MALASIQUI—A former PUNCH columnist and former board member of this province died when she was ran over by a speeding motorcycle at 10:35 a.m. on March 8 along Quezon Blvd. in this town. P/Supt. Roland Sacyat, town police chief, said Josefina Geslani-Tamondong, 73, resident of Roxas St, Barangay Poblacion here,…
THE 702nd Infantry Brigade of the Philippine Army based at Camp Tito Abat in Manaoag town remains on blue alert with its soldiers inside their camps but may shift to red alert on March 29 when the terrorist New People’s Army (NPA) will observe its founding anniversary. This was bared by…
TENDERING SYSTEM LAUNCHED – Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Officer Rhodyn Lochinvar Oro (3rd from left), representing Gov. Amado Espino III, along with provincial directors of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) awards the tendering system certificates to the technical-vocational institutions in the region during the regional launching…
THE Dagupan City Hall happily announced that oysters are finally thriving in the city’s rivers. Accompanied by Marjorie Villanueva of the City Agriculture Office, Mayor Belen T. Fernandez confirmed this in a talk with fisherfolk in Barangay Lucao. “Our oysters are back and I am glad that the black mussel…
A HOT summer season can spell fun at the Hundred Islands. And the Alaminos City government has began preparing for the influx of local and foreign tourist expected to visit the Hundred Islands National Park. Rosela Ureala, assistant city tourism officer, said the government is currently sprucing up the thirteen…
EDNAS School in Dagupan City celebrates its 50th founding anniversary on March 13 to 18. “We are still maintaining the excellence of our school,” Edna Torio-Gonzales, the school director, founder and president, proudly told The PUNCH in an interview. Over the years, Ednas School has established its status as premier…
THE Science and Technology Caravan will be in Dagupan City on March 27-29 to promote the programs and projects of Department of Science and Technology (DOST) through its S&T exhibits, fora and interactive exhibits. Mayor Belen T. Fernandez and Armando Q. Ganal, DOST regional director, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)…
FOR LYCEUM’S ALUMNI BUILDING — Main Pacific Features Inc. represented by Dr. Harry Uytengsu Limtong (third from left) donated Five Hundred Thousand Pesos (Php 500,000.00) to the Lyceum-Northwestern University Federation of Alumni Associations, Inc. for the Bahay Ng Alumni Building construction fund. In photo (L-R) Mr. Justin Blake Limptong (son),…
DAGUPAN’S Sangguniang Panlungsod has began conducting public hearings on two draft fiscal ordinances: Nos. 0-593 (Amending the Schedule of Fair Market Value of real properties in the city of Dagupan for the year 2004 and thereafter), and 0-594 (Proposed Revenue Code of the City of Dagupan). However, in both public…
LIMGAS NA PANGASINAN 2017 LINGAYEN – Nineteen year-old Annie Uson from Labrador town is this year’s Limgas na Pangasinan’s ‘Darling of the Press.’ Anie Uson, Labrador town’s bet for Limgas na Pangasinan (PIOphoto by Meinard Sadim) Uson, an Architecture student of St. Louis University in Baguio City, conversed eloquently with…
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