LINGAYEN – After two consecutive years of successful of staging, “Governor’s Cup Inter-Town/City Basketball Tournament” the biggest basketball tourney in the province, opened its third season on December 8. A major sports program of Governor Amado I. Espino, III, the tournament pits participating town and city with their 4 best-selected cagers,…
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Keeping Christmas spirit alive WITHOUT a doubt, that Christmassy feeling is with us today. It’s December! Soon we will have the Misa de Gallo, where young and old Catholics in the country will seek to keep the tradition of early dawn masses alive in spite of the new practice…
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PASKUHAN ED KAPITOLYO — Lights, sounds and dances entertain Lingayen residents and visitors during the annual and traditional lighting of giant Christmas tree art the Capitol Plaza. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
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OVER LOST LANDFILL SITE THE anomalous sale of a 30-hectare land in Barangays Awai and Bolo in San Jacinto to the Dagupan City government in 2002 during the term of then Mayor Benjamin Lim continues to hound those involved in the questionable transaction 16 years hence. The Dagupan City government…
City tells Cuña: Return of P16-M
ILLEGAL TABON ON LIM’S PREMISES IF Vice Mayor Brian Lim is finding fault in the backfilling (tabon) of fishponds as the cause of flooding in the city, then he should look no further. Mayor Belen Fernandez turned the table on Vice Mayor Brian Lim who earlier charged that flooding in Dagupan…
Belen turns table on Brian
THE Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) approved the P1.480,448,000 Annual Investment Plan (AIP) of the city, including its supporting plans for Fiscal Year 2019 last week. According to Councilor Jeslito Seen, chairman on finance, the AIP is essential to the formulation of objectives, targets, budget policies and strategies for the budget year…
Dagupan SP OKs P1.4-B AIP for 2019
BAYAMBANG—A suspect in the gun slay of a former municipal councilor here last Nov. 16 was arrested by combined elements of a special investigation task group (SITG) investigating the murder. P/Chief Inspector Norman Florentino, Pangasinan police spokesman who is part of the SITG probing the killing of Levin Uy, said…
Uy’s gunman nabbed, Quiambao doubts PNP claim
LINGAYEN – The Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) passed a resolution urging the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) to look into the propriety of the passage of resolution reappointing Dr. Dexter R. Buted as the Pangasinan State University (PSU) president despite his being declared “persona non grata” by the provincial board. During…




