DAGUPAN City is set to be declared as the 13th Justice Zone in the Philippines on Monday, March 25. This was confirmed by the Justice Sector Coordinating Council (JSCC) in a statement Wednesday, March 20. The Department of Justice (DOJ) says the JSCC serves as “the vehicle for institutionalizing mechanisms…
PROCLAMATION No. 498, s. 2024, signed by President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr., declared April 5, 2024 a ‘Special Non-Working Holiday’ in Pangasinan to commemorate the 444th Foundation Day of Pangasinan and to observe the significance of the historic day. The proclamation came after Governor Ramon V. Guico III, requested the…
PANGASINAN BEAUTIES MEET THE PRESS — The twenty lovely candidates of Limgas na Pangasinan are joined by Mrs. Maan Tuazon-Guico, and Mrs. Melanie Lambino, Limgas na Pangasinan Committee Chairperson and Vice Chairperson during the Press Presentation and Official Sashing held at the Monarch Hotel, Calasiao, on March 17. The pageant is one of…
HOBBYIST photographer, public relations practitioner and former Sunday PUNDAY columnist Arturo ‘Art’ Valenzuela passed away on Thursday, March 21. He was 82 years old. Information gathered by The PUNCH reveals Valenzuela died peacefully early morning in a hospital in Dagupan City. A true blue Pangasinense, Valenzuela hails from Barangay Tagac,…
IT’S only mid-March and almost 600 hectares of agricultural lands in Pangasinan already dried up due to the impact of El Niño. This was bared by the Department of Agriculture Region I, through its Fields Operations Division chief Analiza Ramos. Ramos said 578 hectares with planted crops, including rice, corn,…
TIT-FOR-TAT AFTER 2024 BUDGET APPROVAL – Any sign of acceptance of the opposition’s offer of reconciliation by Mayor Belen Fernandez is not apparent in her press conference where she showed again documents of fraudulent transactions entered into by Brian Lim administration in response to a call by the opposition to watch her administration’s…
STRESSING that water crisis is real because of the worsening El Niño phenomenon, Senator Imee Marcos called on local government units, including Dagupan City, to launch water conservation campaign in their respective areas. Speaking at a press conference at CSI Stadia, Senator Marcos said Region 1, Cagayan Valley and Central…
PAST FRAUDULENT TRANSACTIONS OF MAYOR BRIAN CITED MAYOR Belen Fernandez did not mince words in her reply to the call of Councilor Celia Lim to the people of Dagupan to be vigilant and help the opposition monitor the usage of the P1.385 billion annual budget. In retort, Fernandez said she…
LET justice take its due course. This was the terse reply of Dagupan Councilor and Minority Floor Leader Michael Fernandez when asked if they were asked to drop the cases that Vice Mayor Bryan Kua, he and his colleagues in the minority, filed against three majority councilors in exchange for…
FUN RUN TO MARK WOMEN’S MONTH THE Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO), to raise P870,100 in cash for 19 comrades needing medical treatment for their ailments. This was bared by Police Major Fernan Rivera, acting chief of the PPPO Police Community Affairs and Development Unit (PCADU) after the recently-organized Fun…
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