FIRST STOP IN DAGUPAN IN AN effort to instill patriotism and heroism among the Filipino youth, former President Fidel V. Ramos and former Defense Secretary Renato S. De Villa will go on a nationwide roadshow titled: “Pilipinas: The Story Behind the Glory” starting September 14 at the Lyceum Northwestern University…
LINGAYEN–The Provincial Health Board (PHB), led by Dr. George Calugay, is seeking the passage of a provincial ordinance that will strengthen maternal and child health care. Appearing before the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) session last September 3, Calugay lobbied for the passage of the proposed Provincial Ordinance No. 27-2012, “An ordinance establishing…
A BIG chunk of the registered Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) members in Region 1 have yet to register as regular voters for the May 2013 election. Noli R. Pipo, Region 1 election director, said only 13 percent of the total number of registered SK voters as of the Oct. 2010 elections…
MALUNGGAY (Moringa Oleifera), touted as a “miracle vegetable”, has been proposed to be declared as the country’s national vegetable. Fourth District Rep. Gina de Venecia, who has supported a project on the processing of malunggay, has filed House Bill 8462 declaring “Malunggay as the National Vegetable of the Philippines and…
OPERATION TULONG–Dagupan City Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez (third from left) and her fellow members in the Federation of Filipino-Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Inc. (FFCCCII) conduct relief operations “Operation Tulong” for the victims of the recent typhoons and monsoon rains. (Photo by Mitz Cresencio) Back to Homepage
LINGAYEN—Solve the flooding dilemma. This was the challenge posed by Gov. Amado Espino Jr. in his keynote address before the municipal engineers from Regions 1 and 2 that gathered for the 1st Regional Conference of City and Municipal Engineers Association of the Philippines, Inc. (CMEAP) last week at the Sison…
DASOL—A pioneering water system project is now providing steady fresh water supply to an upland barangay here of 400 households with about 1,600 residents. Barangay Uli, located some 10 kilometers from the center of this remote town in western Pangasinan, is among the beneficiaries of the Uli Ram Rump Project,…
BINMALEY—A man pretending to be a priest and actually said Mass in Barangay Canaoalan here was arrested by the police after the community’s residents became suspicious and found him out to be fake. The scheme of Ferdinand Bustos Suarez, 35, single and resident of 16 Magnas, La Loma, Quezon City….
LINGAYEN–The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC)-Baguio Regional Office conducted the first of three mobile outreach services in the province last August 29 at the Narciso Ramos Sports and Civic Center here. PRC will hold the same activity on September 3 at the Urdaneta City Cultural and Sports Center; September 24 at…
FROM 330 TO 600 BEDS THE expansion of the Region 1 Medical Center (R1MC) in Dagupan City from the existing 330 into a 600-bed capacity is now “almost certain”, according to Fourth District Rep. Gina De Venecia. She said House Bill No 3840, which she filed seeking the expansion of…
© 2026 Sunday Punch. Dagupan.
