SAN CARLOS CITY—About 200 Pangasinenses whose surname or maiden name is Cayetano gathered together at Aleman’s Resort here on Jan. 3 to be reunited with their relative, Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano. Children danced and sang, their parents delighted in raffle draw prizes and everyone dined together in a grand reunion…
NEW YEAR’S DAY ROUND-UP LINGAYEN- Some crime suspects wanted by the police did not have time to pack and hide after their New Year’s revelry. The Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO) did not let up in their campaign to nab the wanted persons where they can. Two suspects were arrested…
TRADITIONAL HIGH NOON REVELRY SINCE 2007, New Year Revelry in Dagupan does not end at past 12 midnight of January 1. Residents, visitors and tourists troop to the city’s Barangay Pogo Grande for the barangay’s traditional simultaneous lighting of thousands of firecrackers, 110,000 to be exact, at 12 noon of January 1….
MAYOR’S MESSAGE NO Filipino as yet has surpassed the rare talent and qualities of the national hero, Dr. Jose Protacio Rizal, who is also being hailed as pride of the Malay race. This was pointed out by Mayor Belen Fernandez during the observance of the 119th Rizal death anniversary held at…
LINGAYEN Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas has warned the Catholic faithful in Pangasinan about what he called deceptive operation of a group of men who represent themselves as “priests” of the “Ancient Catholic Church of the East.” In his Circular 2016-2 on January 1, 2016, Archbishop Villegas said the group, reportedly headed by a certain Anthony…
LINGAYEN—The Pangasinan Provincial Police Office (PPPO), effective Monday, December 28, a major reshuffling of its officers. According to P/Superintendent Joel Garcia, the major revamp was mainly due to the schooling of former deputy provincial director for administration (DPDA) that resulted in a “domino effect”.
LINGAYEN HAS NO SCHOLARS LINGAYEN— The dream of institutionalizing a scholarship program in the capital town may not be fulfilled after Mayor Josefina Castañeda vetoed Ordinance No. 40-2015 or “An Ordinance establishing a scholarship program in the municipality of Lingayen, Pangasinan and appropriating funds relative thereto”. In her veto letter, Castañeda…
NOT A DYING LANGUAGE THE feared extinction of the Pangasinan language, which is spoken by over 2 million people, will probably not happen anytime soon, with the release of a new Bible in Pangasinan. The Jehovah’s Witnesses released the complete Pangasinan Bible Balon Mundo a Patalos na Masanton Kasulatan last…
LINGAYEN— It is not known if the muzzle-taping of guns of all government –issued guns to policemen and of guns owned by members of different gun clubs in the province helped in reducing the number of incidents involving accidental shooting from stray bullets but the fact is there has no…
VACATION IS OVER —Hundreds of passengers patiently wait for another bus to board during the rush hour today for their return trip to Metro Manila (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao). Back to Homepage
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