BARANGAY, SK ELECTIONS A GOOD number of voters turned up for the registration organized by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in the province starting last week for the October barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections. On July 22, the first day of the registration, more than 4,600 new voters around…
PROUDLY DRUG-FREE—A banner rallying the people against illegal drugs is posted in every barangay in Sto. Tomas, which proudly claims to be a drug-free town for four decades running. (Punchphoto by Eva Visperas) Back to Homepage
STO. TOMAS—This town takes pride in not just having a Guinness World Record for longest barbecue for its 1,559 meters of grilled glutinous corn during its first Corn Festival in 2008, but a long 40-year record of being free from illegal drugs. The new mayor, Timoteo “Dick” Villar III, has…
SECOND District Rep. Leopoldo N. Bataoil is the first among the province’s six congressional representatives to publicly express support for the redistricting plan forwarded by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan. “I have no objection to that proposal,” Bataoil said during the KBP forum on July 25, 2013. Bataoil intimated that his fellow…
FLOODED FISH MARKET—Vendors and consumers at the busy Magsaysay Fish Market in Dagupan City have had to contend every morning and afternoon for most of last week with floods brought about, not by rains, but by effect of high tide. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao) Back to Homepage
VILLASIS, a largely agricultural town and known as the eggplant capital of Pangasinan, is enhancing its rice production through a local government loan and subsidy program for farmers. In the pilot program tagged as ‘clustering’, an almost P1.8 million worth of farm subsidies were distributed beginning March to 10 barangays.
ROSALES—“What is needed as a Customs leader is someone with an iron hand.” This was voiced by Engr. Rosendo So, chairman of Abono party-list, as he lauded President Benigno Aquino III for his strong criticism of the Bureau of Customs (BoC) during his State of the Nation Address last Monday…
UNITED MAYORS OF PANGASINAN—The newly-elected officers of the Pangasinan Mayors League led by its president, Dasol Mayor Noel Nacar (extreme left), signify their unity by flashing the number 1 sign after they held the election of officers on July 22, 2013 at the Regency Hotel in Calasiao. (Punchphoto by Eva…
CALASIAO—The Pangasinan Mayors League held its elections last July 25 here with all the 14 newly elected officers unopposed. Dasol Mayor Noel Nacar was re-elected president of the group composed of 44 members out of the 48 towns and cities in Pangasinan.
DAGUPAN Mayor Belen Fernandez and Councilor Maybelyn Fernandez will lead awardees on August 2 at the CSI Stadia where they will receive their respective national awards in a ceremony for the Blood Galloners Month this July being celebrated by the Philippine Red Cross (PRC). The two are included in the…
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