Gone to colours! By Jing Villamil SOMETIMES, life’s stories seem more magnificently unlifelike, more of an untruth, than the Tagalog, Mexican, Korean, Chinese telenovelas we watch out for at the end of the day. Is it, maybe, the reel scenes seem more acceptably vivid in perspective coming to us from…
ANTI-ILLEGAL GAMBLING CAMPAIGN LINGAYEN– In response to the directive of President Rodrigo Duterte to close down all PCSO-sanctioned gaming schemes and all other forms of gambling, P/Col. Redrico Maranan, police provincial director, issued an order implementing a “one-strike” policy to sanction all chiefs of police if they fail to comply. …
IN compliance with the directive of President Duterte to the police to close and stop all gambling activities earlier authorized by the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office and the order of P/Col. Rederico Maranan to stop all forms of illegal gambling in Pangasinan, the Villasis Police Station issued a memorandum to…
RALLYING FOR FR. SOC – Seminarians and priests move out for the procession around the city streets after a candle-lighting ceremony at the St. John the Evangelist Cathedral last week to express support for Archbishop Socrates Villegas, after he was named as one of 35 being charged for sedition and cyber-libel. (Punchphoto by…
ALL the parishes in the Lingayen-Dagupan Archdiocese began to toll their church bells every 8:00 p.m. for three minutes on July 27 for “truth, justice and peace.” This was announced by Archbishop Socrates Villegas who said the tolling of the church bells in the Lingayen-Dagupan Archdiocese will be until Sept….
THE Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) confirmed in its 2018 regular water test that Pantal River, Dagupan City’s main river, is already severely polluted. EMB’s data indicated that the biochemical oxygen demand had decreased, while coliform bacteria in the river increased. Based…
LINGAYEN—Pangasinan remains the top performing province in Region 1in barangay drug-clearing operations based on data in the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency’s (PDEA). According to Carlos Resurreccion, executive Officer of the Provincial Anti-Drug Abuse Council (PADAC), the report furnished to him by Dexter Asayco, PDEA Provincial head, Pangasinan had 1,271 drug-affected…
THE Dagupan City Government has formed the Anti-Flood Commission to address the frequent flooding problem in the city. This follows an Executive Order No. 1A of Dagupan City Mayor Brian Lim in accordance with Article 2, Section 16 of the Constitution that should protect the people in harmony with nature….
THE recently launched Happy Schools Movement by the Department of Education (DepEd) Region 1, is creating consciousness among kids that the school is a fun and positive place to learn and to create a positive atmosphere for them. A regional convergence of stakeholders for Happy Schools Movement, a brainchild of…
NO LOTTO WINNER –- A closure sign instead of list of winning numbers is posted on a lottery outlet in Dagupan City is closed by the police on July 27 on order of President Duterte. The outlet, like thousand others in the country were reopened on July 31. (Punchphoto by Jojo Riñoza)
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