THOUGH Pangasinan will remain under the General Community Quarantine (GCQ) with heightened restrictions and Dagupan still under GCQ from October 16 to 31, the critical stage may have already passed with only 1,154 active COVID-19 cases as of October 14, as compared to 1,954 cases on October 7. Things appeared to…
THE proposed large-scale Offshore Mining Project in the Lingayen Gulf not only violates Proclamation 156 issued in 1993 by then President Fidel V. Ramos but also other earlier presidential proclamations and pertinent laws later enacted by Congress. This was disclosed by Prof. Irene de Vera, head of the health, energy,…
COLLATERAL DAMAGE – Personnel of the POSOS’s Emergency Response and Rescue Team help lift the fallen tree off a parked car in the Dagupan City’s business district. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
ONLY one mayor in Pangasinan is running unopposed in the May 9, 2022 elections. Unlike in previous elections where there are number of candidates, from mayor to councilor, seeking an elective post were without opponents, this time only Mangatarem Mayor Ramil Ventenilla enjoys such an honor. Pangasinan has 44 towns…
1,437 CANDIDATES FILED THE week-long period for the filing of certificates of candidacy for the 2022 National and Local Elections was orderly and peaceful. This was the assessment of Comelec Provincial Election Supervisor Marino Salas at the closing period of the last day of filing on October 8. Pangasinan and…
CAPITOL NEWS AWARDING OF PSU SCHOLARSHIPS. Governor Amado I. Espino III expresses his support towards the Pangasinan State University (PSU) Scholars from PSU Bayambang and PSU Binmaley campuses during the Awarding of Scholarship Assistance worth P3.8 million held on October 11 at Narciso Ramos Sports and Civic Center (NRSCC) Gymnasium…
FOURTH District Rep. Christopher de Venecia has initiated mural painting on a Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas wall in Tondaligan Park to lend beauty to the park and for visitors to see and appreciate, De Venecia was elated by the positive response of officials of BSP Dagupan to his idea. The…
CAPITOL NEWS VACCINATION PROGRAM OF DOLE AND TESDA. Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Silvestre H. Bello III (extreme left), Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Secretary Isidro S. Lapeña (3rd from left), Pangasinan Governor Amado I. Espino III (2nd from right), and Lingayen Mayor Leopoldo Bataoil (2nd…
SAFETY FIRST – A father knows best how to keep his son safe while crossing a knee-deep flooded area in Dagupan City. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
A FORMER “Pinoy Big Brother” housemate and an actress is eyeing to succeed her husband as mayor of Bayambang in the 2022 elections. Niña Jose-Quiambao surprised Bayambangueños when she, not her husband, Mayor Cezar Quiambao, filed a certificate of candidacy for mayor on Oct. 7. Mayor Quiambao was expected to…
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