COLORFUL FLOAT—The corn industry in Sto Tomas town is depicted in this colorful float that joined the parade on Agew na Pangasinan. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao) Back to Homepage
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NEXT SCHOOL YEAR’S SURPRISE STA. BARBARA— Students of public schools in the third district will be pleasantly surprised to see a different set of teachers, not physically, but technology savvy teachers who can speak the language of computer whiz kids. This will be made possible by a partnership program initiated…
Public school students will have “techie” teachers
THE Dagupan City Police Station received a VIP guest last week, the Philippine National Police (PNP) Region I Director Chief Supt. Ricardo Marquez. Marquez visited the city station and other stations in the province to check and evaluate the station’s facilities and to review the PNP’s new deployment schemes with…
PNP reg’l chief checks stations
SOME 23 vintage bombs from the World War II were discovered inside the the compound of the government-owned Region 1 Medical Center Treatment and Rehabilitation Center in Barangay Bonuan Binloc, Dagupan City last Thursday. . Superintendent Christopher Abrahano, city police chief, said the bombs were discovered by workers of the Samson Construction Co….
Vintage bombs dug up in Bonuan
SAN CARLOS CITY—The re-electionist mayor here wants his city delisted as area of concern (AOC) because of the negative impression it creates about the city and its people. “They always think San Carlos is chaotic when in fact our city is one of the most peaceful given its population so…
Delisting of San Carlos as “AOC” pleaded
MT. ZION IN BUGALLON—Catholic devotees flock to Mt. Zion, known as the Pilgrim Mountain located in Barangay Laguit in Bugallon town, especially during the Lenten Season to pray and as a special devotion. The Pilgrim Mountain features life-sized statues depicting the life, passion, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. (Punchphoto…
MT. ZION IN BUGALLON
ELECTION PREPARATION LINGAYEN–The Provincial Joint Security Control Center (PJSCC), composed of the police, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Commission on Elections (Comelec), held a coordinating conference on March 26 to discuss security and campaign matters related to the May 13 elections. One of the main issues discussed was…
Police, military, Comelec hold coordinating meeting
NEW HOSPITAL BUILDINGS—Gov. Amado T. Espino, Jr. (3rd from left) leads the inauguration of five newly-constructed buildings at Pangasinan Provincial Hospital (PPH) in San Carlos City (right) last March 23. Under the Espino administration, some 26 new buildings have been constructed inside the hospital compound. With the additional facilities, upgraded equipment…
NEW HOSPITAL BUILDINGS
NEW facilities at the Bayambang District Hospital (BDH) and the Pangasinan Provincial Hospital (PPH) in San Carlos City were inaugurated last week by provincial officials led by Governor Amado Espino Jr. Several new buildings were put up at the two hospitals, both for patients and the administration. “Sa 33 years…
Provincial hospitals get more facilities
ALAMINOS CITY–Some 3,000 volunteers, 15 of them from Singapore, participated in the five-day Bayani Challenge 2013 held here from March 23-27, simultaneous with 32 other provinces in the country. Of the volunteers, 150 helped build four houses at the GK Eco-Village in Sitio Sto. Rosario in Barangay Lucap, adding to the 18…
