CHAMPS NO MORE—The contingent of Barangay Lucao performs its best in the streets of Dagupan during the Gilon-Gilon ed Baley streetdancing competition but failed to win a ninth straight title, landing only as first runner up to this year’s champion Barangay Lucao. (PUNCHphoto by Wille Lomibao) Back to Homepage
COA’S QUINTO REPORT Based on the Audit Report of City Auditor Virgilio Quinto, private and unauthorized vehicles with no listed plate numbers obtained free fuel under the city’s account in gasoline stations contracted by the Lim administration. The report showed there were 493 times in 2012 that gasoline and fuel…
HOLY WEEK LINGAYEN—No drowning incidents were reported in the province’s beaches during the April 17-20 Holy Week, a peak season for beachgoers. “We met our target of zero drowning incident,” said Fernando De Guzman, officer-in-charge at the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDDRMC).
FOR 2016 ELECTIONS AT least 200,000 registered voters or 18 percent of the 1.7 million total voting population in Pangasinan have yet to complete their biometrics data. Atty. Marino Salas, Commission on Elections (Comelec) provincial supervisor, warned that if the voters do not validate their biometrics, their names will be…
DPWH ACTS ON CITY’S REQUEST DAGUPENOS can begin to look forward to lesser incidents of heavy flooding soon as the dredging of the city’s main rivers and tributaries begin. At least three dredging machines are already set to be mobilized by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) for…
EXPRESSWAY TO PANGASINAN—The Rosales tollgate in Pangasinan, part of the 27-kilometer stretch from Paniqui, Tarlac to Carmen, Rosales of the Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway (TPLEx), is finally opened to motorists in the afternoon of April 16, 2014 following a motorcade and blessing ceremony. Fifty kilometres of the total 88.85 km. TPLEx…
THE Paniqui-Carmen stretch of the 88.85-kilometer Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway (TPLEx) opened last April 16 in time for the influx of motorists travelling for the Holy Week break. “This portion brings to 50 kilometers the total length of the TPLEx that is operational following the opening of the 23-kilometer Phase 1…
SUSPENSION ORDER URBIZTONDO—The suspension order against Mayor Ernesto Balolong Jr. took effect last April 15, although he claims he has yet to receive a copy of the order, and Vice Mayor Raul Martin Sison has already temporarily taken over the office. In a phone interview Wednesday, Balolong insists he has…
THE CHAMP’S FORM—Shen Verzosa of Lingayen, banking on her strength in swimming, navigated the 750-meter swim, 20-kilometer bike and five-kilometer sprint with an aggregate time of one hour, 18 minutes and 47 seconds to rule the girls division in the Tri Bangus Triathlon last April 13 in Dagupan City as…
BANGUS FESTIVAL 2014 BUSINESS is good for lodging facilities in Dagupan as visitors flock to the city for the increasingly popular Bangus Festival . Hotels and other accommodation establishments have reported to be fully booked for the festival which started at the beginning of the month and will have a…
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