ASEAN’S EMERGING CITIES—Mayor Belen T. Fernandez (seated, 2nd from left) joins 40 other mayors of emerging cities within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations during a conference in Singapore from March 31 to April 1 organized by The Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (LKY School) and OXFAM held…
THREE children believed to be suffering from a very rare disease called Kawasaki syndrome were provided special medical care by the City Health Office here on order of Mayor Belen T. Fernandez. Dr. Leonard L. Carbonell said the city will continue to monitor the children’s condition as they still run…
THE city will host the 29th Annual National Dance Educators Convention-Workshop from April 25 to 29 at the People’s Astrodome as part of the celebration of the 2014 edition of the Bangus Festival. Dr. Edith Galing, president of the Dance Education Association of the Philippines (DEAP), said teachers, education supervisors,…
CALASIAO–A Nigerian medical student drowned in a swimming pool in Calasiao town at 10:30 p.m. of April 1 while attending a birthday party with fellow Nigerian and Filipino classmates. The victim, identified as Callistus Oshiorugif Obinah, 29, was studying in one of the universities in Dagupan and residing at Pogo Grande,…
AN employee of the Dagupan City government was arrested by the police on March 28 after being caught for selling illegal drugs in a buy-bust operation. The suspect, Librada Biay, was arrested along Burgos St. in front of the West Central Elementary School, after selling one piece of small heat…
A BALON Dagupan Swimming Club will be organized by the city government to serve as the official umbrella organizaiton of various swimming teams in the city. The Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) passed a resolution last week authorizing Mayor Belen Fernandez to organize the club to enable the city government to develop…
MANGALDAN—The police here have organized a volleyball clinic for junior students of the Mangaldan National High School (MNHS) dubbed as “Pulis Ko, Kalaro Ko”. P/Supt. Jackie Candelario, chief of the town police station, said the activity, a project of the police provincial office (PPO) with Mangaldan as pilot area, is…
BASKETBALL TRAINING—Mayor Belen Fernandez joins young basketball enthusiasts who joined the Jr. NBA and Jr.WNBA regional selection camp at CSI Stadia. The Jr. NBA/ Jr. WNBA is the league’s international youth development program offered for free and open to players between 10 and 14 years old. (PUNCHphoto by Willie Lomibao)…
TWO boys and two girls from Pangasinan have been chosen to join in the Junior National Basketball Association (NBA) and Junior Women NBA National Training Camps in Manila from April 25 to 27. Zoren Solis of Cherished Moments School in Mangaldan and Aaron Coquia of St. Albert the Great School…
DAGUPAN’s Lyceum Northwestern University (LNU) Dukes pulled a pulsating victory by coming from behind to tie the game first (93-93) in regulation time, then fuelled a strong windup in the extra five minutes period to boot out the Cordillera region champion University of Baguio Cardinals, 105-100, in the semis of…
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