READY TO FIGHT—The Region 1 contingent marches with gusto during the parade of athletes at the opening ceremonies of the 2013 PRISAA National Collegiate Games at the Narciso Ramos Sports and Civic Center in Lingayen on February 11, 2013. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao) Back to Homepage
RETIRED Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Oscar Cruz, giving his piece on the much talked about resignation of the Pope, cited Code of Canon Law: 401 paragraphs 1 and 2 on the matter of resignation of priests. “Just for the record and in order to avoid unnecessary questions as well as irrelevant speculations,…
LINGAYEN—The Police Provincial Office is reinvestigating so-called “cold cases” in Pangasinan, starting with the unsolved crimes in Bolinao and Rosales where most of the shooting incidents were recorded over the last decade. The new initiative is part of the PPO’s program to address the province’s inclusion as an “area of…
YOUNG JOURNALISTS—More than 4,600 student-writers from 13 school divisions in Region 1 gather for the Regional Schools Press Conference held in Urdaneta City from Feb. 13-15. One of the speakers during the event was Venus Hortaleza-Sarmiento (left) of the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) who delivered a lecture on news writing….
ALAMINOS CITY—The Shiraki Memorial Foundation of Hawaii (SMFH), led by its president, Stanley Togikawa, vowed to provide equipment and supplies to the almost completed Hundred Islands Medical Services Complex (HIMSC). Tokigawa and his wife Joan were here last February 12 to formally turn over the medical equipment, supplies and hospital…
LINGAYEN—The Mayor Julian Resuello (MJVR) Dialysis Training Center at the province-run Pangasinan Provincial Hospital (PPH) in San Carlos City was awarded by the Renal Nurses Association of the Philippines (RENAP) as 3rd Best Dialysis Training Center in the country. “The recognition given by RENAP President Raquel Z. Tejada on January…
THE Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) issued last week the results of the December 2012 Nursing Licensure Exam (NLW) wherein only 23 percent or 402 out of the total 1,743 examinees in Dagupan passed. Overall, there were 16,908 passers out of 49,066 examiness, or a passing rate of 34 percent. The…
LINGAYEN—In line with the celebration of its 2nd Wellness Program Anniversary, the provincial government, through the Provincial Health Office (PHO), provided free health consultation and other services to its employees on last February 8. Dr. Anna De Guzman of the PHO said the wellness program was developed last year after…
LINGAYEN—Fourth District Board Member Mojamito Libunao believes the proposal of Mayor Benjamin Lim to merge Dagupan and San Fabian is too vague and consequently too complicated to pursue. Libunao pointed out that “Dagupan City is a creation of Congress through Republic Act 147 while San Fabian is a creation of a…
MORE MINORS ARRESTED FOUR minors, one girl and three boys, were arrested on February 5 in two separate crime incidents in Dagupan City and neighboring Mangaldan town. In Dagupan, police operatives nabbed a 15-year old girl, who was acting as a drug courier, in an entrapment operation in Barangay Bonuan…
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