LAOAC–A mother and her five children were hurt when a fragmentation grenade exploded under their nipa hut in Barangay Calmay here at about 7:00 p.m. Thursday. Wounded were Sarah Padaoan, 38, a housewife; and her children Fredalyn, 13; Simon, 11; Alfredo, 10; Roderick, 8; and John Carl, 3.
LINGAYEN-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas has been appointed by the Holy See as the Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of San Fernando, La Union effective 17 November following the demise of Bishop Artemio Rillera on 13 November.
‘Father Soc’ appointed diocese administrator of La Union
LINGAYEN—The Automobile Association of the Philippines (AAP), in cooperation with the provincial government, launched on November 25 the three-day Pangasinan Drive Tour Caravan to promote domestic tourism and road safety practices.
AAP promotes road safety and Pangasinan tourism
MALASIQUI—A P50,000 fund is at stake for the barangay here with the most number of malunggay plants grown as the town strives to live up to its claim as the Malunggay Capital of Pangasinan.
Race on for most trees in Malunggay Capital
A NEW and spacious detention facility will soon replace the existing congested District Jail in Bonuan Tondaligan. This was pledged by Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo with a P10 million fund for renovation and a counterpart of P10 million from the city.
Robredo pledges P10M for a new district jail
MAYOR Benjamin Lim said he would hire physical therapists to help restore maximum movement and functional ability of senior citizens who suffered neurological damage because of a stroke.
City to hire physical therapists for senior citizens
URDANETA CITY—The newly-opened Engineered Sanitary Landfill in Sitio Calegu, Catablan here is already taking in wastes from six local government units, including the city’s, but it can still accommodate more, said Mayor Amadeo Gregorio Perez IV.
Urdaneta landfill can serve more LGUs
PANGASINAN SONG FOR UNITY—Governor Amado Espino Jr. leads thousands of students and teachers in flashing the number one hand sign in support to the provincial government’s mission to make Pangasinan “Number One” during the I Love Pangasinan campus tour in Tayug National High School and Umingan National High School. Part…
PANGASINAN SONG FOR UNITY
MANAOAG—Eighteen students were arrested when they attended an initiation rite by a still unidentified fraternity at the back of the Manaoag Central Elementary School last Tuesday.
Students in frat initiation arrested
DEAF AWARENESS WEEK THE Dagupan City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWDO) observed “Deaf Awareness Week” through activities aimed at empowering those who are hearing-impaired.




