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Two Pangasinenses bag ‘Good Award’ in Global IT tourney

By | Sports

PANGASINENSES Dave Soriano and Mark Reynoso achieved recognition on the global stage by securing the Good Award (2nd Place) in the Global IT Challenge (GITC) held in Dubai, UAE, on October 24-29, 2023. Both Soriano and Reynoso, who represented the Philippine Team, received the Good Award (2nd Place) for their…

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Two Pangasinenses bag ‘Good Award’ in Global IT tourney

By November 11, 2023Sports

Birthdays/Anniversaries November 12 – 18, 2023

By | Birthdays/Anniversaries

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! NOVEMBER 15 – (Dagupan City) Kristin Louise Infante; (Lingayen) Edith Molano NOVEMBER 18 – (Aklan) Jinalyn M. Limbana  (Laoac, Manaoag) Janelle Tabayoyong NOVEMBER 05 – (Dagupan City) Mercedes Sy Happy Birthday! IMELDA DELA CRUZ & CAPT. ROBERT CALACHAN (November 13 – Manaoag) Happy Birthday! CARL ANTHONY MARTIN &…

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Birthdays/Anniversaries November 12 – 18, 2023

Wanted: Reforms vs corruption in barangay affairs

By | Editorial, Punch Gallery

WHILE the country routinely went through the campaign and election of their leaders in their respective barangays, hidden away from the electorate were the worsening illegal and anomalous activities in the disbursement of hundreds of thousands of barangay funds. As expected, both the wannabes and the incumbents hardly raised any…

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Wanted: Reforms vs corruption in barangay affairs

By November 5, 2023Editorial, Punch Gallery

Who will make a difference?

By | Punchline

By Ermin Garcia Jr.   CONGRATULATIONS and good luck to the newly elected and the re-elected barangay officials. I’d like to believe that new visions will show the way to good governance and hopefully start a new movement and advocacy in barangay affairs. While elections for local and national government…

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Who will make a difference?

By November 5, 2023Punchline

All BSKE victors in 1,364 barangays proclaimed

By | Top Stories

THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) announced the completion of the proclamation of all winners in the recent Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) in Pangasinan. Atty. Marino Salas, provincial election supervisor, said all winners in the 1,364 barangays in Pangasinan have been proclaimed, including a winner in Barangay Lobong in…

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All BSKE victors in 1,364 barangays proclaimed

By November 5, 2023Top Stories

New 17 barangay captains elected, 14 reelected

By | Top Stories

BSKE WINNERS IN DAGUPAN THERE are more new barangay captains elected than the number of reelected incumbents during the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections in Dagupan City on October 30, according to the yet unofficial list of winners released to The PUNCH on November 2 by the Dagupan City Information Office. Of…

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New 17 barangay captains elected, 14 reelected

By November 5, 2023Top Stories

Former kagawad ends 26-year Gonzales political dynasty in Bonuan Binloc

By | Top Stories

A Coca-Cola Bottling Company plant supervisor in Calasiao was elected as the new barangay chairperson during the recent Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) finally putting an end to the 26-year-long dynastic reign of the Gonzales family in Barangay Bonuan Binloc. Wilmer Castañares, 51, a former two-time kagawad and past…

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Former kagawad ends 26-year Gonzales political dynasty in Bonuan Binloc

By November 5, 2023Top Stories

Majority councilors snub city council session anew

By | Top Stories

THE councilors in the majority bloc in the Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod boycotted the October 31 regular session anew. In fact, it’s the fourth time they did it. Their absence this time prevented the SP from acting on problems related to distribution of water supply in the city and the establishment…

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Majority councilors snub city council session anew

By November 5, 2023Top Stories