THE Public Health Center (PHC) was inaugurated simultaneously with the groundbreaking of the Nuclear Medicine Facility (NMF), at the Region 1 Medical Center (R1MC)-Annex on February 13 which Dr. Roland Mejia, the R1MC center chief said, is another milestone. Mejia said the twin events is a model of the Department…
MUSIC FOR LOVE – Violinist John Lester de Guzman plays his instrument inside a mall on Valentine’s Day serenading lovers and couples with his music. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
MUSIC FOR LOVE
SENATOR Francis Tolentino urged the people of Dagupan City and Pangasinan not to listen to the endless bickering over the proposed constitutional change between senators and congressmen. It’s just all about politics, the senator said. Tolentino was in Dagupan City last February 14 to distribute wheelchairs, cash Assistance to Individuals…
Don’t listen to political noise in Metro Manila – Senator Tolentino
THE Batacan Bridge, linking the towns of Mangatarem, Pangasinan and San Clemente, Tarlac, has been temporarily closed to heavy vehicles since Wednesday, February 7. This, after cracks along the bridge’s deck slab, and other signs of deterioration were found by authorities during an inspection. All heavy trucks and buses are…
Bridge linking Pangasinan-Tarlac closes to heavy vehicles
(Filed by 104.7 IFM Dagupan News) Task force formed to arrest violators of smoking ban in Pangasinan THE Sangguniang Panlalawigan’s Provincial Ordinance No. 43 prohibiting the sale and use of cigarettes, including vape, in any part of Pangasinan. So smoking in public places in the towns and cities in province is…
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VALENTINE FOREVERMORE — Spotted in a gasoline station in Dagupan City is a flowers-bedecked two-door sports van highlighted by stuffed toys owned by a couple from Baguio City. The couple reportedly also decorates their vehicle during Christmas and Halloween with traditional images. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
VALENTINE FOREVERMORE
A claim by opposition councilors that department heads are being prevented from attending the weekly committee hearings on the city’s annual budget to delay the process was vehemently denied by Mayor Belen Fernandez in a text message to The PUNCH. “It’s not true,” Mayor Fernandez’s text message reads when asked…
MBTF belies opposition claim that she’s delaying budget hearings
A GREENER Pangasinan will be experienced after provincial government achieves its target to plant one million trees in three years under the ‘Pangasinan Green Canopy’ project that was launched in 2023 . The Pangasinan Green Canopy project is a multi-sectoral approach to promote co-ownership in protecting and caring for the…
Soon, a greener Pangasinan with 1-M new trees
IS it going to be summer soon? After seemingly endless cold mornings in January, the province recorded its hottest day this year so far on Tuesday, February 06, 2024. PAGASA temperature reveals Pangasinan recorded 33.8 degrees Celsius of temperature at around 2PM, or 2.3 degrees higher than the normal maximum…
Pangasinan records hottest day last Tuesday
PANGASINAN POLYTECHNIC COLLEGE OPENS THE opening of the Pangasinan Polytechnic College (PPC) on February 14 marks the realization of Gov. Ramon V. Guico III to produce world-class talents and leaders in various fields. “PPC is not a business-as-usual transition. It is a mind-altering aspiration that will soon be translated into…