THE Balon Dagupan team reinforced its athletic dominance in the region when it clinched a 16 gold, 13 silver and 11 bronze medals, placing eighth overall among more than 100 delegations that saw action in the Batang Pinoy Luzon Qualifying Leg, March 17 to 23. Dagupan’s swimmers remained the biggest…
BOLINAO BECKONS – Still largely undiscovered by Pangasinenses, the Patar Beach is becoming a favorite awesome summer haunt for tourists who don’t mind the 2-hour drive from eastern or western drive to Bolinao. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
LIM ADMINISTRATION’S FRAUDULENT DEAL THE Dagupan City government will seek to recover every single centavo of the P16 million it lost to the fraudulent purchase of the 30-hectare land in Barangay Awai, San Jacinto ostensibly for the city’s sanitary landfill. This was stressed by Mayor Belen Fernandez in her State…
SOME 15,000 in two batches watched Dagupan City Mayor Belen Fernandez deliver her State of the City Address (SOCA) before the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) at CSI Stadia on March 20. More than 8,000 people packed the Stadia in the morning to personally hear the mayor deliver her fifth SOCA, and…
BLACK PROPAGANDA VS. HIS CANDIDACY ALAMINOS CITY— A visibly angry Mayor Arthur Celeste of this city did not mince words when he attributed his brother, First District Rep. Jesus Celeste’s inclusion in the narco list released by President Duterte to “political maneuverings” to impact on his campaign. Mayor Celeste, who…
FORMER Transportation Undersecretary Thomas Orbos slammed the Celestes (Jesus and Arthur) for claiming that politics was behind the inclusion of Rep. Jesus Celeste in the list of narco politicians made public by President Rodrigo Duterte last week. “I don’t think it was politically motivated,” said Orbos in a talk to…
IT was a frustrated vice president that came to Dagupan City last week but not without pointers on how the election campaign should proceed and how one should consider to vote for candidates. From being dirty, the political campaign in the country has become dirtier because of social media, according…
LINGAYEN-DAGUPAN ARCHDIOCESE BINMALEY—Pope Francis has appointed the parish priest of Our Lady of Purification Parish in this town as Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan. The appointment of Fr. Fidelis Layog was made public in Rome at 12 noon (7:00 p.m. local time) on March 18.. Layo, born in…
FIRST District Rep. Jesus Celeste is the only public official in Pangasinan identified by President Rodrigo Duterte in his list of narco-politicians. Celeste’s name was second in the list that was made public by the President in his televised speech during the National Peace and Order Council (NPOC) meeting Thursday…
BOLINAO—First District Rep. Jesus Celeste said he was both surprised and puzzled why his name was still included in the narco-politicians list read by President Duterte Thursday night since he was already cleared by the provincial police and the Regional Peace and Order Council (RPOC) over allegations of his alleged drug…
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