ESPINO SUPPORTERS—Supporters of Governor Amado T. Espino, Jr. (2nd from left) join him after the Misa de Gallo sa Kapitolyo last December 24 to express their loyalty, confidence and support in the midst of the controversy over his alleged involvement in jueteng operations in the province. (PIO Photo) Back to…
LINGAYEN—On Christmas eve, during the special Christmas mass at the Capitol Plaza, Governor Amado Espino Jr. admitted that he “cannot experience pure joy in his heart” this season due to the political crisis that he is facing. Espino has been publicly accused and is facing a case before the Office…
THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) office in Dagupan has started the process rolling to weed out perceived nuisance candidates for the May 2013 election. Among those who will be called for a preliminary hearing are returning candidates who got insignificant number of votes in the previous election, those deemed to…
MANGALDAN–The Vetiver Grass Technology (VGT), which helps prevent soil erosion and thus avert flashfloods, was launched here last week through the initiative of 4th District Rep. Gina de Venecia. De Venecia, who was a guest last December 11 at the second World Summit on Ecological Safety in Bali, Indonesia, said…
LOVELY LADIES OF VILLASIS—Candidates for the Miss Villasis 2013 are presented to the media at the Villasis Town Hall December 28. The pageant night will be on January 19, 2013, one of the events for the town’s annual fiesta celebration. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao) Back to Homepage
DAGUPAN CITY FIESTA DAGUPAN city’s major thoroughfares glowed as decorated and brightly lit floats paraded around the downtown loop during the Bayanihan Sa Liwanag competition last December 26 as part of the City Fiesta celebration. Shining brightest was Charles-Rent-A-Car’s lighted vintage car owned by Florencio Co, which was adjudged champion and…
SAN CARLOS CITY—Christmas Day was no holiday for the police here as they launched an operation to seize banned firecrackers being sold at a designated firecracker zone in Barangay Roxas here at around eight in the morning. No vendors, however, were arrested as they were able to flee before the…
LINGAYEN—Senior Superintendent Mariano Luis Verzosa Jr., who was never permanently appointed and kept at ‘officer-in-charge’ (OIC) status as provincial police director, has been ordered relieved from his post effective December 20 following the eruption of the jueteng payola issue in the province. While the official word from the police is…
“LEAVE politics to politicians.” This was the first message sent out by the new officer-in-charge provincial police director, Senior Superintendent Manolito Labador, to city and municipal police chiefs in Pangasinan as he took over the post from Senior Superintendent Mariano Luis Verzosa Jr. last week. “Focus on peace and order…
RETIRED Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Oscar Cruz, a long-time anti-jueteng crusader, is glad that the illegal gambling issue is back in the forefront and is hopeful that that Aquino government will this time finally put a stop to the age-old social problem. Cruz said he is putting his confidence in Interior and…
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