INFANTA—The boiling dispute between China and the Philippines over waters west of the Philippines is frighteningly real for fishermen from this town. “We felt everything then, fear, nervousness, we didn’t know what they were thinking and we were afraid they might harm us one by one,” narrates Ramoncito Damus, 28,…
BAMBOO INSPIRED—Students from different schools of San Nicolas donning bamboo-inspired costumes and playing musical instruments made from bamboo join the parade on March 1, 2014 for the town’s 1st Kawayan Festival coinciding with the annual fiesta.(Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao) Back to Homepage
AN ALERT has been raised against consuming shellfish collected from the coastal waters of Bolinao and Anda towns as these areas have been found positive of red tide toxin. The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in Region 1 issued the advisory on March 6 based on the most…
OVER “MYSTERIOUS DISEASE” ABS-CBN Network’s Bandila program has apologized for “unintended fear and panic” caused by its earlier erroneous report on a supposed flesh-eating disease that was spreading in Pangasinan, but not after undue panic and damage was done. In a statement issued on February 27, Bandila said:
SORRY ISN’T ENOUGH—Governor Amado T. Espino, Jr. urges the members of the media to help the province recover from the ill-effects of an unfounded report of “mysterious flesh-eating disease is fast spreading in the province of Pangasinan”, The governor said he appreciated the apology issued by Bandila of ABS-CBN, but…
LINGAYEN—Apology accepted, but now promote Pangasinan. This was the message of a calm Gov. Amado Espino Jr. to ABS-CBN Network, home of the program Bandila, that reported an erroneous and sensationalized news of a supposed mysterious disease spreading in the province. Speaking during the opening program of the Employees Family…
THAT ELECTRIC METER THE fate of one electric meter is what stands in the middle of an issue whether a bank can continue to operate legitimately in Dagupan City. After Mayor Belen Fernandez ordered the terminantion of the contract of the electric meter being used by the CityState Savings Bank,…
SHABU IN CANDY WRAPS––Dagupan City Chief of Police Police Superintendent Christopher N. Abrahano (left) shows to Dagupan City Mayor Belen T. Fernandez (2nd from left) the 75 grams of shabu, packed in candy wrappers, seized from a woman drug pusher identified as Bulao Jamal, 30, of Marawi City who is renting…
DAGUPAN CONTRA-DROGA CAMPAIGN ILLEGAL drug dealers are becoming more creative. The Dagupan Police and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) seized 75 grams of shabu (methamphetamine) valued at P400,000, packed in candy and gum wrappers in a buy-bust operation at an apartment in Barangay Mangin Thursday afternoon.
IT’S not the proper time. This was conveyed by Gov. Amado Espino Jr. in a paid newspaper advertisement in response to the recent declaration of former Congressman Mark Cojuangco on his intention to run for governor in 2016, a post that will be vacated by Espino. Cojuangco made the announcement shortly…
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