SITG ESPINO JR. UPDATE THE results of the verification of sources of the firearms left by the suspects in the ambush at former Pangasinan Governor Amado Espino Jr.’s convoy in San Carlos City are expected this week. Meanwhile, the ballistic examination of the recovered weapons that included two baby armalites,…
BUGALLON – “Pwede nila tayong takutin, pwede nilang pagtangkaan ang aming buhay na buong pamilya pero hindi po kami hihinto na magbigay ng serbisyo para sa inyo.” This was how the family of former Rep. Amado Espino Jr. who survived an assassination attempt on September 11 felt as articulated by…
LINGAYEN–The newly restored Casa Real (Royal House), the first seat of the provincial government of Pangasinan built in1840, is set for inauguration on September 30 during the culminating activity of the ongoing Tourism Month. Luisa A. Elduayan, chief of the Provincial Tourism and Cultural Affairs Office, said that during the…
FOUR barangays in three towns were underwater as of 6:00 a.m. on September 19, according to a report of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (NDRRMO) monitored by the PUNCH. Two of these barangays are in Mangatarem – Bunlalacao which is six feet deep, and Pampano, three feet…
LINGAYEN – An ordinance providing scholarships for poor but deserving students residing in the municipality is proposed in the Sangguniang Bayan here. Councilor Jay Mark Crisostomo, Committee on Education chairperson, the proponent, said “An Ordinance Establishing a Scholarship Program through Financial Assistance in the Municipality of Lingayen, Pangasinan and Appropriating…
FRIENDS and family threw a bridal shower recently for Ashley Catubig Asiddao preparatory to her forthcoming wedding on Oct 5th. The youngest daughter of Maria Teresa Catubig of Dagupan City and Domingo Asiddao of Novaliches, Quezon City, Ashley is betrothed to Alexander Machado, son of Oscar and Gloria Machado of…
SHOULD I BE A FARMER? – A teenaged son of a rice farmer watches relatives harvest palay from the highway, wondering perhaps if being a farmer is the life for him. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
LINGAYEN – The National Food Authority (NFA) – Western Pangasinan reiterated the offer of NFA to buy farmers’ palay after rice traders refuse to buy them at regular farmgate price Ramon Cuaresma, NFAWP provincial manager, said the agency is set to buy palay at P19 per kilogram without incentives. “The…
PRICE of Dagupan bangus has risen due to the rains brought forth by the Southwest Monsoon (Habagat). Bangus price is sold now at PHP 135 – PHP 140, from PHP 100 per kilo last week. City Agriculturist Emma Molina, in an interview, said the increase is not due to shortage…
LINGAYEN–The provincial government will help the municipal government of San Nicolas develop its upland barangay of Malicu as the second summer capital of the Philippines, after Baguio. This was bared by Luisa A. Elduayan, chief of the Provincial Tourism and Cultural Affairs Office, noting the determination of San Nicolas Mayor Alicia…
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