ONE good vote can change kahirapan, korapsyon, kabastusan, kasinungalingan and kamatayan or 5Ks that plague the Philippine government, according Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas during a forum on March 27 at the PHINMA (University of Pangasinan) in Dagupan City. Villegas, in his homily prior to the program, told the crowd, composed mostly of…
COMMISSION on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Luie Tito Guia asked voters in Pangasinan to report vote-buying activities to the Comelec. Guia made the plea as he expressed dismay that Pangasinan is getting notorious for the rampant vote-buying in the province. He urged voters to report vote-buying to the police and warned…
LINGAYEN—The “Kalinisan Karaban” launched by the provincial government early this year is proving to be a boon to efforts to mitigate impact of climate change by collecting plastic wastes which are non-biodegradable and considered a bane to the ozone layer when burned and to sea mammals when they ingest these…
LINGAYEN—The Pangasinan Convention and Multi-Purpose Center (PCMPC), a priority infrastructure project of the provincial government, will soon rise in Bugallon town. Gov. Amado Espino III led the ground-breaking ceremony for the construction of the center last week in a sprawling 18-hectare lot located in Barangay Umanday. The PCMPC will have,…
SECURITY plans are already in place for the 2019 Bangus Festival which is again expected to draw millions of spectators from various parts of the country. This was revealed by P/Lt. Colonel Jandale Sulit, Dagupan police chief, who said last year’s plans that managed the attendance of over a million…
BOLINAO—Local officials here welcomed the deployment of a high-speed gunboat by the Philippine National Police Maritime Group in the town’s coastal waters to strengthen their campaign against all forms of criminality in the sea. In a simple ceremony following the arrival of the gunboat at the coastal barangay of Guiguiwanen…
PARAWS FOR TOURISM – Fifty-two fishermen show up in their colorful paraws for the Paraw Festival organized by the Alaminos City government held every every year at the Hundred Islands National Park. (Punchphoto by Jojo Riñoza)
ALAMINOS CITY—Paraw of different colors and sizes paraded and raced in a competition at the coastal waters of the Hundred Islands National Park (HINP) here Thursday to cap the almost two-week long city’s foundation anniversary celebration dubbed as Paraw Festival. Miguel Sison, city tourism officer, said 52 participants classified into…
BAYAMBANG —First the good news. Farmers in this Onion Capital of Pangasinan enjoy bumper harvest. The bad news: traders are buyng their produce at a low price because of the glut in the market. Mayor Cezar Quiambao said, “ They did not perhaps suffer losses but their profit is low…
LINGAYEN — Certificates of Land Ownership Award (CLOA) covering 700 hectares of land were distributed to 560 farmers from different towns and cities on Tuesday by the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR). Agrarian Reform Secretary John Castriones, along with Gov. Amado Espino III and Vice Governor Jose Ferdinand Calimlim, led the distribution in…
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