VETERAN book author and PR specialist Melandrew “Mel“ T. Velasco, currently president of Rotary Club of Cubao West (District 3780), bagged multiple achievement awards at the recent RI District 3780 District Convention 2012 and Awarding Ceremonies held April 19-21, 2012 in Tagaytay City. Velasco, who serves as Dagupan City’s special…
SANTIAGO B. Villafania, one of the first recipients of the province’s Asna Award for the Arts and Culture (literature), launched his new collection of poems in the book Pinabli and Other Poems last Saturday at the Solidaridad Bookshop in Padre Faura, Manila. The book, published by C & E Publishing…
SEVENTEEN-year old Diana Kristel Real, a Pangasinense now residing in Midland, Texas, USA, received three recognition awards last April 17 at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin (UTPB) during the school’s 36th Annual Honors Convocation. The awards include the President’s Honor Lister, the Highest Academic Excellence Award, the…
DARLING OF THE PRESS—18-year old Denielle Joie N. Magno, the reigning Ms. Dagupan and representing the city in the Limgas na Pangasinan 2012 Pageant, strikes a pose after being chosen Darling of the Press by members of the media during the presentation of the candidates in Lingayen on April 16….
JUN Rioferio, a resident of Barangay Bolosan in Dagupan, has won again the Sculpture Painting Contest of this year’s annual Bangus Festival. This time, Rioferio’s winning entry was in collaboration with Rudy del Rosario, also from Pangasinan. The duo’s rendition of the gilon-gilon (bangus harvest) in acrylic by airbrush bested…
A YOUNG man from Calasiao, Jorryl Dela Cruz, bested 17 other lads for the crown of Ginoong Filipinas Region 1 and will move on to represent the region in the national competition. Dela Cruz also won the best in barong plum in the pageant that was held at Robinsons Place…
PANDAN STREET DANCERS—The famous street dancers of Mapandan, always the crowd-drawer every Pandan Festival, captivate the spectators that lined up Lingayen’s streets with their winning performance during the parade on the occasion of the 432nd foundation day of Pangasinan last April 11. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao) Back to Homepage
1st PANGASINAN LITERARY AWARDS LINGAYEN–Winners of the first Pangasinan Literary Awards, dubbed as “Kurit Panlunggaring”, took center stage during this year’s celebration of Agew na Pangasinan last April 11. “The Pangasinan Day is one way of renewing the Pangasinenses’ commitment to the preservation of our culture,” said Provincial Administrator Rafael…
THE Alfonso Lee Sin Memorial (ALSM) Lodge No. 158 will conduct free circumcision services for some 150 boys from Dagupan City today April 15, 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon, at its Temple in Tapuac District. Physicians from the Philippine Military Academy in Baguio City and the 54th Engineering Brigade, Philippine…
(Addressed delivered by Ms. Ma. Angelita S. Espinoza during the Harvent Schools Achievers’ Day, 31 March 2012, Sison Auditorium, Lingayen, Pangasinan) Our beloved directress Mrs. Margarita V. Hamada, teachers and staff of Harvent School, dear parents, independent readers, achievers of 2012, visitors, ladies and gentlemen. When Mrs. Hamada asked me…
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