THE number of active COVID-19 cases is back to a single digit on April 11 in Pangasinan but this gain was overshadowed by two consecutive deaths – one on April 10 and another on April 11. According to the Provincial Health Office (PHO,) from 11 active cases recorded on April…
NOT even the provincial government was spared by trolls spreading fake news about its activities. An unidentified internet user posted on Facebook that the educational learning materials, particularly the tablets, donated by the provincial government to the Department of Education (DepEd) for all school divisions in Pangasinan, will eventually be…
PALM SUNDAY OBSERVANCE – Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas leads the blessing of palm fronds before celebrating Palm Sunday Mass at St. John the Evangelist Cathedral in Dagupan City. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
AIKA ROBREDO’S FAKE SEX VIDEOS AMID the circulation of a fake videos purporting to feature Aika, daughter of Vice President Leni Robredo, Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas assured her that “lies and liars die in time. Only Truth is forever.” This was contained in the archbishop’s letter Monday night for Aika…
THERE were finally 685,557 individuals in the Ilocos Region that received their COVID-19 booster shots as of April 9. The Department of Health Center for Health Development Ilocos Region (DOH-CHD-1) posted on Monday that 3.5 million in the region are fully vaccinated residents or 80 percent of its 4.3 million…
THERE was no quorum again during the virtual regular session of the Sangguniang Panlungsod last Tuesday that calendared discussion on the proposed annual budget of Dagupan for 2022 in the amount of P1.35 billion. Only four councilors responded to the roll call conducted by City Secretary Ryan Ravanzo. They were…
Former Mayor Belen entertaining her mother Doña Remedios in a throwback photo taken in their home in 2018. FORMER Mayor Belen Fernandez asked residents in the city’s 31 barangays for understanding as she could not continue her campaign sorties because her family is in mourning following the death of their beloved…
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo ON a warm, busy morning after assisting the hired workers to clean in the garden of my sister Emma and the adjacent lot which we adopted to clean, green and beautify at Filinvest, I received a video of a uniquely-conceived campaign material incorporating Urduja, Pangasinan’s…
By Farah G. Decano I happened to be one of those who brainstormed about what the Leni Robredo Pangasinan rally should be like. The legend of Urduja immediately came to mind. According to oral folktales, she was a female warrior of Pangasinan who protected her kingdom from the sea…
By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. UNDENIABLY, the issue now in the Philippine sports is the PBA Governor’s Cup best-of-seven championship series between two giant professional teams: the defending champion Ginebra Gin Kings and the perennial runner-up, the Meralco Bolts. We, diehard basketball buffs, watched the three skirmishes on TV and…
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