TWENTY-EIGHT detainees at the Dagupan City District Jail in Bonuan Gueset received their diplomas in Business and Information Management in a simple graduation ceremony at the Multi-Purpose Hall on October 21 under the College in Jail (CIJ) program of the Asian Institute of E-Commerce International (AIE). Jail Chief Inspector Lawyer…
MANAOAG–The bill filed by Pangasinan Fourth District Rep. Gina de Venecia in the House of Representatives seeking to make the Basilica of Our Lady of Manaoag as a pilgrimage site was approved and endorsed by the House Committee on Tourism last week. The committee favorably endorsed House Bill 4481 following…
A NEW city hall for the Dagupan City government is finally in the works. The Sangguniang Panlungsod is reportedly set to pass a resolution giving Mayor Belen T. Fernandez the authority to negotiate for the acquisition of the site for the project. The prospect is bolstered by the statement of…
THE longest City Fiesta celebration in Dagupan City ever will be staged by the fiesta executive committee headed by City Councilor Jeslito Seen as hermano mayor (executive chairman). At a press conference, Seen said this year’s fiesta celebration will incorporate the celebration of the 400th year of founding of Dagupan…
LINGAYEN– The Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) has reiterated its call of for the permanent appointment of provincial police director pointing out that it’s been two years since it had a permanent director that served a full term. The call was apparently revived after the board members noted the how the present…
LINGAYEN– Anticipating the problems posed by the country’s new education policy requiring the use of the mother tongue as medium for instruction, a consensus was reached among educators from various educational institutions in the province, Pangasinan writers and commissioners of the Pangasinan Historical and Cultural Commission (PHCC) to update and standardize…
DAGUPAN CITY—The mayor of Milpitas City, California, USA who is a native Dagupeño, encouraged the delegates of Manlingkor ya Kalangweran to instill love for Dagupan culture and its Pangasinan language in them. This was what the five students that visited Milpitas City for a study exchange program, recall about Mayor…
A PROJECT originated by the late Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo has arrived in Dagupan City. The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) office here launched last Sunday “Ugnayan ng Barangay at Simbahan” (UBAS) in barangay Bonuan Boquig to strengthen the relationship between the government, the communities…
FOURTH District Rep. Gina de Venecia congratulated Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas after the Shrine of Our Lady of Rosary of Manaoag was elevated to “Basilica Minore” through a proclamation issued by Pope Francis. Shrine of Our Lady of Manaoag, Basilica Minore (PUNCHpohoto by Willie Lomibao) The Basilica Minore of Manaog is…
UNCERTAINTY IN RELOCATION SITES SAN FABIAN– The beach shoreline along Barangay Nibaliw Narvarte here has been declared by the Provincial Urban Housing and Development Council (PUHDC) as one of the danger zones in the province but the 600 informal settlers in the area have refused to leave and vacate their homes….
© 2026 Sunday Punch. Dagupan.
