NOTWITHSTANDING the rain, Laoag City and Candaba, Pampanga emerged the happiest delegations in the Festivals of the North on April 27 after winning the top prizes in the city and municipal categories. The Laoag City group performed their Pamulinawen Festival dance while Candaba showcased their Ibon-Ebon Festival during the street…
LINGAYEN–Don’t panic. This was the advice of Provincial Veterinary Office to the public as he clarified that there is no confirmed swine flu case involving pigs in Pangasinan. Dr. Benedicto Perez, provincial veterinarian, said the cause of deaths of some 50 pigs in several towns is Porcine Reproductive Respiratory Syndrome…
PRICE of pork in the market dropped by as much as P20 per kilogram following the swine flu scare, particularly a rumor spread that backyard piggeries in some parts of the province were infected with flu. Dr. Rodolfo Custodio, vice president for Northern Luzon of the National Federation of Hog…
JDV SAYS PANGASINAN will have one additional legislative district once a special legislation is approved in the House of Representatives providing for the creation of new districts in the Philippines. Fourth District Rep. Jose de Venecia Jr. said under the proposed law, the first, second, and third districts of the…
MANGALDAN has been cited the “Cleanest Municipality with the Cleanest River” in the province’s Pakar Award. The Pakar, a local word implying the protection and preservation of the environment were handed out on April 25 as part of the opening of this year’s Pista’y Dayat celebration on May 1.
THE PISTA’Y DAYAT KICK-OFF—Motorized bancas adorned with colorful decorations sail through the Agno River between Lingayen and Bugallon towns during a fluvial parade as part of the kick-off program for the 2009 Pista’y Dayat celebration in the province on May 1. (Punchphoto by Cesar S. Ramirez) Back to Homepage
SAYAWAN ED APLAYA—Street dancers from Mapandan form a giant sunflower to the delight of the crowd during the Street Dancing Exhibition dubbed Sayawan ed Aplaya at the Capitol Beachfront on April 29 as part of the Pista’y Dayat celebration on May 1. Seven groups participated in the event, including San…
BANGUS STREET PARTY—Dagupan Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez, overall chairman of this year’s Bangus Festival, leads personnel of the CSI Group of Companies, Inc., where she is the chief executive officer, in grilling bangus during the Bangusan Street Party on the Judge Jose de Venecia Highway extension Thursday night, the culminating…
FESTIVALS OF THE NORTH CHAMPION—The contingent from Laoag City performs its winning street dance routine during the Festivals of the North street dancing contest, one of the highlights of the 2009 Bangus Festival in Dagupan on April 27. (Punchphoto by Cesar S. Ramirez) Back to Homepage
5 SUSPECTED KFR MEN DEAD URDANETA CITY –Was it a shootout or rubout? This is the question being asked days after five men, allegedly members of a kidnap-for-ransom (KFR) gang, were killed in a reported shootout in Barangay Palina West here on the night of April 19. An autopsy conducted…
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