INAY Maria Castro Alcaide, a 97-year-old resident of Barangay Lucao and a registered voter in Dagupan City, the oldest voter not only in Pangasinan participated in the recently-concluded Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) 2023. Known as “Mother” in her barangay, and affectionately called “Mary” by those close to her,…
IN keeping with Dagupan Jayceeken’s cultural heritage advocacy, the group trooped to the northern town of Sison, Pangasinan to observe the town’s Indigenous People’s Month celebration held October 26 upon the initiative of Mayor Danny Uy. The celebration started off with the ritual slaughter of a pig, followed by the program highlighted…
SINAGLARAWAN 2023 – The Punch’s chief photojournalist Willie Lomibao holds the certificate of excellence for his photograph ‘Gold Harvest, (a tobacco farmer drying his harvest), as a finalist in the SinagLarawan 2023: Ang Pinoy Matibay photo contest sponsored by the Japan Tobacco International. (Punchphoto by Ray Zambrano)
THE town of Pozorrubio registered another first as it celebrates the Month of the Elderly in October by holding a fund-raising popularity contest. The contest, organized the Federation of Senior Citizens Association of Pozorrubio culminated in a motorcade and coronation of the winning senior beauties on October 14 and 15,…
SOME 1,356 Kiwanians from Northern Luzon will gather in different venues for the ‘Kiwanis One Day’ (KOD) celebration on October 28. Philippine Luzon District (PLD) Chairman for KOD activity, Past Lt. Gov. Stachys Neil Espino of Kiwanis Club of San Carlos City, said the Kiwanians from different divisions will conduct various…
THE San Carlos City Public Library, headed by City Librarian Nerissa Cabuay, was honored with two prestigious awards from the National Library of the Philippines. The city’s public library was awarded First place in the Exemplary Children’s Library Service category and honored Cabuay with Special Citation Award citing her Librarian…
NO GUN, NO HITMAN — Councilor Redford Erfe-Mejia’s suspected ‘hitman’ (later identified as Mr. Manaois) empties the content of his bag in front of him and Councilors Alfie Fernandez, Alvin Coquia and Marilou Fernandez, all members of the majority bloc to show that he was not concealing a gun as charged by…
A MUSEUM dedicated to preserving the legacies of two national artists from Dagupan, Victorio Edades and Salvador Bernal, will be built along Jose de Venecia Expressway Extension next year. Fourth District Rep. Christopher de Venecia filed the measure in the Lower House for the establishment of the said museum. The…
THE Sangguniang Panlalawigan commended two Pangasinenses, Trixie Anne S. Teodoro and Maria Olivia Oris Agapay, who achieved notable results in licensure examinations. Teodoro, a native of Barangay Ano, San Carlos City, who secured the second spot in the September 2023 Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Licensure Examination, is a graduate of…
AFTER 50 YEARS, PWEDE PA KAMI! — – Dagupan City High School Golden Jubilarians belonging to Class of 1973, headed by its president, Eleazar Quinto, are shown excited to disperse for their ‘Coastal Clean Up at Tondaligan Beach’ project last September 30, 2023. Quinto was quoted: “After 50 years, pwede pa kami! Yes, after 50…
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