A SECOND TERM FOR MAYOR POL – Lingayen Mayor Leopoldo Bataoil, accompanied by his family, takes his oath before Lingayen RTC Judge Teodoro Fernandez for another three-year term as the capital town’s mayor. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
BETTER late than never. This was underscored by newly sworn in Mayor Belen Fernandez when she led a wreath-laying ceremony in the morning of June 30 at the statue of the late Speaker Eugenio Perez to belatedly honor him for authoring Republic Act No, 170 that changed Dagupan’s status from…
FIRST EXECUTIVE ORDER –Newly-elected Binmaley Pedro Merrera shows local newsmen the copy of his first executive order that regulates use of the town’s seal and other offices for the purpose of crediting officials for their accomplishments. (Punchphoto by Ray Zambrano)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! JULY 02 – (Calasiao) KRISTEL D. RAMOS; JULY 03 – (Dagupan City) Michael Peter M. Manaois; (Lingayen) Ara Soco, Roma Beatrice C. Improgo; (CA,USA) Gil Gregorio; JULY 05 – (Mangaldan) Luzviminda De Guzman; (Illinois, USA) Ma. Cristina R. De Venecia Happy Birthday! DIONISIO ‘Saffe’ VILLAR (July 01- Sto….
STARTING next week, our communities will be watching how our newly reelected and elected provincial and local officials will conduct themselves in the next 100 days. Here are some barometers uppermost in our local communities’ minds. Firstly, while it is safe to assume that the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic…
By Ermin Garcia Jr. NEXT week, Mayor Belen Fernandez (and many others like her) will restart her public service engine. And fairly or unfairly for her, the expectations are very high given the unprecedented mandate she got from the city, and after the disappointing and dismal performance of the…
By Al S. Mendoza BARRING a catastrophe, Bongbong Marcos will become our President five days from now. That’s on June 30 to be exact, signaling the second coming of a Marcos 36 years after Bongbong’s father was deposed as president in the bloodless Edsa People Revolt on February 25,…
By Gonzalo Duque THE Sanggunian Panlungsod has passed a resolution expressing its profound gratitude to outgoing Mayor Brian Lim, commending him for his “sterling leadership and competent management” of the city’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This is a positive move of the august body. Recognizing the mayor’s awesome and…
HITMEN RIDING-IN-TANDEM ARE BACK CRIMINALS riding in tandem struck again, killing the president of the Lingayen-Dagupan Transport Cooperative whose fleet of modernized vehicles are among those giving Libreng Sakay to commuters to and from Dagupan daily. The ambush happened 7:15 p.m. on June 23 in Lingayen town at the corner…
VEGETABLE FARMER HIT BY FUEL CRISIS – Farmer counts cash to determine how many liters of gas he can buy to reach the market. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
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