JUST when the city government thought the harvest of civic awards for the year was over, the Dagupan City Anti-Drug Abuse Council (CADAC) was informed that it earned the silver award in the Department of Interior and Local Government’s 1st National Anti-Drug Abuse Council (ADAC) Performance Award. The city was…
CALASIAO—The celebration of the annual Puto Festival here became more meaningful after the Guinness World Records finally awarded the Largest Rice Cake Mosaic to the town, a bid it made a year ago. Mayor Joseph Arman Bauzon said the process was tedious and their attempt was carefully verified by the…
NEW PANGASINAN SON — Former Special Assistant to the President, Christopher “Bong” Go, receives the Sangguniang Panlalawigan resolution naming him an ‘Adopted Son of Pangasinan’ during his courtesy call on Gov. Amado Espino III. He is joined by Vice Governor Jose Ferdinand Calimlim, Rep. Amado Esino Jr. and SSS Commissioner Gonzalo Duque. (Punchphoto by…
ADOPTED SON OF PANGASINAN LINGAYEN—Win or lose in his bid to become senator, former Presidential Assistant to the President Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go” vowed to serve as a link between the people of Pangasinan and Malacanang after he received a resolution of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) on December 20 adopting…
PASEODE BELEN — A young mother pauses in front of the nativity scene of barangay Mamalingling to allow her daughter in her arms to take in the bright lights illuminating the creation. (Punchphotoby Willie Lomibao)
BIGGEST IN REGION 1 THE Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) finally passed the 2019 annual budget of Dagupan City in the amount of P1.010 billion during a special session called by Mayor Belen T. Fernandez on December 7. The P1.010 billion outlay is the biggest annual budget ever approved for Dagupan in…
BUGALLON—SecondDistrict Board Member Raul Sision wrote Sen. Cynthia Villar to initiate a Senate inquiry into the recent discovery of a factory that manufactures fake cigarettes in Barangay Portic here. In his letter dated Dec. 4, Sison described the facts reported about the factory manufacturing fake cigarettes raided on Nov. 29 by…
BUGALLON– The barangay chairman of Portic this town flatly denied issuing a permit for the operation of a piggery farm in the barangay that turned out to be a factory manufacturing fake cigarettes, saying the authority to issue permits lies with the municipal government. Barangay Captain Edilberto Orduña refuted the…
CHRISTMAS IS FOR THE KIDS — Daycare pupils in a village in Lingayen show each one’s exchanged gifts during simple Christmas party. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
DAGUPAN City was again declared as overall most competitive city in Region 1 under the independent component city category after topping the Regional Competitive Council’s competitive index for the third consecutive year. The citation was announced during 4th CMCI Recognition and Awarding ceremonies held at the Diego Silang Hall of…
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