MANAOAG—Thousands of pilgrims and devotees came in droves Tuesday to witness the solemn formal proclamation of Our Lady of the Rosary Church of Manaoag as Minor Basilica led by the papal nuncio. Papal Nuncio to the Philippines Guisseppe Pinto led the formal declaration with Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle as the main celebrant,…
THEY CAME TO PRAY — The front pew inside churches during special occasions is somehow always reserved for VIPs, and the proclamation of the Shrine of Our Lady of the Rosary of Manaoag as Minor Basilica was no exception. Occupying the front pew are Former Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr., Gov….
BASISTA– It may be only a matter of time before businesswoman Jocelyn Perez officially assumes the mayorship of Basista. Perez, a businesswoman, cited a “certificate of no” filing secured by her lawyer from the Comelec central office showing that the disqualified mayor, Manolo de Leon, did not file his motion for reconsideration who was given until February 16 to…
PRESIDENTIAL AWARDEE DAGUPAN City has been adjudged the “most child-friendly city “ in Region 1. That makes the city a national contender for the 2014 Presidential Award for Most Child-Friendly City. Mayor Belen T. Fernandez, accompanied by City Social Welfare and Development officer Leah Aquino and City Engineer Virginia Rosario,…
WAR VS ILLEGAL DRUGS THE war vs. illegal drugs and the syndicates is on and the province’s chief executive is in the frontline directing the campaign. Gov. Amado T. Espino Jr. said the campaign against illegal drugs in Pangasinan is now moving in high gear in all fronts, himself monitoring and supervising the…
LINGAYEN– Gov. Amado T. Espino Jr. will spell out in detail the gains made by the provincial government in 2014 when he delivers the State of the Province Address (SOPA) on February 16, at the Capitol Complex before the the Sangguniang Panlalawigan. It will be Gov. Espino’s 8th SOPA before he completes…
INQUIRY ON FALLEN 44 LINGAYEN—The need to ferret out the truth in both senate and congressional inquiries is imperative but end the blame game. This was echoed by Second District Rep. Leopoldo Bataoil and added that justice can only be served by the truth behind the merciless killing of SAF’s…
GUARANTEE OF ADDED-VALUE SOON households all over the country and abroad can be sure that the bangus they are buying is their favorite ‘Dagupan bangus’ from the Bangus Capital of the World. By virtue of an ordinance recently passed by the city’s sanggunian panlungsod, only bangus raised in Dagupan fishponds…
BASISTA—A businesswoman who ran and lost in the 2013 election was declared by the Commission on Elections as “the duly elected mayor of Basista, Pangasinan” in a decision of the poll body on January 27. The new mayor is Jocelyn O. Perez who won in her petition before the Comelec for the…
RAMPANT FRAUDULENT CLAIMS A fact-finding team of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) has already filed administrative and criminal complaints before the Ombudsman against nine employees of PhilHealth Region 1 for processing fraudulent claims that defrauded the government, in this case, PhilHealth, estimated to top P10 million. This was bared…
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