FIRST CHRISTMAS EVE UNDER NEW NORMAL – Thousands of Catholics in Dagupan City physically attend the traditional Christmas Eve mass at the St. John the Evangelist Cathedral for the first time under new normal after missing it in 2020. Hundreds of devotees stayed outside the church to hear mass as number…
CITY’S SECOND DRUG-FREE BARANGAY THE Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), recently declared Barangay Tebeng in Dagupan City as a drug-free barangay, only the second barangay to be declared drug-free in the city after Barangay Mamalingling. A certification dated December 16, 2021 attesting Tebeng’s drug-free status was received by Tebeng Barangay…
NETIZENS ANGERED BY CITY GOV’T INDIFFERENCE “YONG kotongero na yan dapat na mahuli sa entrapment, tapos ang tao na yan dapat itapon sa dagat para mapakinabangan ng mga hipon at isda”. This was one of the harshest comments on a YouTube report posted by SMNI December 22 -“Pangongotong sa Vendors ng…
ANOTHER piece of good news at the Capitol. Pangasinan was ranked among the top 10 provinces in the entire country with the highest total revenue collection for Calendar Year 2020. Based on the report of the Commission on Audit (COA), Pangasinan is fourth in the top 10 list with a…
NETIZENS in Pangasinan were expressly awed by the provincial government’s successful campaign vs, COVID-19 pandemic. This was gleaned from the hundreds of comments posted on social media after the Pangasinan Health Office reported zero COVID-19 case on Christmas Day, (December 25). It was the first time the province logged zero…
12% MORE TO GO FOR HERD IMMUNITY SOME 1.3 million individuals in Pangasinan are already fully vaccinated as of Dec. 27, according to the Provincial Health Office (PHO). Dr. Anna de Guzman said the number represents 58.5 percent of the identified eligible population in the province. She said some 1.7…
BINMALEY BEACH AT ALERT LEVEL 2 – Residents and visitors take a breather at the Binmaley Beach the day after a hectic Christmas celebration and reunions. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
FIRST, the good news. All 31barangays of Dagupan City already been advised that they can already get their respective shares of the P6.2 million Barangay Aid passed and approved by the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP). The bad news is the distribution of the amount was not pro-rated as envisioned by the…
THE Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO) is on full alert and has intensified its patrol operations in places of known convergence of criminal activities particularly before and during the New Year festivities. PPPO Director P/Col. Richmond Tadina said police units are actively pursuing intelligence reports in the field to prevent…
By Al S. Mendoza IT’S the political season and with it comes the survey season, too. Don’t be fooled. Surveys are as pesky as the summer fly but, hey, they are here to stay. They are as perennial as the grass. You are a politician, you either pay attention or not…
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