127th INDEPENDENCE PROGRAM — Provincial government officials, employees and police personnel attend the 127th anniversary of the Philippine Independence program and ceremony at the Sison Auditorium in Lingayen. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
AUTHORITIES CONTINUE SEARCH AT SEA PHILIPPINE Coast Guard (PCG) and Navy teams continue to comb the waters off Pangasinan, Ilocos Sur, and Zambales to recover potentially more floating sacks of methamphetamine hydrochloride, locally known as shabu, now confirmed to have been dropped by the international crime syndicate ‘Sam Gor’. The Philippine…
MASSIVE TREE PLANTING SET THE 77th Agew na Dagupan on June 20 will be marked with massive tree planting, mainly at the soon-to-be closed dumpsite in Bonuan that is being primed for transformation into an eco-tourism park. City Legal Officer Aurora Valle, speaking during the 127th Independence Day observance at…
PANGASINAN trailed the three other provinces in the Ilocos Region in basic and functional literacy, according to the 2024 Functional Literacy, Education, and Mass Media Survey (FLEMMS) conducted by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). Data from the survey showed that 88.7% of Pangasinan residents aged five and above are considered…
PANGASINAN recorded 1,371 dengue cases from January to June 9, 2025, a staggering 129% increase from 598 in the same period last year. According to Eugenio Carlos S. Paragas, Pangasinan Provincial Health Office (PHO) manager for the Aedes-borne Viral Diseases Program, towns and cities with the highest number of dengue…
NATIONWIDE ANTI-DRUG OPERATION ON THE Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) obtained a list of drug lords behind the illegal drug trade in the country and is now working on the arrest of these individuals. In an interview aired over Aksyon Radyo Pangasinan, PDEA Chief Isagani Nerez, a retired police general…
GIANT “white and black smoke” again soared high off the coasts of Bolinao, Bani, and Agno, one after the other, as fishermen hauled off an estimated P8 billion worth of shabu off the sea. While it was not the first time for such a supply to be fished out from…
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,…
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