HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! DECEMBER 14 – (Dagupan City) May Abad; (Mapandan) Rowena Torio DECEMBER 15 – (Calasiao) Cristina Calaunan DECEMBER 16 – (Dagupan City) Wendell de Guzman; (Mangaldan) Diony Aquino; ( Calasiao) Christopher Llamas Happy Birthday! ANGELITO DE VERA (December 14 – Dagupan City) Happy Birthday! MARIFI JARA (December 15 –…
NOT IN PANGASINAN OR ANYWHERE ELSE THIRTY-three bishops across the Philippines, led by Lingayen–Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas, have issued a strongly worded pastoral letter rejecting the proposed construction of a nuclear power plant in Labrador, Pangasinan—or anywhere else in the country. The letter, released on December 4 and addressed to national…
CARLO ACUTIS RELIC — On December 9, Catholics welcomed the pericardium relic of Saint Carlo Acutis as it made its way to the Metropolitan Cathedral Parish of St. John the Evangelist in Dagupan City. This visit marks the relic’s inaugural journey to the Philippines, having already been taken to several…
SECOND District Representative Mark Cojuangco has blasted the pastoral letter signed by 33 Catholic bishops opposing the proposed nuclear power plant in Labrador, calling it “full of factual errors” and “misleading the public.” Cojuangco, a longtime advocate of nuclear energy, said he has spent years explaining the project to his…
OVER FABRICATED GHOST PROJECT ALLEGATIONS THE Office of the Ombudsman has issued a clearance for former Pangasinan Rep. Christopher De Venecia, who was unduly linked to alleged anomalous flood control projects. The clearance, issued last December 3, states that De Venecia has no pending criminal and administrative cases with the Ombudsman…
VICE Mayor John Isaac Kho continues to preside over the Sangguniang Bayan despite a recent Regional Trial Court (RTC) ruling that nullified his proclamation and declared his opponent, Susan Casareno, as the rightful winner in the May 12, 2025 elections. Kho, 33, has asked the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to…
THE provincial government of Pangasinan has begun its River Rehabilitation and Flood Mitigation Project, with initial desiltation operations already underway in coastal rivers using large vessels to remove long-accumulated silt and sediments. Governor Ramon Guico III said the project, launched on August 22 in partnership with the Department of Environment…
LET THERE BE LIGHT– Mayor Belen Fernandez, with City Vice Mayor Bryan Kua and councilors, leads the ceremonial lighting of the 45-foot giant Christmas tree in front of the Dagupan City Museum on December 9, witnessed by thousands of Dagupeños. (PUNCHphoto by Willie Lomibao)
THE Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) in Dagupan City has cautioned households to be extra vigilant with candles and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) as the holiday season heightens fire risks. Fire Marshal Chief Inspector Jun Eland Wanawan said unattended candles and faulty LPG connections remain among the leading causes of…
THE newest Super Health Center in Pangasinan’s Third District was formally opened last week in Barangay Lareg-Lareg, Malasiqui. The facility offers free medical consultations, free medicines and vitamins, as well as essential medical procedures and services such as ECG, X-ray, dental care, childbirth services, and more. The blessing and inauguration…
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