THE Umingan National High School Boys Volleyball Team emerged victorious during the Provincewide U18 Invitational Volleyball Tournament after beating Sta. Barbara in a championship knock-out one setter game, 25-12, last December 8 at the Calasiao Sports Complex. The one-day volleyball tournament was joined by 24 municipalities and cities across the province. In the title match, Umingan swiftly established its impressive net defense with four kill blocks. Umingan’s …
CALASIAO kicked off its annual festivities for its iconic product, the puto, last December 10 with a Thanksgiving Mass at the St. Peter and Paul Parish Church. Mayor Kevin Roy Macanlalay said the six-day Puto Festival will have different activities, including the Ms. Puto Calasiao Pageant, Street Dancing Competition, Farm Family Day, Puto Construction and Design, Grand Zumba, and Tugtugan sa…
Calasiao kicks-off Puto Festival 2024
A Bayambangueño, a graduate of the Pangasinan State University (PSU), made his family, school, and hometown proud by ranking third in the 2024 Civil Engineers Licensure Examination. Engr. Bernard Bonin Flores, who scored an impressive 92.25% in the exam, was honored with a plaque of recognition by local officials for…
Bayambangueño, 3rd placer in Civil Engineer exam honored
THE City Health Office of Dagupan headed by Dr. Ophelia Rivera hauled four major awards during the Region 1 Gawad Kalusugan 2024 of the Department of Health held at Hotel Van Gogh in Candon City, Ilocor Sur last December 9. The awards, received by Dr. Rivera and Catherine Ynson, Nurse…
Dagupan CHO bags 4 regional awards
THE Burgos local government received seven awards during the Provincial Health Summit and Gawad Parangal sa Kalusugan 2024 held on December 6 at the Monarch Hotel in Calasiao. The program recognizes the unwavering commitment and best practices of local government units (LGU), including the municipal and barangay health and nutrition workers’ collective and individual efforts in…
Burgos bags 7 awards in Provincial Health Summit
THE Latinissimo DanceSport Team of the Alejandro F. Oligan National High School in Sison put on an outstanding performance and bagged 14 gold, 12 silver, and two bronze medals during the Urdaneta City Fiesta Open DanceSport Competition last December 7 at the Urdaneta Cultural and Sports Complex. Among the gold medalists are Lebron Dwayne Giltedez (Solo Youth Standard ChaCha, Rumba, Jive), Mark Morales (Solo Youth…
Sison shines in Urdaneta Dancesport competition
STUDENTS from nine campuses of the Pangasinan State University (PSU) gathered early on December 9 to participate in the ‘TatakBoluntir Fun Run and Volunteerism Exhibit’ held in Lingayen town, which kicked off the celebration for National Volunteer Month and in support of the campaign to end Violence Against Women and…
PSU family joins ‘TatakBoluntir’ fun run
SOME seventy-four anti-Duterte forces composed of civil society leaders, Magdalo faction, left-wing activists and members of the Makabayan bloc have filed not one, but two separate impeachment complaints against Vice President Sara Duterte accusing her of having committed more than two dozen crimes. As of this writing, a third complaint…
Block the impeachment complaints
By Ermin Garcia Jr. AFTE the suspension of epaLiFe Councilors Red Erfe-Mejia, Alfie Fernandez and Irene Lim-Acosta 4 weeks ago, the remaining four: Councilors Dada Reyna-Macalanda, Celia Lim, Alvin Coquia and Marilou Fernandez, can very well be suspended by either the Office of the President or the Ombudsman for…
The 7 epaiFes are asking for it
BRIGHT CHRISTMAS AHEAD — Dagupan Mayor Belen Fernandez leads the ceremonial lighting of the giant Christmas Tree in front of the City Plaza to signal the official start of month-long festive activities in the city. She is joined by Vice Mayor Bryan Kua and other officials of Dagupan City. (Punchphoto…