MAYOR Belen Fernandez appointed Atty. Norman Alex Lomboy as city administrator . Other new appointees are Atty. Aurora Valle, city legal l officer; Atty. Cattleya de Guzman, chief of staff; Eva Visperas, city information officer; Luz de Guzman, executive assistant; Josephine Corpuz, OIC city engineer; and Arvin Decano as chief…
STA. MARIA REPLACED MAYOR Belen Fernandez has named Jom Serna as new market administrator to stop the illegal collection of fees imposed on vendors and to spur market collections. Serna replaced Aguedo Sta. Maria under whose term the market vendors have complained of illegal fees imposed on them by his…
THE Sangguniang Panlalawigan confirmed Governor Ramon Guico III’s appointments of Melecio Patague II as new provincial administrator, and Atty. Baby Ruth Torre as provincial legal officer. Born in Pozorrubio town, Patague was a former three-term vice mayor of Binalonan, where Gov. Guico was also mayor for three terms. He was…
THE Brotherhood of Christian Businessmen and Professionals (BCBP)-Dagupan Chapter recently held a symposium on effective social media engagement held recently at the BCBP Hall in St. Therese Parish Compound, Rizal Extension, this city. BCBP-Dagupan Chapter head Oscar Navata said the symposium was conducted in preparation for their community’s creation of…
THE KBP-Pangasinan Chapter resumed its face-to-face conduct of the KBP Accreditation Examination on July 16. Jay Mendoza, chairperson of KBP-Pangasinan Chapter, said that KBP is implementing the accreditation program for broadcasters to raise the standards of professionalism in the broadcast industry. “KBP member-stations will disallow unaccredited announcers to go on…
THE Special Program for the Employment of Students (SPES) program in Binmaley has accredited 79 students and out-of-school youths. SPES is program provides temporary employment to enable beneficiaries to gain skills and workplace experience. The town’s Public Employment Service Office (PESO) and in partnership with the Department of Labor and…
THE Philippine Science High School (PSHS)-Ilocos Region Campus in San Ildefonso, Ilocos Sur is accepting and processing applications online of incoming Grade 7 scholars for School Year (SY) 2023 to 2024. PSHS-Ilocos Region Campus will implement an alternative selection process called RACE or the Requirement for Admission, Criteria and Evaluation to screen prospective scholars to prevent the spread of…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! JULY 17 – (Dagupan City) Penaflor Quinto JULY 18 – (Dagupan City) Joneahlyn Abarcar; (USA) ARTURO C. BUSTRIA JULY 21- (Dagupan City) BERNIE ERRASQUIN; (Lingayen) Leonard Gil G. Cabuang; (Kentucky, USA) MICHELLE McCormicks JULY 23 – (Dagupan City) ROSELLE GALE, Grace Flores; (Manaoag) Jocelyn P. Mendoza, Elma Jimenez…
ERMIN Erfe Garcia founded your Sunday PUNCH on July 5, 1956. He wanted a pocket-size newspaper (tabloid size papers were unknown then) that’d be easier for readers to handle. Today, aside from the changes in the paper’s physical dimension and page formats over time, your PUNCH has not digressed nor…
By Ermin Garcia Jr. SOMETHING uncanny hit home with the revelation of the Municipal l Agriculture Office in San Fabian town – that most of the illegal fish pens in that town were actually owned by businessmen from Dagupan City. With the unprecedented big number of illegal fish…
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