PANDAN FESTIVAL — Students and young residents of Mapandan perform for the street-dancing competition feature of the town’s annual festival. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
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By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo IN the beginning, we walked together, some walking ahead, some taking time for conversations. Sundays were intended for bonding with family members, those who live in the Philippines, with the exception of Lydia, who was busy with her grandchildren, the renovation of her house, or…
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EL NINO’S FRIEND – A salt farmer in Dasol town carries woven bamboo baskets filled with sun-dried salt from the salt beds for delivery to wholesale traders. Hot, sunny days are the salt farmers’ favorite season. The towns in the western part of Pangasinan are still the province’s top salt producers. (Punchphoto by…
EL NINO’S FRIEND
WITH the onset of the warm dry season officially announced by PAGASA on Friday, March 22, the Bonuan Tondaligan Beach is now ready to take on thousands of visitors and beachgoers . Albert Gregorio, Tondaligan Beach Park Administrator, said lifeguards are always on standby, while augmentation from the City Disaster…
10k beachgoers expected weekly in Tondaligan this summer
THE Dagupan Electric Corporation (Decorp) is set to increase charges this month. However, Decorp said that this additional charge will help remove or at the very least, lessen rotational brownouts. Atty. Randy Castilan, Decorp spokesman, cited two reasons for the increase: 1) The 27-centavo increase in generation charge, –from P5.01…
Decorp’s March 2024 billing will be higher
THE Pangasinan provincial government and Citicore Renewable Energy Corporation (CREC) led the groundbreaking for the first solar power plant in Barangay Santa Catalina in Binalonan town. Governor Ramon Guico III and CREC president and CEO Oliver Y. Tan led the ceremonial groundbreaking ceremony on March 20, 2024 for the solar…
Groundbreaking for 240MW solar plant in Binalonan held
UNLISERBISYO MAYOR Belen Fernandez commended the recent achievements of two successful individuals in public service, Ashok Vasandani, a renowned philanthropist in Dagupan; and Jocelyn Siapno, manager of the Public Employment Service Office (PESO) and presented their awards during the regular flag raising ceremony the City Plaza on March 18. Dr….
MBTF COMMENDS CITY AWARDEES
The Umingan National High School won its tournament debut in the men’s division of the Philippine National Volleyball Federation’s (PNVF) U18 Volleyball Championships held at ths Rizal Memorial Coliseum in Manila last March 22. Representing Pangasinan in the tourney, the Umingan Men’s Volleyball Team rallied back from a slow start to stifle Bataan…
Umingan NHS beats Bataan in national volleyball tourney
DIOSA Millora, a female bowler from Aguilar town, carded 1,234 pinballs to bag the championship in the Rookie Masters in 13th SCTBA DRA Save Eye Care Bowling Open held last March 24 at the Baguio Center Mall in Baguio City. Millora, a member of the Dagupan Tenpin Bowling Inc. (DATBI),…
Aguilar lass tops Baguio Bowling Tourney
By Gonzalo Duque PALM Sunday is the day when Catholics go to mass and bring with them fronds of coconut or palm tree inside the church and ask the priest to bless these in observance of the old tradition centuries back. This tradition reenacts the triumphal entry into Jerusalem…
