THE final testing and sealing of the Automated Counting Machines (ACMs) was completed on May 6 and all units were expected to be positioned at polling centers over the weekend before election day on May 12. Provincial Election Supervisor Ericson Oganiza said logistic providers have been contracted to ensure the…
THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) is optimistic of another high voter turnout in Dagupan for the May 12, 2025 midterm polls, following an 89% turnout rate in the city during the 2022 national elections. There are currently 144,481 registered voters in the city, including 438 PDLs (Persons Deprived of Liberty)…
BINMALEY Mayor Pedro Merrera III, who is running for reelection in the May 12 polls, is facing a petition for disqualification due to alleged vote buying filed by his opponent in the mayoralty race, Vice Mayor Simplicio Rosario. The complaint, docketed as Case No. SPA 25-139 (DC), was received by…
LECHON FESTIVAL IN DAGUPAN – Families in Barangay Lasip Chico demonstrate their 40-year-old tasty roasting of 23 pigs that they readily sold to visitors for P800 per kilo, with free tasting to boot during their Lechon Festival. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
JESS Castillo, a former broadcast practitioner in Dagupan City who migrated to the United States, died of natural causes on May 7 at the age of 75. The former station manager of DZRD, now known as Sonshine Radio Dagupan, was found unresponsive in his Los Angeles City apartment. According to…
SPIDERMAN ON TWO WHEELS – Wonder no more if the peace and order situation in Lingayen, the capital town, is stable, ‘Spiderman’ is seen biking leisurely on the streets. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
A unity walk and prayer rally, dubbed “Lakad Pangasinan” was held on May 3 at the St. John the Evangelist Cathedral in Dagupan City, bringing together various sectors to advocate for clean, honest, accountable, meaningful, and peaceful elections on May 12. Organized by the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting…
SAN QUINTIN Mayor Florence Pagaduan-Tiu appealed for calm among residents last week amid heightening tension over perceived political violence relating to the May 12 midterm elections. In a post written in Filipino on her official Facebook page on May 7, Tiu called for peace and unity not only as a…
AFTER non-stop daily campaigning for 45 days, Gina de Venecia expressed confidence that the legacy of her family, the Serbisyong 3-in-1, will continue in the Fourth District when she wins again as congressional representative. In a talk to newsmen at her residence in Barangay Bonuan Binloc on May 8, De…
MANAOAG and Mapandan experienced hail hailstorm on May 5 as heavy rain poured across Pangasinan. Hail forms when raindrops are carried upward by a thunderstorm into an extremely cold region in the atmosphere, freezing them into sizable ice balls, according to Engr. Jose Estrada Jr., chief meteorologist of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and…
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