SOME 800 candidates in Dagupan City, mostly for the barangay elections, participated in a mass and the signing of a covenant for “peaceful, safe and drug-free elections” on April 24 at the city plaza. P/Superintendent Jandale Sulit, officer-in-charge of the Dagupan City Police Station, said he was pleased with the big turnout…
STO. TOMAS—It will again be another quiet campaign period and election for this town. The reason is that all the candidates for the barangay and sangguniang kabataan (SK) elections on May 14 in this town are unopposed. Out of the 10 barangays, only two will have new chairmen as the…
BANGUS FESTIVAL 2018 THE staging of Gilon-Gilon in this year’s Bangus Festival proved to be another colorful and engaging competition among clustered barangays of the city. Adjudged winner for the second time in a row was Cluster 1, composed of the eastern barangays of Dagupan City, besting four other barangay clusters on…
BINALONAN—Did Dengvaxia cause the death of a doctor from this town who received the vaccine against dengue two years ago? The family of Kendrick Gotoc, 38, believes so but the provincial health office is not convinced, saying the suspicion is “not conclusive”. Gotoc died on April 22 in a Quezon…
COVENANT FOR PEACEFUL ELECTIONS – Candidates for barangay elections in Dagupan City take turns in affixing their signatures on the tarpaulin pledging to help ensure peaceful elections. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
MAY 4-12 CAMPAIGN PERIOD DON’T campaign yet, the provincial election supervisor of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Pangasinan has warned. Election supervisor Marino Salas urged the 44,346 candidates who had filed their certificates of candidacy (COC) for Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections “to just relax, stay calm and…
“PANGASINAN, ONE OF 25 POOREST…” LINGAYEN—Vice President Leni Robredo has received another round of scathing remarks not from President Rodrigo Duterte but from the provincial government this time. In defense of the province’s status against Robredo’s claim that Pangasinan was “one among the 20 poorest provinces” in the country in…
BORACAY IN PANGASINAN — Waiting to host tourists is the quiet Cabongaoan beach with its white powdery sand in Burgos town. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
STILL NO ACTION ON BUTED’S SUSPENSION LINGAYEN—The board of regents of the Pangasinan State University (PSU) met on April 16 to decide on a new leader but reportedly again failed to muster a quorum. Those present were Commission on Higher Education (CHEd)officer-in-charge Prospero de Vera, chairman; Congresswoman Ann Hofer, chair…
SUSPENDED Pangasinan State University president Dexter Buted has turned to the Supreme Court in a bid to reverse the Court of Appeals’ earlier denial of his appeal for a temporary restraining order on his suspension. Buted, who was suspended by the Office of the Ombudsman, said his case is not…
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