JENYFER Palma Lopez of Mapandan brought pride to the province when she ranked 8th in the November 2023 Licensure Examination for Midwives. Lopez who was among the 2,800 who took the licensure examination, attained a 90.70% rating. A product of Anonang National High School in Mangaldan town, Lopez earned her…
THE Schools Division Office of San Carlos City hosted the 43rd Pangasinan –San Carlos City – Alaminos City Council Jamboree and Kawan Holiday 2023 on November 9-12 held at the Speaker Eugenio Perez National Agricultural School Land Field. Kawan Holiday is a KAB Camp that provides scouts with life-long skills to impact on their character, discipline, and sense of belongingness in the…
WHO said height matters? It was this height issue inspired 22-year-old Marian Nicole Mayandoc of Barangay Carael East to run in the last Sangguniang Kabataan Election and ranked third among the seven winners. Only barely two feet tall, she proudly marched with other SK officials of Carael to the stage…
FRANK Guiripon, a resident of Barangay Poblacion, Mangaldan, achieved international acclaim by securing the title of Mr. Glam Icon Ambassador International 2023 in Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, on November 5, 2023. Having previously represented Mangaldan and earned the Glam Icon Award in Mr. Northern Philippines 2023 in August, Guiripon earned…
PUNCH’S Associate Editor Eva Visperas won in the 2023 NCCA Writers’ Prize sponsored by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts and the grand prize of P250,000 that goes with it. In its letter to Visperas on November 6, 2023, NCCA wrote: “Please accept this Commission’s felicitations as your…
NOV. 13, SPECIAL NON-WORKING HOLIDAY PANGASINAN will observe a non-working special public holiday on November 13 (Monday) to commemorate the 127th birthday anniversary of one of its famous sons, Speaker Eugenio Perez, the first Pangasinense Speaker of the House of Representatives. This is pursuant to Republic Act No. 6721, signed…
RELATIVES HELP THEIR DISADVANTAGED KIN –-The Electoral Boards allow an elder sister to assist younger brother, a new voter, while a doting daughter helps aging mother follow instructions on how to fill out their ballots. (Punchphotos by Willie Lomibao and Butch Uka)
INAY Maria Castro Alcaide, a 97-year-old resident of Barangay Lucao and a registered voter in Dagupan City, the oldest voter not only in Pangasinan participated in the recently-concluded Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) 2023. Known as “Mother” in her barangay, and affectionately called “Mary” by those close to her,…
IN keeping with Dagupan Jayceeken’s cultural heritage advocacy, the group trooped to the northern town of Sison, Pangasinan to observe the town’s Indigenous People’s Month celebration held October 26 upon the initiative of Mayor Danny Uy. The celebration started off with the ritual slaughter of a pig, followed by the program highlighted…
SINAGLARAWAN 2023 – The Punch’s chief photojournalist Willie Lomibao holds the certificate of excellence for his photograph ‘Gold Harvest, (a tobacco farmer drying his harvest), as a finalist in the SinagLarawan 2023: Ang Pinoy Matibay photo contest sponsored by the Japan Tobacco International. (Punchphoto by Ray Zambrano)
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