James Rickard, manager of the carving school at Te Puia, formerly known as the Maori Arts and Crafts Institute in Rotorua, is a very experienced and skilled carver with a deep knowledge of the art form within the Maori cultural heritage and context. A visiting New Zealand Maori carver, he…
Dr. Arnulfo S. Rosario, a radiologist from Maryland, has been awarded the “2007 Distinguished Physician of the Year Award” by the Association of the Philippine Physicians in America (APPA). Two other awards, the Community Service Award and the Apolinario Mabini teaching Award, were handed out to Dr. Ulysses Carvajal, an…
Philanthropist Rose Marie Jimenez de. Arenas sponsored the presentation of the first and only live concert in Manila by world tenor Luciano Pavarotti during his first Asian tour last March 21, 1994 at the Philippine International Convention Center, CCP Complex. She sent the following message to The PUNCH on hearing…
The Divine Word Academy of Dagupan, the first and only Catholic school with a Chinese curriculum in the entire northern Luzon, marks its 50th year of existence this year with a grand alumni homecoming as the highlight of the affair on October 6. The theme of this year’s Golden Jubilee…
MAYOR AL’S CUP SEMI-FINALS SUFFERING a defeat is not new to the University of Luzon Golden Tigers. They have gone through that before and still managed to win the tiara. Tomorrow, they will face their conqueror anew, the Lyceum Northwestern University Dukes, and this time in the semifinals of the…
THE Milo Little Olympics for Luzon, now on its 10th season, unwraps on September 21 at the Narciso Ramos Sports and Civic Center in Lingayen. The annual multi-sporting event for17 year-old students and below will be played in different categories with huge cash prizes, trophies and medals at stake for…
PCSO ROADSHOW—A woman and her child receive medicines from a health personnel during Thursday’s one-day medical and dental mission sponsored by the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office under its “Walang Kupas” roadshow project at the Dagupan City People’s Astrodome.– (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
PTCA INDUCTION—Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez (right) swears in officers of the Parents-Teachers Community Association of Bolosan in Dagupan City, who will implement a one-month feeding program for malnourished children in the barangay sponsored by the CSI Group of Companies owned by the vice mayor.
DISTRICT 379 INNER WHEEL CLUB —Newly inducted and second-time District Chairman Preciosa Nava leads the new set of club officers and members of District 379 of the Inner Wheel Clubs of the Philippines at the Star Plaza Hotel in Dagupan City on September 11. Rosemary “Baby” Arenas, a socialite-philanthropist, was…
GOLD, SILVER AND BRONZE-The victorious taekwando jins of the University of Luzon with their trainor-coach Ed Bince (in dark shirt) after harvesting a total of 16 medals from the 2007 Regional Inter-Schools Taekwando Championships.
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