EDADES—Acclaimed painter Manuel Baldemor and eight contemporary Filipino visual artists gather around the 8×4-meter mural titled “Homage to Edades,” one of the three murals they completed as a tribute to Victorio Edades, the first Dagupeño national artist awardee. The team labored together for 2 days, November 26-27, all depicting the…
THE late Victorio Edades, the first Dagupeño national artist awardee, will be honored by the city with “Panangaro: A Tribute to National Artist Victorio Edades’s 117th Commemorative Anniversary” program to be held at the Museo na Dagupan as part of the fiesta celebration next month. To be unveiled during the…
PANGASINAN, ELECTION ‘AREA OF CONCERN’ PANGASINAN’S inclusion in the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) list of 15 provinces as “areas of concern” in the May 2013 election is a welcome development, according to the provincial police. Senior Supt. Mariano Luis Verzosa, officer-in-charge provincial police director, said being tagged…
LINGAYEN—THREE of the four cities in Pangasinan and six municipalities have been put in the list of priority “areas of concern” by the provincial police for the May 2013 mid-term election. The areas, identified based on their respective previous history of intense election-related violent incidents, are the cities of Dagupan,…
DAGUPAN Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez, with her staff and runningmate Michael Fernandez, filed a complaint before the police station in Lucao after their convoy of vehicles were allegedly harassed Thursday evening by a vehicle reportedly driven by a candidate allied with their political opponents. In their complaint, Fernandez and her…
PHOTOGRAPHERS’ DELIGHT—What a sight they presented to local lensmen when the Miss Earth contestants appeared in their swimsuits for another photo op. It was definitely one of the hottest days in Pangasinan for the photographers. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao) Back to Homepage
LINGAYEN—Pangasinan is a winner. This was the impression of the 27 Miss Earth International candidates who spent three days in the province where some of the pre-pageant night activities were held. “Number 1 nga talaga ang Pangasinan,” said Ms. Philippines Stephany Stefanowitz in an interview.
IT’S still PUNCH columnist Gonzalo Duque who’s at the helm of the Pangasinan Press Club (PPC). The officers and board of directors of the PPC on Tuesday formally expressed their confidence on the leadership of Duque who came into a clash with some members who have since organized another press…
BINMALEY—The vice mayor here, Pedro “Pete” Merrera III, has filed a case against 8 of the town’s councilors before the Office of the Ombudsman for usurpation of official function. The two warring groups have previously filed counter cases against each other before the provincial council, which are still pending.
LINGAYEN—The Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan and the provincial government have formalized their ties in a program dubbed “Tabinan – Church-Local Government Units Partnership” in pursuit of “peace, progress and the people’s common good” in Pangasinan. The archdiocese’s clergy and local government units officials of Pangasinan gathered at the Sison Auditorium here…
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