Visual Arts), Antonio Laperal-Tamayo (Education and Culture), Florangel Rosario-Braid (Journalism and Development Communication), and Sr. Mary John Mananzan (Women’s Studies and Feminism) after the awards ceremony last April…
GUBERNATORIAL candidate Hernani Braganza came in fighting form, but he ended up enjoying a one-man show. His opponent, re-electionist Governor Amado Espino Jr. did not appear at the debate sponsored by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) with the Parish Pastoral Council on Responsible Voting (PPCRV) and aired live over Radyo…
CALASIAO—Tax evaders, big or small, beware! The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) in Region 1 made this warning to taxpayers in Pangasinan after filing several evasion cases recently in the provinces of La Union and Ilocos Sur in line with the ‘Run Against Tax Evaders’ program aimed at increasing the…
WHO WILL BE LIMGAS 2013?—Candidates for this year’s Limgas na Pangasinan charm the members of the press during their official presentation last April 8 at the Urduja House in Lingayen. Pageant Night will be on May 1, the Pista’y Dayat celebration. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao) Back to Homepage
NO TEAM PATAY OR BUHAY SAN FABIAN–“I will never ask my flock whom to vote” Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas said Tuesday he will never ask, much less demand, that his flock vote for certain candidates.
SAN FABIAN—Candidates and voters can kiss the wholesale cheating prevalent in the past goodbye. According to Comelec Executive Director Ferdinand Rafanan, the counting of and counting and canvassing of votes, which account for 25 percent of the problem of Comelec, has been addressed with the shift to automated election system…
DRESS to impress. Come in Black and White and add a dash of Red. So the online invite read. It is the Dagupan City Association of Northern California’s Annual Spring Ball billed as Baile and this year’s event recalls the halcyon days of glamor and elegance of the Dagupan Fiesta at the Plaza…
HOT OFF THE GRILL—A resident of Bayambang cheerfully checks out a tilapia from the grill during the Kalutan ed Dalan event during the town’s 2013 Malangsi FishTival held April 6. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao) Back to Homepage
DASOL HEATING UP DASOL—The campaign for the mayoralty race here is heating up with counter legal charges filed by the two opposing camps for alleged physical violence during an incident on April 1. The mayoralty candidates here are re-electionist Mayor Noel Nacar, who is also the president of the Pangasinan…
THEY allegedly ride around town up to the wee hours of the morning and the noise that their motorcycles make are upsetting residents. Dasol Mayor Noel Nacar alleges that the motorcycle-riding men are supporters of his opponent Erickson Verzosa.
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