By Farah G. Decano THIS is a traditional phrase used by lawyers who appear before the Supreme Court during oral arguments. It is supposed to be a very respectful expression of reverence and respect for the honorable occupants of the august judicial chambers. Former undersecretary and NT-ELCAC spokesperson, Lorraine…
By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. DESPITE the imminent threat of super Typhoon Karding last Sunday (September 25), the much-awaited post-pandemic province-wide basketball cagefest dubbed as “Excellent Noodles Cup DBL Pangasinan Inter-Town/City/School U18 Basketball Tournament 2022” still officially unfolded at the Dagupan City’s People’s Astrodome. Yes, I witnessed the well-orchestrated…
(A corollary homage to commemorate Dagupan’s 75th Diamond Jubilee) By Rex Catubig I did not get to know Pangasinan’s political luminary, Speaker Eugenio Perez Sr, who authored the charter that made Dagupan into a City. But growing up in the 1960’s, I was fortunate to have had personal encounter…
SK’S SENIOR ADVOCATE – Wearing a Sanggunian Kabataan t-shirt, 75-year-old Dagupeño Anselmo Atabis of Brgy. Calmay, presented himself to the Bakunahang Bayan Pinaslakas” for his second dose in the barangay. The city’s vaccination campaign has been making the rounds of the city’s barangays. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
THE Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) is continuously processing registration of citizens for their own Philsys ID. Edgar Norberte, Provincial Officer of PSA – Pangasinan, said 2.3 million individuals are already registered in their Philsys database, but less than 500,000 individuals received their National IDs (NIDs). Norberte attributed the sluggish issuance…
THE provincial government of Nueva Vizcaya has asserted its ownership anew over a large area in Barangay Malico in the land dispute with Pangasinan. Nueva Vizcaya Vice Governor Jose Gambito maintained that it based on the results of the survey by the National Mapping and Resource Information Authority (NAMRIA). Gambito…
THE police program Kasimbayanan (Kapulisan, Simbahan and Pamayanan) was relaunched region-wide in a program at Police Region 1 auditorium attended by Director Agnes de Leon, Officer-in-Charge of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) on September 26. P/Lt. Col. George Depalog Jr., PRO1 public information officer, said Kasimbayanan…
PINAKBET PASTA, ANYONE? — Shoppers at the SM City Urdaneta Central partake of the new “pinakbet pasta” (using locally- produced pinakbet cubes) prepared during the launching of the product by the Department of Trade and Industry and the Pangasinan Entrepreneurs Development Association Inc. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
PANGASINAN can expect to experience rotating brownouts during the last quarter of 2022 after the Department of Energy (DOE) warned the Luzon grid that it may not be able to meet its contingency reserves. In a statement issued on Wednesday, September 29, the DOE said Luzon is in danger of…
FARMERS called on the Sta. Barbara local government to build multi-purpose pavements where they can dry their palay so that they can stop drying their palay on outer lanes of highways. The farmers said in the absence of a regular drying facilities, they are forced to dry their still wet…
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