E-SABONG BETTING STATIONS SOON TO GO – The usual crowd of bettors that gather at e-sabong betting stations daily will soon disappear after Pagcor agreed to suspend e-sabong operations in the country as requested by the Senate after a committee hearing last Thursday. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
THE Ilocos Department of Education (DepEd Region 1) said that some 77 public schools in the region have started to participate in the expanded phase of face-to-face classes on Monday, Feb. 21. In a virtual press conference, DepEd Region Policy Planning and Research Division Officer Pedro Jose Cudal said the…
LINGAYEN-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas took the pulpit anew and expounded his views on current political events by providing a contrast between politics of the Marcos regime that led to EDSA People Power in 1986. Villegas referred to the 1986 uprising as a “yellow revolution as history writers saw the yellow…
LOLO’S PROTECTIVE LOVE — A young boy is hugged by his Lolo to assure him that all’s well while he is administered the anti-Covid vaccine. (Punchphoto by Ray Zambrano)
ULTRA VIRES VS. ULTRA VIRES THE Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) of Dagupan, in its regular session on February 15, passed SP Resolution No. 78893-2022 overriding the veto of Mayor Brian Lim of the SP resolution expressing “this august body’s disappointment for the recent disinformation being conducted by the Public Information Office,…
THE differences by among the members of the Sangguniang Bayan in Calasiao continued after four councilors decried the approval of the ad hoc committee report on the allocations of public funds in the town’s annual budget that was presented during their session as “void ab initio” it being “highly irregular…
A FRUSTRATED Councilor Celia Lim challenged anew her colleagues in the Sangguniang Panlungsod to finally vote on the 2022 annual city budget so the Dagupan City council can proceed to discuss other pressing issues and not waste each other’s time, particularly of the invited resource speakers. But her call failed…
THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) – Pangasinan and the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO) have given their commitment to each other to collaborate to ensure the peaceful and orderly 2022 National and Local Elections (NLE). Provincial Comelec supervisor lawyer Ericson Oganiza said the poll body will work closely with the…
HARVEST TIME – Farmers in Mangatarem town rush to thresh their palay late afternoon for delivery to traders. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
ALL candidates for local elective positions were advised to surrender their firearms to their respective police stations for safekeeping during the campaign for the 2022 local elections. Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO) Director P/Col. Richmond Tadina said all the provincial commands in the region are encouraging all candidates in their…
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