DAGUPAN CITY—The mayor of Milpitas City, California, USA who is a native Dagupeño, encouraged the delegates of Manlingkor ya Kalangweran to instill love for Dagupan culture and its Pangasinan language in them. This was what the five students that visited Milpitas City for a study exchange program, recall about Mayor…
A PROJECT originated by the late Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo has arrived in Dagupan City. The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) office here launched last Sunday “Ugnayan ng Barangay at Simbahan” (UBAS) in barangay Bonuan Boquig to strengthen the relationship between the government, the communities…
UBAS for the barangay launched
FOURTH District Rep. Gina de Venecia congratulated Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas after the Shrine of Our Lady of Rosary of Manaoag was elevated to “Basilica Minore” through a proclamation issued by Pope Francis. Shrine of Our Lady of Manaoag, Basilica Minore (PUNCHpohoto by Willie Lomibao) The Basilica Minore of Manaog is…
Development of Manaoag’s Basilica Minore pushed
UNCERTAINTY IN RELOCATION SITES SAN FABIAN– The beach shoreline along Barangay Nibaliw Narvarte here has been declared by the Provincial Urban Housing and Development Council (PUHDC) as one of the danger zones in the province but the 600 informal settlers in the area have refused to leave and vacate their homes….
Informal settlers refuse to leave homes
LINGAYEN— Second District Rep. Leopoldo Bataoil rejected the claim of former Rep. Mark Cojuangco that he (Bataoil) owes his designation as vice-chairman in three House committees and the allocation of infrastructure projects to his district to his affiliation with the Nationalist People’s Coalition. Bataoil maintained that the projects programmed for…
Bataoil belies Cojuangco claim on infra projects
IN Dagupan, the number to call for police assistance folks in case of emergency or to report a crime 24/7 is 16-911. The new number is part of the program dubbed as B.E.L.E.N. that has already served 30 emergency cases in September and 21 cases for the period of October…
Call 16-911 for emergencies in Dagupan
LINGAYEN– The country’s 28 young cultural ambassadors, who assumed the name Dayaw Kalinaw, joining the 41stShip for Southeast Asian and Japanese Youth Program (SSEAJYP) on October 29 visited Pangasinan last week for a briefing on the province’s culture and tourist destinations.
Philippine delegation to 41st SSEAJYP visits Pangasinan
RIMAT Ti Amianan (Treasures of the North), a showcase of Region 1’s “best of the best” products and tourism sites, is ready to be staged on Oct. 20 to 27 at the CSI Stadia this city. This regional trade fair to be held for the first time in Dagupan City will provide…
Rimat ti Amianan takes center stage Oct. 20-27
THE Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has asked the public to bring out coins they have stored in their piggy banks and deposit these in savings banks as it confirmed an ongoing artificial shortage of coins nationwide. This problem is being highlighted with the staging of the ‘Fun Run for Coins’ by…
BSP: Please, bring out the coins
LOS ANGELES, California — “Pangasinan is the best place to invest, the best place to work, the best place to live in and the best place to raise a family”. This is capsule was the message of Gov. Amado T Espino, Jr. to his provincemates who attended the kick-off and orientation dinner of the…