THE number of crime incidents registered during the Bangus Festival this year was the lowest since the annual festival started in 2003. Only four incidents were reported during the month-long celebration, according to Supt. Romeo Caramat, chief of police. The crimes reported this year were two cases of pick-pocketing, one…
PROPOSED TAX EXEMPTION–Members of the Dagupan City Council headed by Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez discuss a proposed ordinance authored by Councilor Alipio Serafin Fernandez seeking to grant private schools, colleges and universities exemption from paying business. (Photo by Mitz Cresencio) Back to Homepage
100 ISLES BLUE WATER–The clear blue water surrounding Quezon Island in Hundred Islands, always a tempting come-on for visitors, is dotted with bancas as the island becomes a beehive for tourist activities. This aerial Punchphoto was shot by Willie Lomibao on board a Philippine Air Force plane piloted by Air Force…
HEAVIEST BANGUS–Judges closely watch a milkfish being weighed for the heaviest bangus competition during the Bangus Rodeo event of the 2011 Bangus Festival in Dagupan held in the morning of April 29 at the Malimgas Public Market. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka) Back to Homepage
MANGO PIE FROM THE CITY–Barangay residents and city officials of San Carlos City help to piece together baked mango pies contributed by barangays and city hall offices to form the “giant” pie as one of the highlights of the Bamboo-Mango Festival 2011 last April 26, 2011 at the Arenas-Resuello Sports complex in…
SAN CARLOS CITY–The people here baked and assembled what they hoped to be the biggest mango pie in the world measuring 100 square meters and two inches thick on April 26 in celebration of the city’s Mango Bamboo Festival. The giant mango pie was a mixture of 2,000 kilos of…
THE Region 1 Medical Center (R1MC) is set to perform its first kidney transplant this month following the delivery of a new organ transplant machine acquired by the hospital. Dr. Roland Mejia, R1MC director, said the equipment, acquired through the center’s own budget, are expected to arrive in two weeks…
THE river clean-up campaign in the province has been expanded with the launch of the “Linis Estero” project under the Water Quality Monitoring Area (WQMA) program of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). Dagupan is the first in the province to conduct the project after reports presented during…
THE Inang Naulila sa Anak (INA) Foundation headed by 4th District Rep. Gina de Venecia is giving its full support to Dr. Lourdes Carandang, a child psychologist, in connection with the libel case filed against her over the ‘Jan-Jan dancing video’ aired on Channel 5’s “Willing Willie” program.
A KINDERGARTEN Center was opened in Bonuan Gueset last week, the first of many planned for construction in Dagupan’s barangays. The first center, located at the North Central Elementary School, has six rooms, a playground and a canteen, all designed to nurture learning for young children.
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