A DEPARTMENT OF FISHERY PANGASINAN fisherfolk now feel assured by the pledge of Sen. Alan Cayetano that a department solely dedicated to address the concerns of small fishers to protect the country’s marine and aquatic resources will be created if the tandem of Mayor Rodrigo Duterte and Sen. Cayetano will…
REMEMBERING THE RISEN CHRIST — Hundreds to pilgrims trek to the 40-foot statue of Christ the Redeemer, called “Ayat ni Apo Jesus,” in Natividad town in observance of the Holy week. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
LINGAYEN— No problem. This was the reaction of Gov. Amado T. Espino Jr. to the recent order of the Sandiganbayan’s Sixth Division order banning Gov. Amado Espino Jr. and 13 other individuals from leaving the country when it issued a Hold Departure Order (HDO) for the graft charges they are facing…
NAILED TO THE CROSS 43 TIMES IT was March 23, Wednesday. The unassuming, longhaired man was busy massaging the back of a bare-backed man seated on a stool along the sidewalk of A.B. Fernandez Avenue when invited by the weary staff of The PUNCH to look after their own wellness….
FETCHING BEAUTIES — Denielle Joie Magno of Bayambang steps forward after was adjudged the Darling of the Press during the Press Presentation of the Limgas na Pangasinan candidates last March 19, 2016 at the Urduja House. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
LINGAYEN— Twenty-two year old Denielle Joie Magno, the beauty contestant from Bayambang town was named “Darling of the Press,” the first special award in the search of the Limgas na Pangasinan 2016 She was picked by the members of the Pangasinan media during a press presentation held at the Urduja…
CURIOUS PRESIDENTIABLE – LP standard bearer Mar Roxas, accompanied by Rep. Gina de Venecia and Mayor Belen Fernandez, asks a bangus deboner at the Bangus Processing Plant how she learned to finish deboning a bangus so fast, and the young worker was overheard to have replied: “It’s easy Sir, I…
SANDIGANBAYAN CASE LINGAYEN— “I’m sad but it is there. We have to face it.” This was the terse reaction of Gov. Amado T. Espino Jr. on Wednesday, March 16, to the report that he and two other provincial officials have been charged with two counts of graft before the Sandiganbayan…
CASE FOR OMBUDSMAN ALCALA — A group of tobacco farmers filed on March 16 a case for plunder before the Office of the Ombudsman against former Fifth District Rep. Mark Cojuangco and his wife, incumbent Fifth District Rep. Carmen Kimi Cojuangco. They accused the Cojuangcos of misspending over P569-million in tobacco excise tax shares…
THE payment of the much-awaited compensation adjustment of city government personnel is now assured following the approval by the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) of an ordinance setting aside a supplemental budget in the amount of P97.1 million during a special session on March 16. Of the P97.1 million supplemental budget, at least…
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