WHITE GOLD — A farm worker gathers cooked salt in one of the biggest refineries in Pangasinan, located in Barangay David, Mangaldan. The family-owned facility operates 24/7, rain or shine, to remove impurities and produce fine, clean, whiter and high-quality salt. (PUNCHphoto by Willie Lomibao)
THE Dagupan Electric Corporation (DECORP) has announced a slight increase in electricity rates for the month of August, citing higher prices in the electricity market and transmission costs. According to DECORP, the average selling rate for August is now P9.74 per kilowatt-hour (kWh), up from P9.34/kWh last month. The increase…
PIPE ORGAN MUSIC — Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas officiates on August 21, 2025 the blessing of the new pipe organ of the St. John the Evangelist Cathedral Parish, followed by the choir’s singing accompanied by the towering instrument made in the USA. (PUNCHphoto by Willie Lomibao)
TWO siblings from Dagupan were honored by the city government for their exceptional achievements in the Horizon Olympiad Global Round, an academic competition, held in New York, USA., from July 21 to 26, 2025. Purple Faith Aquino and her younger brother, Citrine Neo Aquino, both students of Mother Goose Special…
TWO Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDLs) from the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP)–Urdaneta District Jail Male Dormitory proudly marched in their togas during the 46th Commencement Exercises of the Pangasinan State University (PSU) on August 14, 2025 — a milestone that marked the first time in the Ilocos…
MURDER SOLVED — Police Col. Arbel Mercullo, OIC Pangasinan police director, gives a media briefing on August 18, 2025 at the provincial police office in Lingayen on the swift resolution of the murder of a 7-year-old girl who was found dead on August 15. The suspects had been indicted by…
A high-value drug personality was arrested and illegal drugs worth ₱408,000.00 were confiscated in an anti-illegal drug operation conducted late Sunday night, August 17, 2025, in Urdaneta City. Joint police and anti-narcotics operatives carried out a search warrant at the residence of an unnamed 39-year-old male suspect, identified as a…
LOPEZ SPEAKS AFTER CHILD KIDNAPPING CASE ASINGAN Mayor Carlos Lopez Jr. admitted that the number of police officers in the municipality is significantly lacking, raising concerns about public safety, especially in the aftermath of the abduction and eventual murder of a seven-year-old child from the town’s Barangay Bantog, whose body…
TWO victims of sex trafficking were rescued in Urdaneta City by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Dagupan District Office, in coordination with the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). The case was referred to NBI-Dagupan by a non-profit organization that was approached by the victims’ concerned relatives seeking…
(Filed by Ahikam Pasion) 3 HVTs nabbed in Manaoag drug ops THREE High-Value Targets (HVTs) were apprehended during a buy-bust operation conducted by the combined forces of PDEA Region 1 and local police in Manaoag on August 18. The arrested suspects were identified as Virgilio De Guzman Agda Jr., also…
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