ABOUT HEALTH CARE–Governor Amado T. Espino, Jr. (4th from left) discusses the health care program of the provincial government with some 28 municipal and city mayors during a courtesy call of the Pangasinan Mayors League led by its president, Dasol Mayor Noel Nacar (5th from left), at the Governor’s Office…
PATOPAT FESTIVAL—Balikbayans visiting their hometown Pozorrubio join the patopat-eating contest, a feature of the 4th Patopat Festival, coinciding with the founding anniversary of the town on January 11. Patopat is a rice cake sweetened with sugar cane molasses and uniquely encased in knitted leaves of coconut. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao) Back…
LINGAYEN—Ninety nine-year old Perfecto Mondala, the oldest living veteran who attended Monday’s 67th anniversary celebration of the Lingayen Gulf Landings, has one wish: mark his 100th birthday on May 12. It will be a “bonus”, said Laki Itong, as he is he fondly called by family and friends, in an…
LADY OF FATIMA—Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas leads devotees in welcoming the statue of Our Lady of Fatima on an International pilgrimage at the St. John the Evangelist Cathedral on January 8. (Photo by Mitz Cresencio) Back to Homepage
HUNDREDS of devotees gathered at the St. John the Evangelist Metropolitan Cathedral on January 8 for the visit of the statue of Our Lady of Fatima. The visit to the Lingayen-Dagupan Archdiocese was part of the statue’s worldwide pilgrimage that started on January 4 and will end on January 25.
BUGALLON celebrated on January 12 its annual fiesta in honor of Gen. Jose Torres Bugallon, a local hero after whom the municipality was named. Started in 1994 through the initiative of then Vice-mayor Ernesto Mata, the one-day festivity also puts the spotlight on carabaos, an important helper for farmers in…
SAMAHANG Kabataan (SK) officials and selected out-of-school youth from Dagupan will join a Luzon-wide recollection camp at the Highlands Camp in Iba, Zambales on January19-20 organized by the Megacity Ministry Incorporated. Dubbed as “Summer Camp 2011” with the theme “Avengers: Standing for the Truth”, the annual activity is designed to…
BALLOONS FOR THE HERO—Department of Education’s (DepEd) Dagupan Education Supervisor William Macob (left), City Schools Division Superintendent Alma Torio, Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez, and City Administrator Vladimir Mata prepare to release balloons for the culminating activity commemorating the 115th Rizal Day at the City Plaza on December 30. (Photo by MitzCresencio) Back…
BINMALEY is all set for its 2nd Sigay Festival beginning January 21, a celebration highlighting the town as the “Fishbowl of Pangasinan”. The festival will coincide with the town’s where 422nd founding anniversary as well as the feast of the patron saint the Lady of Purificacion. Gertrudes Reyes, executive chairperson…
MASONS CELEBRATE RIZAL—Officers and members of the Mangaldan Lodge No.354 and Free Masons get together during the Rizal Day celebration at the Municipal Plaza in Mangaldan, led by their Worshipful Master, Major Bingo De Asis (3rd from right), and incoming Master of the Lodge, PSI Buen Benavidez (3rd from left). Back to…
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