BOYS AND THE DRONES – Young indigenous boys of Brgy. Malico in San Nicolas town, are amused by the four flying drones being demonstrated in front of them. (Punchphoto by Ray Zambrano)
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THE Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) passed a resolution declaring Malico in the eastern town of San Nicolas as the ”Barangay Summer Capital of Pangasinan” during its out-of-town session in Barangay Malico, San Nicolas on March 20. On motion of Sixth District Board Member Noel Bince, the measure adopted an earlier resolution on…
SP declares Malico as ‘Barangay Summer Capital of Pangasinan’
INDIGENOUS PROPLE’S RIGHTS ACT OF 1997 AN ethnic tribe in San Nicolas, Pangasinan has asked the Sangguniang Panlalawigan to allocate one seat in its chamber for members of Indigenous People (IPs) or Indigenous Cultural Communities (ICCs) as mandated by law. The Kalanguya tribe of Barangay Malico in San Nicolas made the…
Ethnic tribe asks inclusion in Pangasinan SP
FOR PLAYING POLITICS “ENOUGH is enough!” This was the clear retort of Dagupan City Mayor Belen Fernandez to the latest demand of the seven councilors in the majority as a pre-condition for the passage of the 2023 annual budget when she attended the March 21 Dagupan Sangguniang Panglungsod’s committee on…
Mayor Belen turns the table on majority dads
PREPARATIONS are in full swing for the expected massive influx of pilgrims to the Minor Basilica of the Our Lady of the Holy Rosary of Manaoag during the Holy Week observance. Mayor Jeremy Agerico Rosario said he already met with Church leaders as well as the police and military, traffic…
Manaoag ready for Holy Week observance
NO RELIEF FOR HOUSEHOLDS IT’S the harvest season for rice in Pangasinan but households are seeing its opposite effect in local market. Instead of seeing a drop in prices of rice, the prices have increased: Prices of regular and well-milled rice range from P38 to P46, or a P1 increase,…
Price of rice is even higher during harvest season
(1st of 2 parts) By Rex Catubig THE coastal barrio conjured images of white-crested waves, blue waters and fine sand, and magnificent undulating sand dunes with ruffled furrows carved by the fierce afternoon winds surging from the high seas. On tranquil days, the place was tropical paradise. Its residents…
The movie world of Pugaro
TO RESTORE DISCIPLINE AND ORDER RESIDENTS and visitors of Dagupan beware! Mayor Belen Fernandez has issued Executive Order No. 17 reconstituting ‘Task Force Disciplina,’ redefining its functions for a stricter enforcement of the city ordinance ‘Artikulo Biente Uno’. The move seeks not only to instill more discipline and love for…
MBTF orders Artikulo 21 strict enforcement
GROUFIE WITH VP SARA — Vice President Sara Duterte gamely takes a groufie with Pangasinan leaders, Mayor Arth Bryan Celeste, Reps. Mark Cojuangco, Rep. Rachel Arenas, Rep. Arthur Celeste, VG Mark Lambino and BM Apolonia Bacay, after the opening of the Agri-Trade Expo 2023 of the Hundred Islands Festival in Alaminos City. (Punchphoto by…
GROUFIE WITH VP SARA
THIRD BATCH RELEASES TWO hundred fifteen more scholars of the past Lim administration received their P20,500. scholarship fund from the Dagupan City government on March 20, bringing its total number of scholars to 1,264 so far, to date. It was the third batch of scholars that received educational assistance for…
