THE P/ Col. Edwin A. Quilates, a native of San Carlos City, currently provincial director of Batangas, recently chosen one of 2019 Metrobank Foundation Outstanding Filipinos was cited by the provincial government for his accomplishment. Sangguniang Panlalawigan adopted Resolution No. 222-2019, acknowledged “Quilates’s excellent performance as current police provincial director…

AFTER a week of competition, Nikko Andrew T. Gautane of San Carlos City won the international photo competition “Thailandia Photocon” (Asian International 2019) besting 17 Asian contenders. Nikko told the PUNCH how he worked for his photo entries since they were required to submit three. For the first challenge, he…

SM City Rosales featured a weeklong presentation of the best of Pangasinan foods, music and dances are featured in a festival, Oct. 14-20. Dubbed as Pangasinan Food, Music & Art BESTival, the event showcased on Oct. 14 during the media launch the province’s popular local delicacies like the Dagupan bangus,…

LINGAYEN – Volunteers from different barangays here attended the Red Cross 143 Training on October 11, at the evacuation center compound. The event was presided by Mayor Leopoldo N. Bataoil and Vice Mayor Judy Vargas, Red Cross 143 Chairman and board director of Red Cross Pangasinan Chapter. In her keynote…

THE Provincial Health Office held the 9th annual Provincial Barangay Nutrition Scholars (BNS) Congress on October 11 at the President’s Hotel in Lingayen. Anchored on the theme, “Barangay Nutrition Scholar: Aktibo at patuloy sa serbisyong pang-nutrisyon para sa kalusugan ng Pangasinan, push natin to!”, this year’s congress aimed to continue…

LINGAYEN —Not to be outdone, the town’s hog raisers and local government held its own pork festival to serve notice that the town’s hogs are free of the African Swine Fever (ASF) with a difference!   They didn’t only serve one type of lechon but two plus six favorite pork meals….

TWENTY lechon were laid out in front of Pozorrubio’s municipal hall for residents to feast on to show the public that the town is safe to eat pork sold in the market . Pozorrubio Mayor Emma Chan said the public consumption of the roasted pigs were made possible by the…

LEVITICUS 19:32 said it is when we stand up in the presence of the aged and show respect for the elderly that we actually revere to God. Towns and cities celebrated the 2019 Elderly Filipino Week with the theme, “Healthy and Productive Aging Starts With Me” In Alaminos City, Mayor…

SEVEN new motorcycles were turned over by the Filipino Chinese Chamber of Commerce – Dagupan Chapter to the Dagupan City Police. Present at the turnover ceremonies were Dagupan City Mayor Brian Lim, James Dy, president of the Filipino Chinese of Commerce and Police Lt. Colonel Abubakar Mangelen, Dagupan chief of…

TAKING part in the solution to environmental problems, the student leaders of the PHINMA University of Pangasinan adopted a resolution prohibiting single use plastics inside the university’s campus. The resolution cited specifically to ban the use of plastic cups, cellophane, styrofoam and straws. The Committee on Environment (COE) suggests use…