UNLISERBISYO MAYOR Belen Fernandez led a big salute to Dagupeño scholars who are now Registered Nurses, Medical Technologists, Engineers, Criminologists, and Professional License Teachers! She said the scholarship program is a testament to her administration’s commitment to the city’s youth, fighting to ensure the allocation of an annual budget for…
PANGASINAN’S LIMGAS IN GRAND PARADE — Jenesse Viktoria Mejia, 24, Limgas na Pangasinan-Grand 2024, joins the traditional Grand Parade of Beauties around Araneta City last week. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
THE Pangasinan Heatwaves sizzled hot when they took down the Marikina Shoemasters in a blowout, 103-79, in the 7th Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) last June 9, 2025, held at the San Andres Sports Complex in Manila. During the first period, Marikina’s Karl Peñano feasted in the painted area to tally seven points. On the other hand, Pangasinan’s homegrown talent,…
THE majority bloc in the Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod passed a resolution during its June 10 session recommending that Mayor Belen Fernandez study the feasibility of installing an electronic scorecard at the People’s Astrodome and all other sports facilities in the city. Authored by outgoing Councilor Alvin Coquia and six of…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! JUNE 16 – (Dagupan City) Reynaldo Aguirre; (Calasiao) Ernesto de Vera Happy Birthday! JEFFREY BUSTRIA JOHN ARTHUR BUSTRIA (June 16 – USA) Happy Birthday! DIONY FERRER MILA MELENDEZ (June 16 – Hawaii/ Dagupan City) Happy Birthday! MARK KEVIN CALACHAN (June 17 – Manaoag) Happy Birthday! RODEL IBASAN (June…
By Gonzalo Duque THE 19th Congress has just concluded with some legislations still pending. The attention of the legislature has been mainly confined to the impeachment of our Vice President Sara Duterte. The orchestration and the magnitude of the process can only be summed up to what I call…
By Leonardo Micua THE most recent attempt to smuggle over one ton of methamphetamine hydrochloride (shabu) valued at P6. 89 billion into Pangasinan was foiled by law-enforcement authorities with crucial help from local fishermen. Unfortunately, this is not an isolated incident. Similar illicit operations have taken place in the…
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo TODAY, a big miracle happened to Vishwas Kumar Ramesh, a British national, lone survivor of the Gatwick-bound Air India flight, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner that crashed in less than two minutes after take-off. There were 242 passengers, including 12 crew members. Of the 230 passengers,…
By Farah G. Decano SENATOR Chiz Escudero is widely regarded as a staunch Marcos loyalist. Even during his time at the UP College of Law, he made no secret of his admiration for the deposed dictator, Ferdinand E. Marcos. This stance is understandable, considering his father served as the…
By Eva C. Visperas WHILE many of us marked the 127th Independence Day on June 12 with flags, parades, wreath-laying and online tributes, a group of humble fishermen in Pangasinan and Ilocos Sur celebrated the spirit of Filipino heroism in its purest form: through action, sacrifice, and moral courage. Between…
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