THE Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP), during its regular session on October 23, passed a resolution commending and congratulating Kimberly Garcia Gaela, a Calasiao resident for winning the 100-kilometer Women Open Foot Race at the Magnificent Baling 100 (TMB100) championship in Kedah, Malaysia. The resolution, authored and co-authored by Board Members Shiela…
SERR Delos Santos of Mapandan town secured his place after winning the Elite Men’s Boxing 54-57 kg category during the Provincial Tryouts for the Philippine National Games 2023, held from October 18 to 20, 2023, in Lingayen. Twenty-year-old Delos Santos from Barangay Coral in Mapandan, is a criminology student at…
BATANG PINOY 2023 RONYL Erguiza, a Grade 12 student at the Urbiztondo National High School, emerged victorious in the dirt road cycling competition during the Batang Pinoy 2023’s Provincial Cycling Qualifiers. The qualifying event for the Age Group 16-17 category took place on October 22, 2023, at Maramba Boulevard, Lingayen,…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! OCTOBER 29 – (Lingayen) Teresita Agbayani OCTOBER 30 – (Calasiao) Joshua B. Macaraeg,; (Mangaldan) Jhun Llena; (San Jacinto) Leticia Tamayo, Potenciano Adalla, Leonisa Camacho Gerangco OCTOBER 31 – (Manaoag) Hillery Soriano; (Dagupan City) Sheril U. Rioferio NOVEMBER 01- (Dagupan City) Lida Ledesma NOVEMBER 02- (Dagupan City) Ging Ballesteros…
OVER the past 13 months, there were only two instances that indicated Governor Ramon Guico III was on top of problematic issues besetting specific sectors in Pangasinan. No, it was not about food sustainability. Not about level of agricultural production. Not about plight of farmers. Certainly not about the impact…
By Ermin Garcia Jr. HERE’S one clear example of hypocrisy of the 7 epaLiFes. Dagupan City Councilor Irene Lim-Acosta, delivered her privilege speech last October 17, mainly with her question: “Saan kilala ang Dagupan?” and her proposition to quote: “Our vow is to do what is legal and shun…
QUIET AT LAST — Finally, members of the majority and minority blocs huddle without expletives, profanities and insults during the October 17 session unlike the October 5 session when all hell broke loose and the majority members pilloried the person and position of Vice Mayor Bryan Kua. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
ABSENTEE COUNCILORS STILL NOT ALLOWED TO VOTE DURING the Sangguniang Panlungsod’s October 17 session, the majority bloc councilors attempted, but failed anew, to nullify Dagupan’s P1.3 billion budget through technical maneuvers. The seven-man majority bloc aimed to render the P1.3 billion annual budget of Dagupan nullified by disapproving the minutes…
DAGUPAN City Vice Mayor Bryan Kua assured the public that he will seek a court injunction on the amended Internal Rules of Procedures (IRP) of the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) that significantly diminishes his office’s powers within the city council. Voting along party lines, the said amendment was passed with seven…
PANGASINAN’S provincial government and San Miguel Holdings Corporation (SMHC) have formally joined forces for the implementation of the Pangasinan Link Expressway (PLEX) project. This partnership was solidified through the signing of a Joint Venture Agreement and Tollway Concession Agreements on October 19 at the Sison Auditorium. The signing ceremony, led…
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