DURING LENT SEASON LINGAYEN-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas reminded the Catholic laity to observe fasting and abstinence for the duration of the Lent season. In his message “Lessons of Love for Ash Wednesday”, Villegas, said every person 14 years of age or older must abstain from meat and items made with meat on Ash Wednesday, Good Friday, and…
SAN Jacinto town has been declared drug–free by the regional oversight committee led by the Philippine Drug enforcement Agency last Tuesday, February 13. James Fadrinal, Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) regional director, led the ceremony at San Jacinto’s covered court attended by the 172 drug users and pushers…
THEY ARE BACK – Except for the fact that they are the bane of Binmaley fishpond owners, the migratory birds that gather and land on their fishponds to foray for food simply look right for the place. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
FOR CONFISCATING CHICKEN MEAT THE city veterinarian and two others in Alaminos City were recently convicted by the Sandiganbayan for their unjustifiable confiscation of 2,455 kilos of chicken meat from a private complainant. In a 37-page decision, the anti-graft court found the City Veterinarian Ronaldo Abarra, Meat Inspector Joseph Soriano…
AMID the controversy over the mass vaccination of Dengvaxia in the country, a sudden rise in the dengue cases in Pangasinan was noted. The Pangasinan Provincial Health Office is on alert over reports that 200 cases alone were reported last week, resulting in 534 cases and two deaths for the…
THE municipality of Binalonan has been validated as drug-free by the regional oversight committee during the ceremonial declaration in the town on February 7. The declaration made the town the 15th to be declared drug-free in Pangasinan. P/ Chief Inspector Lovell Dalisay, Binalonan chief of police, said all the 24…
ASHOK Vasandani, a known Fil-Indian businessman in Dagupan City, was wounded in a gun attack Tuesday night while on his way home at Castro Sarmienta Village, Barangay Bolosan here last Tuesday, February 6. Vasandani, who joined Sunday PUNCH as one of its columnists, was driving his black Toyota Vios when…
NOTWITHSTANDING the reported rice shortage in Metro Manila, the National Food Authority (NFA) Pangasinan has assured Pangasinan households that there is enough buffer stock of rice for the consumers in the province. Chona Maramba, OIC-assistant manager of NFA-Western Pangasinan said while there are only 16,000 bags of NFA Rice at…
DAGUPAN City residents can begin to look forward to quiet peaceful nights after the Sangguniang Panlungsod passed an ordinance declaring as public nuisance motor vehicles and motorcycles that emit “exceptionally loud, startling and annoying noise affecting public health, safety and peace, and providing penalties to violators.” While there was unanimity on the need…
OVER FAKE MARRIAGE POZORRUBIO—The Ombudsman has reduced the penalty of a mayor here from dismissal from service to six-month suspension only for signing a marriage certificate of a couple but was not the one who solemnized their wedding rites. The Ombudsman order for Mayor Artemio Chan was served Friday (Feb…
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