OUTNUMBERED BUT NOT OUTSMARTED — A lady enforcer from the Philippine Navy deployed by the Dagupan Police Station to help in the implementation of the quarantine protocol, does a quick check of documents of non-residents entering the city. The two cargo trucks from Bulacan in the background were ordered to…
FORMER YOUNG CITY MAYOR A Dagupeña was one among four regional winners of the 2021 Harvard Crimson Global Essay Competition (HCGEC) from the East, South & Southeast Asia Region. Jilian Kay Madison Fernandez, from Barangay Lucao, Dagupan City and a Grade 12 student at Ateneo De Manila University, won with…
COVID TESTING OF CURFEW VIOLATORS – Dagupan City Health Officer Ophelia Rivera oversees the collection of specimens for RT-PCR tests of curfew violators. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
MAN VS. BIRD – A flight of whiskered tern (Chlidonias hybrida) circle around the fishermen hauling their nets by the Lingayen beach, ready to take what they know is rightfully theirs as well. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
TWO public elementary schools in Dagupan received each a “hybrid” hand washing facility donated by the Manila Water Foundation and its partners, P&G Safeguard Philippines, CSI Group of Companies and the Department of Health. The hand washing facility project was turned over by Reginald Andal, executive director of Manila Water…
DR. Jose Alfonso R. Llamas of Dagupan City placed second in the recently concluded 2021 Philippine Board of Rehabilitation Medicine Written Diplomate Examination. In topping the said examination, Dr. Llamas is now following the footsteps of his grandfather, the late Dr. Gaudencio M. Reyes, his parents Dr. Alfonso P. Llamas…
FORMER Mayor Leocadio de Vera Jr. of Bayambang died on April 10 suspected to be of COVID-19. He was 69. Municipal Councilor Amory Junio, a close family friend of de Vera, confirmed the former mayor was declared dead on arrival at Bayambang District Hospital. De Vera was positive in his antigen test…
IT’S never too late even for the 84-year-old former five-time Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr and wife Manay Gina who decided to get their first dose of their COVID-19 jab on Tuesday at the People’s Astrodome in Dagupan City. To the amusement of onlookers, JDV, who served as Rep. of…
SAN Quintin Mayor Clark Cecil Tiu became the first Pangasinan mayor who took his spot to be vaccinated on April 7 and its video was uploaded live. “Bakunado na po ako. Yes na yes. Bakuna pa more. COVID no more,” read the caption of his photos showing him during his…
GOVERNOR Amado I. Espino III, along with wife Karina and their son Amado Espino IV, led the traditional Via Crucis (Stations of the Cross) organized by the provincial government at the Veterans Memorial Park within the Capitol Complex on March 30. The province’s first family was joined by department heads…
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