IT’S the “Year of the Laity” for the Catholic Church and Lingayen-Dagupan of the Philippines, has called on the faithful to “wake up from passivity”. In his Jan. 1 letter posted in the Lingayen-Dagupan Archdiocese website, Villegas rallied the people to “be fired by the Spirit and dare to change…
BELEN SA BARANGAY CHAMPION–Barangay Lasip Grande Chairman Rodolfo S. Siapno (2nd from left) receives the award as the grand winner of the ‘2013 Belen sa Bawat Barangay’ contest during the Barangay Night on December 27 at the city plaza from Dagupan City Mayor Belen T. Fernandez (3rd from left) and…
BARANGAY Lasip Grande was awarded first place with a cash prize of P100,000 in the ‘Belen sa Bawat Barangay’ (Nativity Scene in Every Barangay) contest in Dagupan City. Lasip Grande Chairman Rodolfo Siapno received the cash and trophy from Mayor Belen Fernandez and lawyer Liberato Reyna Sr., hermano mayor of 2013…
AGEW NA MANAGSIGAY—Decorated bancas cruise along the Calmay River in Dagupan during the fluvial parade for the Agew na Managsigay celebration held December 27 as part of the city’s annual fiesta. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao) Back to Homepage
CHRISTMAS EVE MESSAGE THREE signs indicate a “healthy” Catholic Church, according to Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas, also the president of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines. Villegas, speaking during the Christmas eve mass at the CSI Stadia in Dagupan, said these three are, “Family rosary, more catechists, and vocations…
2ND AND 4TH DISTRICTS LINGAYEN—A P340 million fund has been allocated for 2014 from the national budget for infrastructure projects under the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) covering the 2nd and 4th Districts of Pangasinan “Our projects are mainly asset preservation and preventive maintenance of roads and bridges,”…
SENIOR CITIZENS’ DAY––Dagupan City Administrator Farah Marie G. Decano (right) brings good tidings to the city’s elders during the 2013 City Fiesta’s Senior Citizens Day at the People’s Astrodome held December 16 as she addresses them in behalf of Mayor Belen T. Fernandez. (CIO photo by Mitz Cresencio) Back to…
AGUILAR—The community of Indigenous Peoples (IPs) in Sitio Mapita, Barangay Laoag here gave a cheer as they welcomed the coming, finally, of electricity in their remote area. “This is the best Christmas gift we ever received,” said Gregorio Litaoen, one of the community leaders. Some 800 people live in Mapita,…
CORRECTION, PLEASE GOVERNOR Amado Espino Jr. can now heave a sigh of relief over the issue on his alleged failure to submit his statement of contributions and expenses (SOCE) for the May 2013 polls. Lawyer Marino Salas, provincial election supervisor of Pangasinan, said the Commission on Elections (Comelec) central office…
HELPING REBUILD DULAG—Workers of Pangasinan’s Provincial Engineer’s Office help rebuild the classrooms of Dulag Elementary School in Leyte, one of the activities of the provincial government’s “Operation Tulong Yolanda”. A team of 102 Pangasinenses, including 5th District Board Member Clemente Arboleda Jr., were in Leyte for a week to provide…
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