CONSPIRACY OF THE WATER LILY – It is not a garden of vegetables but a span of water lilies that practically occupied half of the Pantal River, slowing down flow of water out to the sea, further aggravating flooding in Dagupan City. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
The town of Manaoag is at a crossroad between towns that have its vehicular traffic increasingly difficult with each passing year, having the Minor Basilica as the town’s main attraction, compounded the local government’s dilemma. Mayor Jeremy Agerico Rosario, the town’s new local chief executive, admitted that coping with the…
ASINGAN town mayor Carlos Lopez Jr. expressed his full support for the Asingan Community Hospital’s plan to open an animal bite center (ABC). Once opened, the hospital’s center will also serve the towns of Binalonan, San Manuel, and Sta. Maria. Lopez said the installation of an animal bite center in…
AN ambulance owned by the LGU Binalonan hit a pedestrian while rushing a patient along Barangay Capaoay, San Jacinto town on Friday, July 8. Investigation showed the victim, Marties Hiquiana, 49, and a resident of said area, suddenly crossed the street that resulted in her being hit by the ambulance…
A woman is in a critical condition after she was hit by a delivery truck along the de Venecia Highway in Dagupan City Tuesday afternoon, July 12. Victim Jennifer Solano, of legal age, resident of Barangay Lucao in Dagupan City, whose leg was crushed, was rushed to Region 1 Medical…
INSTANT WET MARKET FOR FRUITS AND VEGGIES – With no other space available inside the flooded market in Dagupan City, these enterprising vendors decide to set up their tables on the busy, partly flooded commercial district on A.B. Fernandez Avenue. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
QUARANTINE checkpoints in all the border areas of Pangasinan were back starting July 11 following the fresh outbreak of Avian Influenza or bird flu in some provinces of Luzon, including those in Mindanao, recently. It was the implementation of Gov. Ramon Guico III’s executive order directing a temporary total ban…
THE Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) North Luzon Regional Office has clarified that P1,000 polymer banknotes are accepted as legal tender, and that stores and other business establishments are still required to accept it despite being folded or creased. This, after an incident where an establishment did not accept a…
AN Indonesian-Filipino consortium is set to do a feasibility study on the proposed Pangasinan East-West Expressway (PEWEx), a big ticket project seeking to connect the eastern and western boundaries of the province, at no cost at all to the provincial government. This was confirmed by Gov. Ramon Guico III upon…
FANS of the classic Pinoy breakfast pan de sal and eggs are beginning to worry. This, after many bakeries in the province, including Dagupan City, have either increased their retail prices of pan de sal, or have begun making smaller “bite-sized” versions of it. Bread producers are already selling pan…
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