INCLUSIVITY and acceptance for members in the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) community were at the forefront in the 2019 Bangus Sireyna gay beauty pageant with the theme: “Be gay, be loved, be respected.” Some 20 candidates, all from the city, competed against each other in terms of…
TAKAYAN NA DAYEW LINGAYEN — Singers from Sta. Barbara and Bayambang made their mark in homegrown musical competitions after winning the Takayan na Dayew ed Balon Panaon titles. Prince Chad Poserio, 11 years old, bested nine other contestants in the Ugugaw category championship with his version of the song “She’s…
LOS ANGELES, California – A 25-year old engineer who pursued a 2-year post graduate study in Energy Science and Technology at the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, Switzerland will graduate next month. David Roman Espiritu-Kayanan is the only Filipino in his class. The school…
BALON DAGUPAN NEWS 2019 BANGUSAN STREET PARTY THE Bangusan Street Party still the biggest street party in the North. More than 700,000 residents and guests trooped to the Jose de Venecia Expressway in the evening of April 30 for the party that lasted till the wee hours in the morning….
CAPITOL NEWS NAT’L LEADERS JOIN PISTA’Y DAYAT 2019 CELEBRATION. Seven national leaders, namely (from left to right, 1st row): former Special Assistant to the President Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go, Senator Koko Pimentel, Senator Sonny Angara, (2nd row) former PNP Director-General Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa, former Secretary for Political Affairs Francis…
CAPITOL NEWS LINGAYEN – Governor Amado I. Espino, III led the commemorative program of the Pangasinan Pista’y Dayat 2019 on May 1 at the Capitol Beachfront. Centered on the theme: “Malinis na Karagatan, Yaman ng Pangasinan,” the culminating activity of the sea festival was preceded by a thanksgiving mass officiated…
BALON DAGUPAN NEWS SOME 200 pregnant women from the city’s barangays received free hygiene kits from the Philippine Red Cross – Pangasinan Chapter on April 30. Each beneficiary, from seven to nine months on the family way, received a maternity kit that contained soaps, towels, toothbrushes, toothpastes, slippers, alcohol, tissue…
FOR ELECTIONEERING LINGAYEN–Four more barangay chairmen of Bautista town were the subjects of electioneering complaint filed at the provincial office of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) here on April 26. Charged were Barangay Captains Allan Pagsolingan of Nibaliw Norte, Rommel Sison of Poblacion West, Conrado Tagulao of…
STA. MARIA–The alleged leader of a suspected gun-for-hire group operating in the Fifth and Sixth Districts was shot dead when he fired at lawmen while trying to evade the serving of search warrant at his residence in Sitio Bugarin Barangay Cal-litang this town. The suspect, Verson Mamerto, alias “Jong”, tagged…
PALARONG PAMBANSA BALON Dagupan athletes already contributed six of the 11 gold medals so far won by the Region 1 Athletic Association (R1AA) as of 5:25 p.m. on May 2 in the 2019 Palarong Pambansa now being played in Davao City. Of the six gold medals won by the Balon…
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