PALM SUNDAY—Catholics wave their fronds as a priest sprinkles holy water on them before the start of a Eucharistic celebration at the Saint John Metropolitan Cathedral last Sunday. The waving of fronds re-enacts the Jews’ welcoming of king Jesus when He entered Jerusalem before his passion, death and resurrection. Back to Homepage
EASTER MESSAGE By Archbishop Socrates Villegas Our Holy Week coincides with the Passover of the Jews. The Jewish feast of Passover commemorates the “crossing over” the Red Sea from the slavery of Egypt into the Land of Promise. The Christian Passover is a commemoration of the “passing over” of the…
LINGAYEN–Pangasinan will celebrate its 432nd foundation day on April 11 with various activities, topped by the conferring of ASNA awards to seven outstanding citizens of the province who distinguished themselves in their respective endeavors.
CONTRARY to claims of the provincial police, Pangasinan is still the major transhipment point of drug syndicates for shabu before reaching drug dealers in Region 1. The claims of the provincial police that illegal drugs trafficking in Pangasinan are contained are belied by a report to Dangerous Drugs Board Chairman…
POSTPONED TURNOVER—A disappointed newsman stares at the backdrop prepared for the scheduled turnover of command at the conference room of the Police Provincial Office wondering why it was cancelled abruptly. Senior Superintendent Rosueto Ricaforte was supposed to turnover his command to incoming OIC Senior Superintendent Mariel Magaway. Both officers and Gov….
LINGAYEN—The relief of Senior Superintendent Rosueto Ricaforte as director of the Pangasinan police has been confirmed but the appointment of his replacement has yet to be settled. Ricaforte, who is retiring from the service on May 11, his 56th birthday, was ordered relieved from his post by Camp Crame, the…
HOLY WEEK OBSERVANCE MANAOAG—Some 1.2 million pilgrims from Pangasinan and its neighboring provinces flocked to the popular Shrine of Our Lady of Manaoag as of Maundy Thursday in observance of Holy Week. The police estimated that 50,000 devotees came daily beginning Palm Sunday, and this ballooned to over a million…
AFTER P581M APPROVED BUDGET THE Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) is reportedly not keen on approving a request by the executive department for a P10.06 million supplemental budget, just two weeks after the P581 million budget for 2012 of Dagupan was approved by the council. Seven of the eight members of the…
VETO OR NO VETO THE eight majority members of the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP), taking note of the partial veto of Mayor Benjamin Lim on the approved budget ordinance, assert that he “must still follow the law” even if the council does not override the veto. Under the Local Government Code,…
FOR MAULING INCIDENT THE chairman of the Sangguniang Kabataan of Dagupan City and four of his companions are facing an investigation following a complaint filed against him and his four companions before the City Prosecutors Office in Dagupan last March 23. The complaint was filed by Christian Carl Santiago, 16; Ziv…
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