FIFTY-SEVEN persons were treated due to jellyfish stings, among the thousands who trooped to Pangasinan’s beaches during the Holy Week from April 17 to 20, according to the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Officer (PDRRMO). Avenix Arenas, assistant PDRRMO officer, said among the beaches that recorded jellyfish sting cases include Binmaley (27), Dagupan City (15), Alaminos City (8), and…
(Filed by Ahikam Pasion) Cop wounded in Santa Barbara shooting A police intelligence officer at the Sta. Barbara station is currently in critical condition at a hospital after being shot multiple times. According to the investigation led by Officer-in-Charge Police Chief Michael Datuin, the incident occurred at around midnight on…
UNLISERBISYO EASTER Sunday Vigil reenacts the meeting between the Risen Christ and the Blessed Mother Mary, after His resurrection. Held at the Tondaligan Blue Beach, the re-creation of the encounter includes the interaction between Jesus and St. John the Apostle, the city’s Patron Saint. This festive celebration of vibrant Filipino…
BEATING THE HEAT IN BINMALEY — Local tourists and residents troop to the beach in Binmaley on Black Saturday morning to beat the intense summer heat. (Punchohoto by Cesar Ramirez)
THE quiet town of San Nicolas experienced an unprecedented influx of tourists during Holy Week this year, with 41,785 arrivals recorded by the Municipal Tourism, Culture, and Arts Office, uping from 12,866 in 2024 or a 225% increase Among the popular attractions that drew visitors to the town were the…
AROUND 5,000 visitors came to San Fabian from Maundy Thursday to Easter Sunday this year, according to the town’s tourism office. Municipal Tourism Officer Jonathan Gacosta said the visitors flocked to the popular San Fabian beach and other tourist attractions in the town. The Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (MDRRMO) conducted…
THE Guico administration promoted 559 employees from various offices of the provincial government received their due promotions or permanent status during the first term of Gov. Ramon V. Guico III that started July 2022. According to the Human Resource Management and Development Office (HRMDO), many of those promoted had been…
FAKE NEWS SPREAD ON SOCIAL MEDIA “WE are not disqualified.” Sual Mayor Liseldo “Dong” Calugay, who is running for reelection in May, stressed this in a Facebook video posted on April 24 as news spread about a disqualification case filed against him and his team at the Commission on…
By Gonzalo Duque SOME years ago, at the Dagupeña Restaurant, then located along A.B. Fernandez Avenue in Dagupan City, I found myself having an animated conversation with then newly elected mayor Benjie Lim, now deceased. With bravado, he declared to me that he has the long-awaited solution to the…
By Leonardo Micua IF Comelec wants us to believe it is playing fair and square, it should send a show-cause order not only to Alyansa senatorial candidate Camille Villar but to all others who seemed to have made a mockery of election laws by letting out so much of…
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