THANK YOU!—Beneficiaries of the improved health care in the province troop to the Capitol to personally thank Gov. Amado T. Espino, Jr., for his unrelenting support for health needs of Pangasinenses. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao) Back to Homepage
2013 STATE OF THE PROVINCE ADDRESS LINGAYEN–The work never stops. Basking in the accomplishments of his administration, Gov. Amado T. Espino Jr. nonetheless sent the message in his seventh State of the Province Address (SOPA) before the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) on February 10 that more need to be done and…
TWO large illegal fish pens claimed by its owners to be covered by land titles were the first to be demolished Friday by the Task Force Bantay Ilog upon the the order of Mayor Belen Fernandez. Maximo Solis, a technical consultant in the office of the City Agriculture Office, said…
2016 GUBERNATORIAL RACE LINGAYEN—It’s still more than two years away before the next election, but former Congressman Mark Cojuangco has unabashedly announced that he wants to succeed Governor Amado Espino Jr. when he steps down at the end of third and final term in 2016.
LOCAL FUN WITH PAKWAN—Tourist Julian Lauber from Germany joins the pakwan (watermelon) eating contest during the 1st Pakwan Festival in Bani, Pangasinan on February 8 while his companion captures the fun moment on camera. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao) Back to Homepage
DAGUPAN CITY – There is no truth to the earlier reports that Dagupan is among the most vulnerable cities in the country today. This was the assessment of Dr. Maria Leonila P. Bautista, associate scientist of the Philippine Volcanology and Seismology of the Department of Science and Technology (Phivolcs-DOST) who…
LINGAYEN—In addition to Dagupan, the demand for transparency and accountability in the handling of public funds for festivals is also being pressed in Lingayen. More than a month after the joint Lingayen Town Fiesta and Bagoong Festival was held, the committee that handled the activity has yet to liquidate the…
LOVE OF ALL AGES—Virgilio, 60 and Tita Banogon, 58, one of the oldest of the almost 200 couples who joined the mass beach wedding at the Hundred Islands National Park on February 14, 2014 seal their marriage with a rather bashful kiss. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao) Back to Homepage
185 COUPLES SAY “I DO” ALAMINOS CITY—Love filled the air at the Hundred Islands National Park here on Valentine’s Day with almost 200 couples exchaning “I do’s” in a mass wedding sponsored by the city government and the Pag-IBIG Home Mutual Development Fund.
PICTURESQUE 100 ISLANDS—It was like a scene from an international movie release about islanders who decided to get married in a most romantic setting. The first–ever mass beach wedding at the first-proclaimed national park, Hundred Islands National Park in Alaminos City on this year’s Valentine’s Day arranged by Mayor…
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