THERE is no stopping Bugallon Mayor Rodrigo Orduña as he raised the ante in his fight over the long-standing issue of illegal gambling in the province. In his latest tirade, Orduña challenged Gov. Amado Espino Jr. to show a copy of his Statement of Assets and Liabilities and Networth (SALN)…
GOVERNOR Amado Espino Jr., who is facing a plunder case before the Office of the Ombudsman over alleged bribe money from jueteng operations, is fighting back in court as he vowed to file charges next week against his “political enemies” for what he called a smear campaign against him. Espino,…
DASOL—The police have arrested two suspects involved in the killing of Infanta Mayor Ruperto Martinez last December 15, at a checkpoint last Monday. Recently relieved police senior superintendent Mariano Luis Versoza Jr., then still officer-in-charge of the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPO) and the commander of the Special Investigation Task…
ARENAS SUBSTITUTION—Philanthropist and socialite Rosemarie “Baby” Arenas signs her certificate of candidacy before Provincial election supervisor Atty. Marino Salas (seated) as her daughter 3rd District Rep. Ma. Rachel Arenas looks on. The elder Arenas is substituting for her daughter who has withdrawn her candidacy for re-election. (Photo by Cesar S….
THIRD District Rep. Ma. Rachel Arenas, running unopposed for a third and final term in May 2013, has withdrawn her candidacy and her mother, philanthropist and socialite Rosemarie “Baby” Arenas, is taking her spot. The mother and daughter team, both from the Liberal Party, went to the Commission on Elections…
RETURN BOUT IN 4TH DISTRICT RE-ELECTIONIST Gina de Venecia is again facing off with Celia Lim in the congressional race in the 4th District in the May 2013 elections. Lim, wife of Dagupan Mayor Benjamin Lim, filed her certificate of candidacy last Friday as a substitute for Mario Lim who…
MS. DAGUPAN 2012—Mara Janielle I. Ramos (center) shines after she is crowned Miss Dagupan 2012 during the pageant and coronation night held December 17 at the City Plaza. She is joined on stage by her court, 2nd runner-up Eddylyn M. Aurelio (2nd from left), 1st runner up Ann Mabel D….
TWENTY-one year old Mara Janielle Ramos representing Barangay Lasip Grande was crowned Ms. Dagupan 2012 during the pageant and coronation night last December 17 at the City Plaza. Ramos bested 15 contestants as she impressed the judges and the audience not just with her beauty and grace but with her…
DAGUPAN’s BEST—The 15 candidates for Miss Dagupan 2012 strike a pose for the cameras during their media presentation December 11. The pageant and coronation night will be on December 17 at the Dagupan City Plaza, one of the events of the city’s fiesta. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao) Back to Homepage
LINGAYEN—“Politically motivated.” This was the response of Governor Amado Espino Jr., who is running for re-election in May 2013, to the allegation made by a town mayor, formerly one of his closest allies, that he is a jueteng lord in Pangasinan.
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