PANGASINENSES in the uniformed sector may soon find themselves retiring at 60 years old, not 56 if Congress acts on a Senate bill. The bill filed by Senator Alan Peter Cayetano proposes to adjust the compulsory retirement age for the country’s uniformed men and women from fifty-six (56) to sixty (60)…
CONTROVERSY rocked the Small Town Lottery (STL) operation in Dagupan City before it can officially start its operation following the arrest of eight persons claiming to be representatives of a company authorized by the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) on May 9, Tuesday. The eight were arrested while putting up the signage of…
ANOTHER CHANCE AT LIFE THE Treatment and Rehabilitation Center (TRC) of the Department of Health (DOH) in Barangay Bonuan Binloc, Dagupan City is now home to 180 clients, who at one time in their lives used drugs, for a chance to get back to normal and rejoin society. The number already…
SPREADING of malicious, fake news will soon be a crime in Dagupan City. In the fourth and final public hearing of the Committee on Peace and Order, chaired by Councilor Joey Netu Tamayo, media practitioners, P/Superintendent Franklin Ortiz, city police chief, and the regions’ PNP Anti-Cyber Crime Office participated and…
THE Dagupan Police hosted a thanksgiving party and boodle fight last May 8 in front of its station to honor hundreds of its force multipliers or volunteers who helped secure the Bangus Festival from April 16 to May 6. The activity was led by P/Supt. Franklin Ortiz, officer-in-charge at the Dagupan Police…
SUMMER FUN — Young boys jump from Dawel Bridge to clean Dawel River in Dagupan City to beat the summer heat. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
TO develop the tourist spots in Central Pangasinan, 2nd District Rep. Leopoldo Bataoil filed three Bills in the House of Representatives that will provide funds for his projects before his term ends in 2019. He said his bill seeking the development of the Daang Kalikasan, the connecting road that will…
THE Dagupan City Agriculture Office (CAO) has advised all the bangus growers to be alert and immediately harvest their bangus once they see some floating because it is an indication of fish kill. Nonetheless, while City Agriculturist Emma Molina warned of the abnormal weather condition from the very high temperature…
BONSAI WINNERS — The winners from the Pangasinan Bonsai Society, Inc. are joined by Provincial Tourism Officer Ma. Luisa A. Elduayan and Provincial Agriculturist Dalisay Moya during the Pangasinan Tourism & Trade Expo awarding ceremony held at the Pangasinan Training & Development Center last April 28. (Photo by PTCAO)
TWELVE law graduates of the Panpacific University North Philippines in Urdaneta City successfully passed the Bar examinations given by the Supreme Court of the Philippines in 2016. The new lawyers are Mario Hanzel L. Ancheta, Alona S. Apilado, Roel S. Bacani, Anthony C. Cabarteja, Katherine F. Ellorin, Richmond John M. Escaño,…
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