THE Lingayen Municipal Hall was placed on a granular lockdown from Jan. 13-14 for decontamination. All transactions at the Municipal Hall will resume on Jan. 17. Mayor Leopoldo Bataoil issued on Jan. 12 Executive Order No. 03, series of 2022, posted at the town’s official Facebook page before 7:00 p.m.,…
PASYONISTA BALUT/CHICHARON VENDOR – The balut vendor from Calasiao garbed in coordinated orange getup (cap, shades, face mask, shirt, pants, sandals, bicycle, baskets) goes around town branding himself as the “Orange Man” selling balut and chicharon, to earn patronage by his appearance like no other. (Punchphoto by Ray Zambrano)
THE Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) is set to pass two ordinances seeking to extend two deadlines: for the payment of business tax and another and for payment of real property tax in the city of Dagupan. Councilor Dennis Canto, author of the ordinance extending deadline for payment of businesss taxes, said…
Governor Amado “Pogi” I. Espino III and Manila Water Chief Operation Officer for Non-East Zone & International Businesses Melvin John M. Tan flash the signed P8-billion concession agreement for the bulk water supply project in Pangasinan. CAPITOL NEWS Governor Amado “Pogi” I. Espino III signed an P8-billion concession agreement…
By Atty. Farah G. Decano A few days ago, Buhay Representative Lito Atienza was quoted saying, “[w]e do not believe in same-sex marriage because marriage is meant for a male and a female and the purpose is reproduction.” On the same day, Supreme Court Justice Marvic Leonen, in a…
By Rex Catubig (I wrote this piece much earlier, but not much has changed since then. Except for a plan to relocate the monument–which very much depends on who is in the City Hall). There are no road markers to lead visitors to the site. The site, in fact,…
BODY CAMERA AT CHECKPOINTS – P/Col. Richmond Tadina, Pangasinan PNP Provincial director, shows the body camera of a police officer on duty at the checkpoint to record engagements at the checkpoint. (Punchphoto by Ray Zambrano)
THE Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) condemned the recent killing of a 23-year-old apprentice seaman by an unidentified gunman in Sual on January 11. In a statement Thursday posted on Facebook, PCG District Southern Tagalog Commander, CG Commodore Genito Basilio, under whose command the victim was assigned, expressed his condolences to…
A HOUSEHELP who reportedly stole pieces of jewelry of her boss, Transportation Assistant Secretary Goddes Hope Libiran, was arrested in Mangaldan. In a Facebook post on Thursday night, Libiran said “Nahuli na po si Malou (a.k.a Marilou Morales, Marilou Fernandez, Marilyn Delos Reyes, Malou Mislang) sa Mangaldan, Pangasinan, but for…
BACKBREAKING RICE FARMING – Two wives of rice farmers in Aguilar town help their husbands finish the planting of palay seedlings in paddies. (Punchpbhoto by Willie Lomibao)
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