PAGEANT HIGHLIGHTS BARANGAY Pantal’s bet, 23-year-old accountancy graduate Ghelsy Reign Andaya Ravago bested 30 other candidates to win the title Miss Diamond Dagupan 2022 after her impressive responses during beauty and brains competition held last December 19, 2022 at the City Plaza. Her title earned her P75,000 cash prize. She…

TOFF THE DIRECTOR – Fans and friends seek Cong. Christohper “Toff” de Venecia’s autograph after the successful staging of the Rodgers & Hammerstein’s CAROUSEL that he directed at the CCP’s Blackbox Theater last December 17. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
TOFF THE DIRECTOR
THE Sangguniang Panlungsod, on motion of all members of the majority, passed a resolution congratulating lawyer Teofilo Guadiz III on his recent appointment by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. as chairman of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB). Members of the minority of the SP joined the majority in…
SP congratulates new LTFRB chief Guadiz

KISS YOUR BRIDES AGAIN – 130 newly married couples take Dagupan Mayor Belen Fernandez’s blessing seriously during the Diamond Jubilee Mass Wedding, one of the events of City fiesta at the city plaza when she said “You may now kiss the bride for 1 long minute”. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
KISS YOUR BRIDES AGAIN
SIXTY-three day care children of the Bacag Central School in Villasis town were hosted to a feeding program by the Alpha Phi Omega (APhiO) International Service Fraternity and Sorority last December 14. The feeding and gift-giving program was part of the celebration of the 75th founding anniversary of the APhiO,…
APO fraternity conducts feeding for 63 kids in Villasis

PINTA FLORES FESTIVAL AT R1MC — A colorful dance group happily ends it performance during the Region 1 Medical Center, Dance Competition dubbed as ‘Pinta Flores Festival’, traditionally celebrated every November in San Carlos City in Negros Occidental. (Punchphoto by Ray Zambrano)
PINTA FLORES FESTIVAL AT R1MC

GLAMOROUS WACKY LADIES – Candidates vying for Miss Diamond Dagupan 2022 do wacky poses apt for beauty contestants during the opening of Paseo de Belen on December 2, 2022. The “Darling of the Press” will be known on December 19, the pageant night at the City Plaza. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
GLAMOROUS WACKY LADIES
THE local governments of Bayambang, Natividad and Alaminos City won honors for Pangasinan in the recent Search for the 2022 National Literacy Awards (NLA). The Kasama Kita sa Barangay Foundation, Inc. of Bayambang, clinched the first place for the Outstanding Literacy Program category under the 1st to 3rd class municipality category…
Two towns, city win honors in 2022 National Literacy Awards

GIANT CHRISTMAS TREE IN LINGAYEN – Residents gather at the town plaza to witness the ceremonial switching of the giant Christmas tree’s lights. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
GIANT CHRISTMAS TREE IN LINGAYEN
TWIN sisters in Dagupan City both won First Prizes during 70th edition of the prestigious Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature, the famed version of the ‘Pulitzer Prize’ in literature during awards ceremonies on November 30 at Marquis Events Place at Bonifacio Global City. The 12-year-old twin sisters, Zahara Exylin…