BINMALEY BEACH, A FAVE BEACH DESTINATION — Families and their guests spend their New Year’s Day bonding and frolicking at the beautiful, safe beach in Binmaley on January 1. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
MANGALDAN celebrated its annual Bong-Bong Bona 2024 on Monday, December 30, at the town’s public auditorium, showcasing a spectacular contest featuring 17 bamboo cannons locally called bong-bong. This traditional competition, initiated by Mayor Bona Fe de Vera Parayno, aims to preserve the custom of celebrating New Year’s Eve with the…
UNLISERBISYO HETO ang three (3) Storey Skills Training Building sa Juan P. Guadiz Elementary School para Alternative Learning System (ALS) sa Dagupan! * * * * SIMULAN ANG TAON NG PROTEKTADO AT MALAKAS ANG IMMUNE SYSTEM! MERONG mga ibreng flu vaccine para sa mga city hall employees, sa ating mga…
THE inaugural Panduyucan Arnis Inivitational Tournament reeled-off last December 27 to 28 with 150 budding arnisadors participating at the Mataas Paaralang Juan C. Laya in San Manuel, Pangasinan. Organized by the Panduyucan Arnis Society, the two-day tourney featured participants from 21 schools in different provinces such as Ilocos Sur, Ilocos Norte, La Union, Pangasinan, and Benguet Among the winners of the tourney were Jaden Austria (Extra Lightweight Category),…
DURING MINORITY’S BOYCOTT THE Sangguniang Panlungsod of Dagupan ended 2024 by passing one more ordinance and 15 resolutions during a special session on December 27, its last working day for the year. Called by Mayor Belen Fernandez, the special session tackled other pending measures she deemed important and urgent. The…
THE decision of Bolinao Mayor Alfonso Celeste to impose a total ban on firecrackers and pyrotechnics is what Pangasinan’s mayors should consider adopting in their respective towns and cities. Every year, we hear of the local police taking measures to ensure that no fatalities or injuries will be suffered by…
By Ermin Garcia Jr AFTER their temporary successors showed what it’s like to be productive, relevant, and committed lawmakers as the new majority, I have no doubt the old and now completely irrelevant 7 epaLiFes, are out of their wits trying to see how they could get out of…
SOON,THE END OF THE 60-YEAR-OLD DUMPSITE — The towering dumpsite that the Dagupan City government has been trying to get rid of may finally see its final days in 2025 with the recycling agreement with Holcim Philippines expected to be signed next month. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
KIDS AGED 10-14, INJURED BY ‘BOGA’ PANGASINAN had 21 firecracker-related injuries during the Christmas week, the highest in Region 1 where a total of 31 cases were recorded, according to the surveillance report from the Department of Health–Center for Health Development Region I for December 21 to 26. The other…
THE Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO) reported a crime solution efficiency rate of 81.1% for 2024, reflecting significant progress in maintaining peace and order in the province. P/Lt. Col. Radino Belly, chief of the Police Operations Management Unit, Provincial Peace and Order Council (PPOC), and Provincial Anti-Drug Abuse Council (PADAC),…
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