ANGOLAN BEAUTIES FOR FISHERIES — Miss Earth Angola 2017 Ermelinda Matos gingerly holds a giant grouper (lapu-lapu) at BFAR-NIFTDC in Dagupan City during a goodwill visit with Miss Angola 2006 Stiviandra Oliveira. Westly Rosario, BFAR – NIFTDC center chief, watches amusedly. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
PANGASINAN DAY NOVEMBER 13, Monday, will be a special public holiday in Pangasinan and in Dagupan City to celebrate the 121st birthday anniversary of the late Speaker Eugenio Perez, who served as representative of the old Second District of Pangasinan. By virtue of Republic Act No. 6721, Nov. 13 is declared Pangasinan Day in…
Nov. 13, special public holiday
MISS SILKA PANGASINAN – Cherry Anne Maniacop, (No.9) takes to the ramp before finally being selected as Miss Silka Pangasinan 2017 at the CSI Atrium in Dagupan City. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
MISS SILKA PANGASINAN
SAN FABIAN—At 74, this grandpa could be the oldest biker in town who enjoys doing the rounds regularly. Isaias Umangay Jr, born on May 12, 1943 from Barangay Poblacion this town told The PUNCH he started biking as his hobby and sports only 7 years ago, when he was 67…
At 74, lolo from San Fabian is oldest biker
HIGHLAND TRIBAL DANCE – Indigenous tribe from Mangatarem perform depicting a celebration dance during the Indigenous People Cultural Festival in Lingayen at Narciso Ramos Sports and Civic center gym in Lingayen Pangasinan. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
HIGHLAND TRIBAL DANCE
SOME five thousand five hundred residents of Barangay Pugaro in Dagupan City received goodies and free medical and dental services during the Aid to Humanity (Lingap sa Mamamayan) of the Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC) conducted last October 29. The Aid to Humanity of the INC was conducted worldwide in various…
INC’s Aid to Humanity held in Pugaro
GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN – Young girls pull and scream as they try to outdo the other team under the Pangasinan Cluster of Child Development Centers during the ‘Laro ng Lahi’ games at the start of their weeklong sport festival on Monday at Dagupan City People’s Astrodome. (Punchphoto by Jojo Riñoza)
GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN
OF the 528 centenarians registered by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Region 1, 207 are from Pangasinan. Iryn Cubangbang, regional information officer of DSWD, said the centenarians, most of whom are women, will receive P100,000 cash gifts from the government. The oldest centenarian in Region 1 is a…
207 centenarians to get P100,000 cash gifts this year
ROSALES— 95 students from Pangasinan, La Union and Cordillera Administrative Region participated in the regional elimination round of 12th Philippine Sudoku Super Challenge held at the SM City Rosales on Oct. 15 here. “For the many years that we have been holding this event at our malls, we observed that…
SM City Rosales holds sudoku regional elims
SAN CARLOS CITY- The Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities Commission on Accreditation (PACUCOA) has awarded seven (7) certificates to Virgen Milagrosa University Foundation (VMUF) for having satisfactorily met the standards and fulfilled all the requirements of the PACUCOA for Level III reaccredited status and is endorsed for certification to…




