GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY – Former PBA superstar Danny Ildefonso gives pointers to young players during the opening of Eastern Pangasinan Basketball Tournament at his Basketball Training Camp in Brgy. Cabuloan, Urdaneta City on Nov. 10, 2023. (Punchphoto by Ray Zambrano)
FOR CDRRMC, VOLUNTEERS THE Office of Civil Defense (OCD) Region 1 in coordination with the Dagupan City government conducted a Basic Incident Command System (BICS) Training for members of the City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (CDRRMC), line government agencies, civil society groups and volunteers last November 8-10 at…
611 SUCCESSFUL ANTI-DRUG OPERATIONS PHILIPPINE Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in Region 1 said the recent arrests of 43 targeted drug personalities and 13 drug den maintainers were among the 721 persons arrested over the past 10-month period, highlighting its accomplishment from January to October 2023. Those arrested, according to PDEA…
REMEMBERING SPEAKER PEREZ, DAGUPAN’S FATHER – Acting Dagupan Mayor Bryan Kua leads the wreath laying before the bust of Speaker Eugenio Perez at the former Perez Market in observance and celebration of the Speaker’s 127th birthday. Perez authored R.A. 170 that created Dagupan as an independent component city, the only one in…
HAD it not been for Republic Act 170 authored by the late Speaker Eugenio Perez, Dagupan would not be in such a lofty position that it holds today in the country. This was how Acting City Mayor Bryan Kua described the significance of the Speaker’s role during the laying of…
THE Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency reported that 9.38 percent of 1,364 Pangasinan barangays still have to work on being ‘drug-cleared’. The statics show that as of October this year, there are still 128 barangays in Pangasinan that remain drug affected. The data released by PDEA Regional Director Joel Plaza during…
A NETWORK of marine-protected areas will be established in Alaminos City, Sual and Anda for food security, sustainable livelihood and economic growth, climate change, adaptation and mitigation. Provincial resolution no. 1619-2023 passed by the provincial board authorized Gov. Ramon Guico III to enter into and sign a memorandum of agreements…
THE normal two-hours travel from Dagupan City to San Juan, La Union will soon be cut by an hour or less, once the construction of the Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway (TPLEX) extension is completed. The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) recently approved the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)…
THE provincial government is gearing up to construct a P238.992 million World Bank-assisted bangus breeding and hatchery facility in Barangay Arnedo, Bolinao town to enable Pangasinan to produce more than 100 million bangus fry and over 48 million bangus larvae annually. Gov. Ramon Guico III said the construction is scheduled…
SECOND AWARD FOR PUNCH’S CHIEF PHOTOJOURNALIST – Willie Lomibao, The PUNCH’s chief photo journalist and Philippine Daily Inquirer’s Pangasinan-based photo correspondent, again bagged the “Tobacco Photo of the Year” in this year’s Bright Leaf Agriculture Journalism Awards for his photo published by the Sunday Punch on February 26, 2023. Beside him is Atty Arnaldo Cariño, PMI…
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