PLAYING WITH FIRE — A fire dancer, not our columnist Gonz Duque, entertains villagers at Bgy. Malued whom barangay officials presented as an alternative to lighting firecrackers. (Punchphoto by Jojo Riñoza)
LUCKY FRUIT CHARMS – A young woman stops and picks one of the strung fruits for sale on a sidewalk in Dagupan City. Filipinos believe collecting round fruits bring good luck for the coming New Year. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
LUCKY FRUIT CHARMS
ENOUGH REASON TO BAN FIRECRACKERS – A young man has his eyes covered after a firecracker unexpectedly exploded in his face. (Punchphoto by Jojo Riñoza)
ENOUGH REASON TO BAN FIRECRACKERS
REMEMBERING RIZAL — Adelfu Valle of the Pangasinan Masonic Lodge No. 56 pays tribute to Dr. Jose P. Rizal during the commemoration of the national hero’s 122nd death anniversary and martyrdom held at the Dagupan City Plaza. (PIAphoto /AMM)
REMEMBERING RIZAL
TURNOVER OF HOSTING – Representatives of Class 68, 78 and 93 of the Dagupan City National High School turnover the responsibility of hosting next year’s Homecoming to Class 69, 70 and 94 during the Grand Alumni Homecoming last December 28 at DCNHS campus. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
TURNOVER OF HOSTING
TOROTOT, NOT FIRECRACKER – The children in Brgy. Malued play with the toy trumpets provided by the Bureau of Fire and Protection Region 1 to encourage them to use it to welcome the New Year instead of firecrackers. (Punchphoto by Jojo Riñoza)
TOROTOT, NOT FIRECRACKER
108 AFFECTED IN REGION 1 LINGAYEN—To keep police’s impartiality in the May elections, the PNP regional office reshuffled postings of 108 police chiefs in the Ilocos Region effective January 3. P/Superintendent Mary Crystal Peralta, Police Regional Office 1 spokesperson, said the move was aimed to avoid familiarity of police chiefs…
40 police chiefs here reshuffled
NEW YEAR REVELRY PEACEFUL LINGAYEN—The peace and order situation in Pangasinan was generally peaceful notwithstanding reports of two persons hit separately by stray bullets and two arrested for indiscriminate firing of guns during revelry welcoming the New Year. This was the assessment of P/Sr. Superintendent Wilson Lopez, PNP provincial director….
2 revelers hit by stray bullets, 2 arrested for indiscriminate firing
INSPIRED BY RIZAL’S VISION GUIDED by the highest ideals of Jose Rizal, the city government has provided its youth its biggest hope for a better future. This was assured by Mayor Belen Fernandez during the 122nd Death Anniversary and Martyrdom of Dr. Rizal in front of his monument at the city…
Dagupan invests heavily on the youth
LINGAYEN—Pangasinan’s World War II veterans will take center stage anew when the province commemorates the 74th Lingayen Gulf Landing and the 12th Pangasinan Veterans Day on January 9 at the Pangasinan Memorial Park. The commemoration this year, however, will be made as part of the centennial celebration of the Pangasinan Provincial…




