RUN (AND WALK) FOR LIFE— Students decide to walk and run leisurely under the monsoon rain that drenched participants during the “Run for Life” event of the Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan last July 16 that started and finished at the St. John the Evangelist Cathedral in Dagupan Cty. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)…
REMEMBERING JULY 16, 1990 EARTHQUAKE LINGAYEN-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas lauded Pangasinenses’ resilience and fortitude for holding on and not abandoning Dagupan City after it was heavily devastated by an earthquake 25 years ago. In an afternoon Mass at the St. John The Evangelist Metropolitan Cathedral here Thursday in commemoration of…
1.7 VOTERS IN PANGASINAN SEEN IN a bid to step up voters’ registration, the Commission on Elections provincial office signed agreements with big shopping malls in Pangasinan for the registration of voters in their premises. This was bared by Provincial Elections Supervisor Marino Salas as he revealed that as of April this…
THE recent presentation of the Seal of Good Financial Housekeeping Award by the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) to the Dagupan City government is another feather added to its cap. It’s the latest of the many national awards received by the city government since Mayor Belen Fernandez took…
LINGAYEN—Watch out for your police-on-bike patrols in your town or city. Soon all the towns and cities in Pangasinan will have trained cops on bike patrols after the Pangasinan Provincial Police Office (PPPO)’s officer-in-charge P/Senior Superintendent Rolie Saltat decided to adopt it as one of the good practices of the…
2012 INFANTA MAYOR SLAY CASE LINGAYEN–The Department of Justice (DOJ) finally cleared Gov. Amado Espino Jr. and First District Rep. Jesus Celeste of charges that they allegedly masterminded the slaying of Infanta Mayor Ruperto Martinez on December 15, 2012 in Barangay Cato, Infanta. The two and another respondent Jaime Aquino…
BOLINAO— First District Rep. Jesus Celeste who, together with Gov. Amado Espino, was recently cleared by the Department of Justice of any involvement in the killing of Infanta Mayor Ruperto Martinez in 2012, wants to teach investigators of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and some influential leaders for maliciously…
THE head of the Bantay Ilog Task Force formed by Mayor Belen Fernandez said that the 50 fish pens mentioned by Kagawad Efren Bautista of Pugaro during a public hearing conducted in the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) last June 30 were not fish pens but actually fish cages. Maximo Solis, who…
LAOAC DAIRY FARM LINGAYEN–Three former employees of a dairy farm located in Barangay Maraboc in Laoac have come forward to complain they were not fully paid salaries due them and eventually paid no salaries covering various periods since they were employed in 2013. The workers, who were interviewed by Balitang…
WHILE THE RAINS FALL — While many local governments brace themselves for calamitous effects of the rainy season owing to climate change, farmers take to their rice fields to take advantage of the rainfall to plant rice. July and August are the seasonal planting period for rice farmers. (Punchphoto by…
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