A JOB FOR MAYOR DUTERTE PAGING President–elect Mayor Rody Duterte! A flavored shabu found on a suspect arrested by the police in a drug buy-bust operation on Careenan Street in Dagupan City on May 18 is something for the books in the continuing campaign of lawmen against illegal drugs. Arrested in a follow-up operation by operatives of…
CANAO, NOT A SUMMERTIME DANCE — The chiefs of police from Cordillera assigned to the Pangasinan PNP don their bahag not because of the searing heat of summer but to perform a cañao in thanksgiving, for the peaceful conduct of the 2016 elections in the province. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
FOR PEACEFUL POLLS LINGAYEN—For successfully achieving zero election-related violent incident (ERVI) on election day, May 9, the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office held a cañao, a ritual of thanksgiving. P/Sr. Supt. Edgar Alan Okubo, officer-in-charge police director and an Ibaloi, initiated the activity Monday, a first for the PPPO, during the…
EVANGELIZING THROUGH BASKETBALL MALASIQUI—A 60-year old priest, the most senior basketball player in the Lingayen-Dagupan Archdiocese who combines playing basketball with evangelization, will be ordained bishop on May 24 at the St. John The Evangelist Cathedral here. In fact, Rev. Fr. Enrique Macaraeg, currently parish priest of Saint Ildefonso Parish…
PAPA SPINES: GOOD LUCK, GUV POGI — It was a tender father-and-son moment for outgoing Gov. Amado T. Espino Jr. and incoming Gov. Amado ‘Pogi’ Espino III shortly after they were proclaimed winners by the Provincial board of Canvassers last May 11, 2016 as congressman and governor, respectively. (Punchphoto by…
FIVE HOME RUNS THE Espino family, all four members, will continue to dominate politics in Pangasinan for another three years after they scored resounding victories against their respective opponents during the May 9 elections. Mr. Amado Espino III, son of outgoing-Gov. Amado T. Espino Jr., and incumbent ex-officio board member…
LINGAYEN— Incumbent Governor Amado Espino Jr. and son, incumbent Liga ng mga Barangay provincial president Board Member Amado “Pogi” Espino III, won an overwhelming mandate against the Cojuangco couple in the May 9 polls. The young Espino will take over as governor of Pangasinan while the governor will be the…
SISON—Former Fifth District Rep. Mark Cojuangco conceded defeat in the gubernatorial race. In his voice-recorded message sent to The PUNCH via e-mail, Mr. Cojuangco said he has accepted the decision of his provincemates in Pangasinan. “I thank you all for giving me the chance to express and present all my…
THE UNOPPOSED MAYOR — Re-electionist Dagupan City Mayor Belen T. Fernandez is proclaimed winner by the City Board of Canvassers composed of City Election Supervisor Nathaniel, City Prosecutor Joven Maramba and Schools Superintendent Froserfina Bravo on May 9, 2016 even before the official tally of votes could be released since Fernandez…
IT was all over but the shouting three weeks before the election when Mayor Belen T. Fernandez and Vice Mayor Brian C. Lim were already known to lead the Dagupan City government the city for another three-year term when both their opponents withdrew their respective candidacies. Being unopposed, both were…
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