40% DROP IN CRIMES THE Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO) reported 11 drowning cases in the province during the observance of the Holy Week and long vacation. P/ Colonel Jeff Fanged, provincial director, said five of the drowned victims happened on the public beaches, four in rivers, while two in…
GILON GILON! –The One Bonuan (Cluster 4) dancers perform for the crowd during the Street Dance competition, a main feature of Dagupan City’s fame Bangus Festival, along Perez Boulevard. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
THE Provincial Fire Marshal of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) supports the call of Gov. Ramon Guico III for a thorough investigation on the tragic fire in Pozorrubio town midnight of April 3 that claimed the lives of a couple and their three kids. Fire Chief Inspector Ronaldo Perez…
FOURTH District Rep. Christopher de Venecia House Bill No. 10394 seeking creation of the Lingayen Gulf Development Authority prescribing its powers, functions and duties and providing funds thereof, and for other purposes. Filed on July 27, 2022, it took note of the fact that the Lingayen Gulf is a major…
‘AMANG’, the first tropical cyclone that entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility this year, recently caused cloudy weather and rains in Pangasinan and in neighboring provinces. The rains poured, unfortunately, were not enough to refill the depleting San Roque Dam in San Manuel town. Gener Quitlong of the DOST-PAGASA Agno…
EASTER SUNDAY’s “SALUBONG” BY THE BEACH — The traditional Easter Sunday pre-dawn Salubong was staged at the Tondaligan Beach as Abet-abet ed Olin Inbilay,’ an adaptation of the traditional ritual of the lifting of mourning that heralds Easter. Aside from the meeting of Jesus and Mother Mary, there was the encounter of Jesus and St…
MORE than 800,000 tourists flocked to the Minor Basilica in Manaoag during the Holy Week. In an interview Wednesday, April 12, Manaoag Mayor Jeremy Agerico Rosario said most of the visitors were from Pampanga, Bulacan, and Metro Manila, in addition to locals who came to town for their annual penitence…
By Rex Catubig WHILE it is popularly believed that the senses are dulled as one ages, I find that the opposite is actually true: Age sharpens the senses and enhances one’s perception of things. Simply said, one becomes acutely sensitive to the changes around him. And one becomes…
BLESS ME, FR. SOC — Archbishop Soc Villegas gently blesses a little boy’s head who approached him to hold and kiss hand for his blessing during the Good Friday procession around the St. John the Evangelist Cathedral in Dagupan City. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
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