SINAGLARAWAN 2023 – The Punch’s chief photojournalist Willie Lomibao holds the certificate of excellence for his photograph ‘Gold Harvest, (a tobacco farmer drying his harvest), as a finalist in the SinagLarawan 2023: Ang Pinoy Matibay photo contest sponsored by the Japan Tobacco International. (Punchphoto by Ray Zambrano)
UNLISERBISYO TO facilitate treatment of Dagupeños bitten by dogs and other animals, the city’s Animal Bite Treatment Center services are extended from 7a.m. to 3p.m. This was announced by Mayor Belen as she reminded pet owners of their responsibility if their pets bite people. She added that she is coordinating…
POLITICAL VIOLENCE IN AGUILAR – P/Col Jeff Fanged, Pangasinan police director, fields questions during a joint press conference in Lingayen last Thursday, October 26, on the arrest and filing of cases against the three arrested suspects in the killing of Arnel Flor Mata, candidate for barangay captain in Bayaoas, Aguilar. Gov. Ramon…
OVER the past 13 months, there were only two instances that indicated Governor Ramon Guico III was on top of problematic issues besetting specific sectors in Pangasinan. No, it was not about food sustainability. Not about level of agricultural production. Not about plight of farmers. Certainly not about the impact…
COMELEC CHECKPOINTS — Uniformed personnel of the Dagupan City Police Station man a Comelec checkpoint like in other towns and cities manned by local police stations, as the official campaign period October 19 for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections begins. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
THE Dagupan City government’s department heads were recently convened by Mayor Belen Fernandez for an assessment of the activities launched in support of the Ease of Doing Business (EODB) campaign of the national government in preparation for the scheduled visit of the Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) Central Office to the…
PLIGHT OF OFWS – Officials of national and local governments discuss other priority benefits and protection needed by OFWs during the vigil for Dagupeña Marjorette Garcia who was killed in Saudi Arabia. Gov. Ramon Guico lll, Vice Gov, Lambino and Dagupan City Mayor Belen Fernandez are shown in a huddle with OWWA Admin. Arnel…
TWO RAMONS SIGN PLEX AGREEMENT – Governor Ramon Guico III and San Miguel Corporation chairman and chief executive Ramon S. Ang show the signed joint venture and toll concession agreements between the Province of Pangasinan and San Miguel Corporation (SMC) Infrastructure for the Pangasinan Link Expressway (PLEX) held Thursday, October…
THE town of Pozorrubio registered another first as it celebrates the Month of the Elderly in October by holding a fund-raising popularity contest. The contest, organized the Federation of Senior Citizens Association of Pozorrubio culminated in a motorcade and coronation of the winning senior beauties on October 14 and 15,…
By Rex Catubig I went to school in our barrio for my primary grades—from grade one to grade four. Kindergarten was unheard of. Upon reaching seven years old, you are automatically grade one. Which for me was an unsettling experience. Suddenly, I was thrust into an unfamiliar environment, thrown…
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