DAYEW NA DAGUPAN –Eddie Caguioa Ferrer of Cypress, California (second from left) receives from the Dagupan City Association of Northern California, Inc., the 2015 Dayew na Dagupan (Pride of Dagupan) award “for his consistent, exceptional services in the field of business and commerce and for his laudable civic contributions in California,…
THE officers of FIL-AM Association of Santa Maria Valley, Inc. will launch the “Fil-Am Song” during their induction of officers on February 7, 2015 at the Magic Dragon Restaurant in Santa Maria, California. The Fil-Am song, an original composition as a result of a two-and-a-half-month collaboration among four of its…
Pangasinan Fil-Ams collaborate to produce FIL-AM song
DAGUPENIANS IN ACTION—-The new set of officers for the 2015-2016 term of Dagupenians Association of America, Inc., led by its newly elected president Bernard Valdez, are inducted into office by newly-reelected Mayor of the City of Milpitas, Jose Esteves last on November 8, 2014 in Union City, California. For years…
DAGUPENIANS IN ACTION
MAYOR Jose “Joe” Esteves, a Dagupeño, won overwhelmingly in his quest for his sixth term as mayor of Milpitas City, California, USA in a three-cornered fight in their Nov. 4 elections. He garnered 60.78 percent of the total votes over his Caucasian opponents. Esteves, in an email to The PUNCH…
Esteves wins 6th term as Milpitas mayor
LOS ANGELES, California — “Pangasinan is the best place to invest, the best place to work, the best place to live in and the best place to raise a family”. This is capsule was the message of Gov. Amado T Espino, Jr. to his provincemates who attended the kick-off and orientation dinner of the…
Pangasinan, the best to live in — Espino
By Leonardo V. Micua FORSTER, New South Wales–“Wow, are you kidding?” This was the excited reaction of doctors of St. George Medical Center in Kogarah when our daughter-in-law Dr. Maryjane Quevedo-Micua told them she and family are transferring to Forster. One even said rather astonishingly, ” Forster? That’s the…
Forster, Tuncarry: Australia’s jewel twin towns
By Leonardo V. Micua SYDNEY, Australia –Do you know ” Boy Bawang”? If you don’t, “Boy Bawang” is the crispy and crunchy garlic-flavored cornick made from corn grit that is a favorite junk food of young and adults in the Philippines and surprisingly, Filipinos in Australia. Imported from the Philippines by Sunnation…
Lots of Filipino food flood Australian markets
By Leonardo V. Micua (First of Series) SYDNEY, Australia–It is winter Down Under with last July at its peak but is expected to taper down by August as springtime nears. However, instead of shivering from the cold in the confines of their homes, most Australians are out there enjoying the…
Australians savor the gift of winter under the sun; but where are the Filipinos?
MRS. FARSOC— Eleanor Quinto Sober, this year’s Mrs. Filipino-American Retirees of Southern California (FARSOC), is joined by crowning guests 2nd District of Pangasinan Rep. and Mrs. Leopoldo Bataoil, and husband Jimmie Sober during lavish ceremonies held at the San Diego Marriot Marquis & Marina in San Diego, California. Eleanor is the…
MRS. FARSOC
LINGAYEN—The province’s producers and manufacturers of quality products will have an opportunity to showcase their goods in California, USA during the Diversity Business Exposition on October 4. A Technical Working Group (TWG) for Product Development and Export Promotion chaired by Provincial Administrator Rafael F. Baraan was recently formed to assist…