TO a tricycle driver, a single father with three children to support, honesty is one virtue that he has kept since he started riding tricycles for livelihood and has found self-fulfillment in returning valuables left by his passengers. His advocacy led him to return a bag he found on a…
PANGASINAN has been declared insurgency-free since last year but still government troops cannot be complacent because the insurgents may just be waiting for the opportunity to strike. This was the situation described by P/Colonel Redrico Maranan, police provincial director, to the Sangguniang Panlalawigan on Monday, as he pointed out that…
LINGAYEN-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas said the clergy of Lingayen Dagupan “deeply regret the decision of the President to sign the Anti-Terror Bill into law over and above the vehement objections of well-meaning citizens”. In a statement titled “We Are Taking The Wrong Path”, Villegas said, “It is morally wrong, we…
BROKEN CAMPAIGN PROMISE –Vendors and households that regularly buy their food items at the Malimgas Public Market in Dagupan City continue to suffer flooding in the area each time the high tide hits the city in spite of a campaign promise by the Lim administration to at least minimize the inconvenience in the area. (Punchphoto by…
HOUSEHOLDS in Pangasinan decided to be pork-less after they were told that the price of pork in the market has rocketed from P200 per kilo to as high as P260 to P270 per kilo. What most didn’t know was about 51 percent of the estimated 280,000 hog population of Pangasinan…
PORK supply in Luzon is down by 35 to 40 percent due to the African Swine Fever (ASF) that has hit many piggeries. Samahan ng Industriyang Agrikultura chairman Rosendo So told the virtual forum of the KBP-Pangasinan chapter, via ZoomApp on Thursday that an estimated 350 sows that died in…
THE Alliance of United Transport Organizations Provincewide (AUTOPRO) has asked the Dagupan City government to endorse its appeal to the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) Region 1 to issue special permits for 75 more jeepneys to service Dagupan City, in addition to the 45 jeepneys already plying the…
AFTERMATH OF JULY 16, 1990 EARTHQUAKE — It was a scene in Dagupan City, a day after the July 16, 1990 earthquake, that Dagupeños can never forget. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
AFTER almost four months of lockdown, Bolinao which boasts of having Patar Beach dubbed as the Boracay of the North, is now preparing for the reopening of its tourism sites on July 15. A Facebook post of the local government presented an informercial video on the guidelines and protocols for…
A more attractive Hundred Islands National Park in Alaminos City is already open to the public, but limited initially to residents of First District after three months of complete shutdown due to the Covid-19 Pandemic. Mayor Arth Bryan Celeste said HINP will only be open for First District locals and tourists until…
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