NOT AN ELECTION PROTEST A people’s initiative signed by 21,000 registered voters in Pangasinan seeking a manual recount of all the votes cast in Pangasinan during the May 9, 2021 elections was filed on May 16 before the Provincial Elections Office in Dagupan City. Clarifying that it is not an…
BACK TO SENDER – A policed officer stands guard at the door while waiting for Comelec personnel to pick up the used ballot boxes. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
SOME 2,000 loyal supporters of Governor Amado Espino III and his brother, Second District Rep. Jumel Espino, staged a prayer and candle-lighting rally dubbed as “Pangasinan: Anyare?” at the Capitol Plaza on the night of May 16 to protest alleged cheating in the just-concluded election. The participants from different towns…
FIFTH District Board Member Noel Bince appealed to his colleagues in the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) to let emotions to settle down first before making comments about the recently concluded elections so as not to exacerbate the still tense situation prevailing in the province. Bince was reacting to the privilege speech…
VILLAR CLAN’S 70-YEARS LEGACY THE fifth generation of Villar clan continues to hold sway in governing Sto. Tomas town after the election of another Villar as mayor in the recently concluded polls. Councilor Dickerson Villar, 34-year-old mayor-elect, vows to sustain the 70 -years legacy of his ancestors who served…
MORE DROWNING INCIDENTS A six-year-old child died in a resort’s swimming pool in San Fabian town on Sunday, May 15. The victim, Mark Joshua Estrada, from Marilao, Bulacan was with his family for an outing at the Greysands Beach and Resort in Barangay Nibaliw Vidal, when the incident happened. Police…
A 15-year-old student died while her younger sister was injured after they were hit by a lightning while bathing under the rain outside their residence in Sitio Taew, Barangay Cobol, San Carlos City on May 15. Joana Domantay, Grade 8, and her eight-year-old sister, Joyce Domantay, Grade 2 pupil, were…
A sea turtle, locally known as pawikan, was rescued by fisherman in Alaminos City on Monday, May 16. Jerry Reate, a fisherman of Barangay Pangapisan in Alaminos City, was checking on a pasabing or fishtrap he had set earlier, when he saw a pawikan trapped inside. Authorities sent the pawikan,…
CLEAN-UP DRIVE – The Dagupan City police makes its presence felt at the Tondaligan beach to remind the crowd that they should bring their wastes with them when they leave. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
THREE farmers from Bayambang town, all women and confessed members of a communist front organization, took their oath of allegiance to the government after withdrawing their support to the organization last May 17. The PNP provincial office identified the three as Adelina Creus, of Barangay Paragos, Bayambang; Exclinita Ferrer of…
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