LET THE CELEBRATION BEGIN – Candidates for the Miss Diamond Dagupan City 2022 search join Hermano Mayor Councilor Michael Fernandez on a float during the Diamond Jubilee Grand Parade. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
THE Sunday PUNCH has been ordered banned in sessions and committee hearings of the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) including virtual sessions, reportedly on orders of the members of the majority on the representation of Councilor Redford Erfe-Mejia for unknown reasons. This was confirmed by City Secretary Ryan Ravanzo on Wednesday night…
THE athletes of Dagupan City are joining other sectors in the city who are made to suffer the brunt created by the refusal of the majority in the Sangguniang Panlungsod to act and approve the proposed Supplemental Annual Investment Program (AIM) and the proposed Supplemental Budget No. 1 of year…
HOLIDAY EATING, DIETING, FASTING AWARE of the festive mood in the region after almost two years of isolation and restrictive way of life during the pandemic, the National Nutrition Council (NNC) Region 1 issued its “friendly warning” to families and communities health risks due to excessive eating, dieting and fasting….
REVIVAL OF THE BEETLE — Dagupan City Mayor Belen Fernandez walks through the line of restored and original Volkswagen Beetles to decide which she thinks is the Best Volkswagen car during the Pangasinan Volkswagen Club car show held at the Dagupan City Plaza. (Punchphoto by Ray Zambrano)
THANKS to his training in first aid, a man vacationing from Abra province saved an unconscious employee of Urdaneta city government from near death after he was retrieved from the San Fabian beach water. The instant hero was identified as Edson Villalobos, an emergency medical technician, who came forward to…
THE Dagupan City Veterinary Office (CVO) has ramped up its meat inspection in the city’s public markets during the holiday season amid higher demand for meat. Dr. Paulo Garcia, officer-in-charge, said his office added more personnel to watch out for meat entering the city. Meat inspectors are tasked to ensure…
RUSH SHOPPING FOR LANTERNS – The long line of vendors along the highway in Caranglaan District is b]getting busier every night with prospective buyers of various images of brightly lit colorful lanterns. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
THE Dagupan-based CSI Supermarket is the fifth most preferred retailer nationwide, sharing the limelight with such business conglomerates like Puregold, SM, Mercury Drug and Robinsons, and beating all competitors in Northern and Central Luzon, a recent study shows. The 2022 study of Kantar, a leading data and consulting company, evaluated…
PANGASINAN ORGANIC WORSHOP A two-day Municipal Organic Agriculture roadmap workshop conducted in Pangasinan by the Department of Agriculture – Regional Field Office I prepared a two to three year strategic plan in municipal organic agriculture held at Purok Marcela Resort in Lingayen. Participants included Certified Organic Practitioners of the Participatory Guarantee System (PGS) Pangasinan Philippines…
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