REINSTATED FOR 2ND TERM LINGAYEN- -Jubilant students, faculty members and employees welcomed the return of Dr. Dexter Buted as president of Pangasinan State University (PSU) who had finished serving his nine-month suspension order of the Ombudsman. In fact, Buted did not only serve his suspension but is being reinstatement for…
NATIONAL CHAMPION – Student dancers from Region 12 perform for the ‘Bayle”, street dance competition during the 2019 DepEd National Festival of Talents held in Dagupan City on January 31. (Punchphoto by Jojo Riñoza)
AGE OF DISCERNMENT? THE national debate over the Minimum Age of Criminal Responsibility (MACR) rages in Pangasinan as well. The recent revelation of the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO) that the number of children in conflict with the law (CICL) in the province has been increasing over the last three…
PANGASINAN SCHOOLS DIVISION II LINGAYEN—There weren’t only two cases of bullying in Pangasinan, but 521 cases in Schools Division II alone. This was pointed out by Dr. Donato Balderas Jr. Schools Division II superintendent during the Sangguniang Panlalawigan’s Question’s Hour on bullying in Pangasinan schools last week. Balderas said the number…
SEEK THE TRUTH — Education Secretary Leonor Magtolis-Briones enjoins campus journalists from different regions in the Philippines to learn to discern fake news from truth during the opening ceremonies of the National Schools Press Conference at NRSCC in Lingayen. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
THE Department of Education and other social development agencies of the government are opposed to the lowering of the age of discernment to nine years old and even to 12 years old. This was underscored by Education Secretary Leonor Briones in a talk to newsmen at the sideline of the opening…
EDUCATION Secretary Leonor Briones has urged the more than 3,000 students and their coaches during the opening of the five-day National Festival of Talents held at the Stadia in Dagupan City from Jan. 28-Feb. 1 to strike a balance between science and technology with culture and arts. In her speech,…
THE No. 1 drug personality of Manaoag town was arrested after a car chase in Bonuan Gueset, Dagupan City by the police. The suspect, George Reyes, 38, of Barangay Babasit, Manaoag, tried to elude the police that were out to arrest him by speeding off in a car but eventually …
PARENTS have been warned about rising cases of measles and the dire consequences if they continue to refuse to have their children vaccinated. Dr. Roland Joseph Mejia, hospital director of the Region 1 Medical Center (R1MC) in Dagupan City warned parents as he expressed serious alarm over the decline of…
AFTER hosting the regional competition last December, Dagupan City hosted the National Festival of Talents with the theme “Celebrating Diversity through the Performance of Talents and Skills for Sustainable Inclusive Education” from January 29 to January 31. NFOT, a program of the Department of Education, provides students with opportunities to…
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