By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. I’VE been following the sport footsteps of our national pole vault player Ernest James “EJ” Obiena since last year when he delivered our very first bronze medal at the World Championships held in Eugene, Oregon, U.S.A by clearing a remarkable 5.94 meters… that feat…
By Rex Catubig WAY before Bangus Festival was conceptualized, Pista’y Dayat was the summer event people flocked to in Dagupan. The mile-long Tondaligan Ferdinand–erstwhile known as Bonuan Blue Beach–was where all vehicles led to and where the action happened. Along the roadway within a stone’s throw from the amphitheater…
Matutina on my mind

YOU ARE UNDER ARREST – Suspected drug pusher Vincent Don from Manila is held back by a PDEA agent after he received the payment for 500 grams of shabu inside his car during a buy-bust operation in Barangay Tapuac in Dagupan City. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
YOU ARE UNDER ARREST
A SUSPECTED drug carrier from Metro Manila, believed to be supplying illegal drugs to drug personalities in Pangasinan and Dagupan City, was arrested in a buy-bust operation by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Region 1, and Pangasinan and Dagupan City PNP on February 16, 1:04 a.m. in Barangay Tapuac…
PDEA, PNP arrest two drug high value targets
MOST number of cybercrime and cyber-related crimes in Region 1 were committed and reported in Pangasinan. P/Colonel Domingo Soriano, PNP Anti-Cybercrime Group (PNP-ACG) Chief of Operation Management Division in the region said during the establishment of the Provincial Cyber Response Team in Dagupan City on Monday, February 13, at the…
Pangasinan has most cyber-related crimes in Region I, say

2023 JCI SENATE PHILIPPINES PRESIDENT – Past national presidents, led by IPP Henry Juantong, join newly inducted National President JCI Sen. Alipio Serafin Fernandez (center) in applauding the induction of other newly elected national officials during the Joint Induction and Turnover Ceremonies held in Dagupan City. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
2023 JCI SENATE PHILIPPINES PRESIDENT
THE designer of the gown of 2022 Miss Universe R’ Bonny Gabriel, a Filipino-American who reigned as Miss USA, was honored by the provincial government through a resolution passed by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan. Rian Fernandez, 38, a native of Poblacion West in Alcala town, received the resolution authored by Fifth…
World beauty queens’ fashion designer from Alcala honored

UNLISERBISYO MAYOR Belen Fernandez facilitates the awarding of livelihood assistance to some 55 fishermen belonging to the Samahan ng mga Maliliit na Mangingisda sa Dagupan City – Pugaro Chapter last February 13, 2023. The beneficiaries received fishing gears such as beach seine nets (kalokor), ropes, sinkers, and floaters. City Agriculture…
PUGARO FISHERFOLKS RECEIVE LIVELIHOOD ASSISTANCE
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! FEBRUARY 21 – (Manaoag) Edzhel Jamila Ternola, Carmela Sison FEBRUARY 22 – (Dagupan City) Margarita Tejano; (Manila) Leny Pajarillo; (Manaoag) EIA Cabingas, Nida Cabingas FEBRUARY 23- (Sta. Barbara) Florenz Fernandez Happy Birthday! KENNETH F. ANGALA (February 17 – Manaoag) Happy Birthday! JOY C. ANGELES (February 19 – Manaoag)…
Birthdays/Anniversaries February 19 – 25, 2023

THE rise in series of road accidents in Pangasinan resulting in instant bloody deaths of both motorcycle riders and their back riders should already be a cause for alarm for the provincial and local government officialdom and the provincial police. While the move of the Dagupan City government and city…