MAKING THE PHILIPPINE FLAG – The iconic scene from National Artist Fernando Amorsolo’s painting that depicted the making of the country’s flag is interpreted and replicated with the use of rattan, bamboo and other raw materials found in Pangasinan as the centerpiece of SM City Rosales in observance of Independence Day. (Punchphoto…
LEADERS of Moro communities in Pangasinan have assured the police of their cooperation to ensure that there will be no sympathizer of Maute-ISIS in their midst. This was conveyed by some 80 leaders, including Imams and Ustadz affiliated with the Pangasinan Muslim Association that gathered at the headquarters of the…
ABANDONED GETAWAY VAN – A police officer walks around the abandoned van used by the killers of the PO2 Jimbo Agtarap, a member of the anti-drug enforcement team of the San Carlos City Police Station. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
DRUG-RELATED MURDER PANGASINAN Police Provincial Office (PPPO) already identified initially two suspects in the killing of the intelligence officer and wounding of another police officer of the San Carlos City Police Station. P/Chief Inspector Norman Florentino, PPPO information officer, said murder and frustrated murder cases were filed against Danilo Fernandez and…
MALACANANG Palace has declared June 20, Tuesday as a special non-working day to enable Dagupeños to celebrate and participate in the observance of its 70th Charter Day anniversary. Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea signed on May 30 Proclamation No. 219. This year’s celebration is anchored on the theme “Dagupan Pitoran Dekada…
WHERE LUPANG HINIRANG WAS COMPOSED — Caretaker Jesus de Guzman shows the Casa Hacienda in Bautista town, the house where Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo established his Luzon headquarters in 1899, used by Gen. Antonio Luna when he worked with the La Independencia staff, and by Gen. Arthur McArthur as his quarters in 1898….
BAUTISTA—This town, known as the home of “Lupang Hinirang”, the Philippine national anthem, will forever etch this pride with a marker set to be unveiled next month. Rochelle Florendo, the town’s tourism officer, said a marker will be posted on the nine-foot statue of a seated Jose Palma on a…
THE city governments of San Carlos and Dagupan ended up having new appointees as schools division superintendents after an attempt to initially reject the new appointees. Both Dagupan Mayor Belen Fernandez and San Carlos Mayor Joseres Resuello initially refused to accept the designation of Sheila Primicias as their respective city’s…
PUB-PUJ-TRICYCLE DRIVERS WARNED THE district office of the Land Transportation Office warned drivers and operators of public utility vehicles, including tricycles, of their practice of overloading their units with passengers. Eric Suriben, LTO District Office chief said, there is an existing law that specifies weight and load limits for public…
GOODBYE SUMMER! — Members of the local media wave goodbye to summer as they take the opportunity to try out the banana boat ride at the Tondaligan Blue Beach before the rains spoil the summer fun they had very little of. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
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