A TRANSPORT group expressed its support to the call of Gov. Amado Espino III to the Department of Transportation and Railways (DOTr), particularly Secretary Arthur Tugade, to allow the entry into Metro Manila of provincial buses coming from this province. In a press conference in Lingayen on Dec. 17, the…
MARRIAGE IS FOR SENIORS, TOO – – Mauro Servito, 77, kisses his former partner and girlfriend, Joselina Caguioa-Servito, 53, tenderly after they were proclaimed man and wife finally during the Mass Wedding at the Dagupan City plaza. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
MARRIAGE IS FOR SENIORS, TOO
IS there discrimination in the grant of Barangay Aid, which is an integral part of Supplemental Budget Number 2 passed and approved by the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) last month? This question cropped up after 23 barangays complained that they have not received their respective Barangay Aids while eight others have…
Discrimination eyed in grant of Barangay Fund
APPLICATION FOR PNP SECURITY OPEN THE Police Regional Office 1 has ordered the effectivity of the gun ban to start for the duration of the campaign and election period on January 9, 2022 to prevent election-related incidents in hotly-contested areas in Pangasinan. P/Colonel Richmond Tadina, acting provincial director of the…
Gun ban begins January 9, 2022
A RESHUFFLE of police personnel manning control checkpoints in the province was recently effected by the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO) to prevent a possible repeat of the discovered extortion activities involving a policeman at the Barangay Pantol border checkpoint in Bayambang town. P/Col. Richmond Tadina, PPPO director, said the…
PPPO reshuffles personnel at checkpoints
By Atty. Farah G. Decano I am deeply disappointed with people who vote for candidates with shady background because they feel indebted to the latter. They return the favor after having received some appointment, promotion or assistance from these politicos. I wonder if some voters truly understand the sacredness…
Payment for “utang na loob”
By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. FOR two consecutive years (2018, 2019), my December 18 birthday celebrations were held in the middle of bicycle road races. The third bikefest was supposed to happen last year but unfortunately, the world’s unseen enemy, COVID-19, spoiled my annual affair. Not only were my projects…
Lingayen Gulf landing, so memorable to me
By Rex Catubug TWO large paintings jump at you just right off the entrance of the Anakbanwa exhibit at the newly restored historic WCES HE Building that was Gen Douglas MacArthur’s living headquarters during the Liberation. The exhibit showcases the offshoot of Cong Toff’s PD4 arts and culture initiative….
The Calmay boy as an artist
AT THE CRASH SITE – A responding policeman signals to his team as he approaches the burned wreckage of the training plane that crashed in a fishpond in Alaminos City. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
AT THE CRASH SITE
THE pilot died on the spot, while his student pilot survived their plane crash, a two-seater training Cessna 152 plane, with body number RP-C8202. T g hey were flying and crashed in a fishpond in Sitio Paradise, Barangay Telbang in Alaminos City on Wednesday, December 15, at around 9 in…