By Eva C. Visperas I was not a gun lover. But I am now but not as one may think literally. Years back, a former boss told me he wanted to give a señorita gun for my protection. I thanked him but said I didn’t want it. I told him…
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By Jesus A. Garcia, Jr. WE, avid buffs of basketball games who watched the first three matches of the best-of-seven championship series of the current NBA season between three-time champion Miami Heat and first-time finalist Denver Nuggets on TV thoroughly enjoyed the seesaw battle between the top seeded teams….
Against all odds
By Rex Catubig EXPECT the unexpected and bizarre in the seniors’ Jayceeken meeting. In one of the group’s afternoon merienda meets, its safe harbor, the Luz canteen, proved true to its name as it was brightened by the luminous strain of a member’s saxophone. But in contrast to the…
Pussy and Phallus pride
FULL ALERT VS GUNS-FOR-HIRE THE Pangasinan Police Provincial Police has started preparing for the forthcoming Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections by closely monitoring movements of all suspected guns-for-hire in the province. P/Col. Jeff Fanged, PPPO director, told The PUNCH, that identifying all possible and suspected guns-for-hire in Pangasinan was…
Pangasinan police gears up for Barangay, SK polls
MALASIQUI ON THE MOVE — Mayor Noel Geslani addresses businessmen and town officials during the formal launching of the municipal government’s financial online services for business permit and payment system, and real property tax billing and payment system. The online project is in partnership with the Lexys Technologies Inc. and the Land…
MALASIQUI ON THE MOVE
GOVERNOR Ramon Guico III asked the officers of the Provincial Government Employees’ Multi-Purpose Cooperative of Pangasinan (PGEMPCOP) to consider offering a housing loan among its loan programs to help its members own houses. Janette Asis, provincial human resource management and development officer and PGEMPCOP general manager, said that at present,…
Guico urges Capitol employees’ COOP to offer housing loans
FOR IGNORING INVITATIONS SIXTH District Board Member Noel Bince strongly admonished a municipal councilor for ignoring the invitation by the provincial board to attend the Question Hour and to shed light on alleged issues involving the Aboitiz solar plant project in Aguilar town. Bince said in their session last Monday…
Prov’l Board admonishes Aguilar councilor
GOV. Ramon Guico III is set to enter into a memorandum of agreement with the Philippine Obstetrical and Gynecological Society (POGS) Foundation Inc. for the development of a nationwide electronic census platform of health indicators for the Pangasinan Provincial Hospital (PPH). According to Board Member Shiela Marie F. Baniqued, author…
Capitol seeks development of electronic census platform for PPH
(Filed by IFM Dagupan) Cops hail Pangasinan PPO’s declaration as drug-free workplace THE morale among Pangasinan policemen is visibly high after the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO) at Camp Antonio Sison in Lingayen was declared a Drug-Free Work Place by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA). P/Capt. Renan dela Cruz,…
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KANKANEN, ANYONE? – Teachers Of Luciano Millan National High School in Asingan town beat their students to a souvenir photo by posing with two bilao of biko and other sweet delicacies in their fingers during the celebration of the Kankanen Festival. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
