OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY PAPERS —The representatives of this year’s winners take a bow before the assembled community publishers and editors who attended the 12th National Press Forum of the Philippine Press Institute, namely (weekly category) Pampanga News, Balikas, Baguio Midland Courier, Metro Post and Mabuhay; (daily category) Sun.Star Davao and Cebu…
CHINESE COMMUNITY EXTENDS HELP—Philippine Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Inc. (PCCI) Pangasinan Chapter, led by chairman of the board Anton Lee (6th from right) donates P50,000 to Dagupan City Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr. for calamity victims in the city. At the turn-over meeting were PCCI Pres. Allan Apaga (8th…
It’s a double celebration at THE “St. Cecilia’s School of Music” in Dagupan City. The school will celebrate its 25th anniversary on June 1, 2008 while it’s founder, Fe Guadiz Vasquez, will also mark her “Golden Anniversary” in her music career. The twin celebration will begin with a Thanksgiving Mass…
OPERATION SMILE—Forty-one children beneficiaries of Operation Smile and their parents are joined by their principal patrons Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez, Dagupan City First Lady Elmina Fernandez and members of the Operation Smile Philippines (OSP) shortly before they were ushered inside Region I Medical Center’s surgery room. The activity held last…
A PHOTOJOURNALIST WINS—Veteran photojournalist Wilfredo Lomibao (right), a contributor to The PUNCH, receives his prize from Dagupan City Councilor Farah Marie Decano after winning the second and third prizes in the Sports category of the Bangus Festival photography contest. Lomibao also took two consolation prizes in the same category and…
ROWELL Allan A. Rocaberte placed 3rd in the recent Electrical Engineers licensure examination and 6th in the Electronic Communication Engineers licensure examination conducted by the Professional Regulation Commission in May 2008 and March 2008 respectively. ROCABERTE Rowell, 22, joins anelite group of double board topnotchers in his alma mater, St….
AFTER steering the successful Dagupan Bangus Festival, Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez is off to another public service event. This time, Fernandez is set to launch another big project, ‘Operation Smile’, on May 15 to 16, to help children suffering from cleft palate since birth. Operation Smile, another project of the…
CO-workers in the city government and friends gathered on Monday night to pay their last respects for Dagupan’s waste management division chief Reggie Ubando who died on May 4 due to cardiac arrest. UBANDO Peers described Ubando, 40, as “an outspoken, intelligent, caring and tireless leader dedicated to his work…
ASINGAN–Long is in. Inspired by the previous longest grill record of Dagupan City’s Bangus Festival and the recent attempt of Sto. Tomas to establish its own during its Corn Festival, the people of a small barangay in Asingan held their own ‘longest breakfast’ Thursday as the highlight of their community…
STRENGTHENING NORTHERN KAPAMILYA TIES—Stanley Palisada (left), news head of ABS-CBN Regional network Group, stresses a point during the ABS-CBN North Central Luzon re-launching last May 5 at the Star Plaza Hotel. Others in photo are news anchors Cris Zuñiga and Jing Vallejos, and Maricar Datuin-Maquinto, news manager of ABS-CBN North…
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