THE annual Mango-Bamboo Festival of San Carlos City officially opened on April 3 with the holding of a ‘Food Strip’ competition at the city plaza featuring various innovative food products using the city’s two banner agricultural goods. Some 100 students from the Pangasinan State University (PSU) San Carlos Campus and the Binalatongan…

LOCAL talents of Alaminos City showcased their dance prowess at the Light Parade and Street Dancing Competition on March 21 as a feature of the Hundred Islands Festival. The four competing groups showcased the rich history and folklore of Alaminos City, the Hundred Islands, and the town’s patron saint, San Jose. Tribu Takip Silim…
100 Islands holds street dancing, beauty competition

MISS HUNDRED ISLANDS BEAUTIES – Jacynthe Zena Castillo (center) from Sual, Pangasinan this year’s Miss Hundred Islands, is joined by (from left) 2nd Runner-Up Princess Tacazon from Ilocos Sur, Miss Environment 2025 Divine Grace Malicdem of Lingayen, Miss Tourism 2025 Ghelsy Reign Ravago from Dagupan City and 1st Runner-Up Anjali C. Pradeep Kumar from Bauang,…
MISS HUNDRED ISLANDS BEAUTIES
THIS year’s candidates for the Limgas na Pangasinan were presented to the media on March 16 at the Sison Auditorium, marking the start of the pageant wherein the top three winners will represent the province in national competitions. Local media personalities interviewed the candidates in the Q-and-A portion and voted…
21 ladies view for ‘Limgas na Pangasinan’ 2025
Women’s Month Special: IN this women’s month celebration, it would be worthwhile to recall now Manay Gina de Venecia turned into an instant “komadrona” (midwife) that saved the life of a woman heavy with a child she found lying on the street on a dark cold night, writhing in pain,…
Manay Gina de Venecia, once instantly became “komadrona”
THE second edition of the PangaSINE Film Festival is on, and organizers are calling on all Filipino filmmakers to submit their entries for the either or both the narrative and documentary categories. With the theme “Our Hopes and Dreams Across the Regions,” this year’s entries must be original and not…
Filipino filmmakers invited to join PangaSINE
THE Jehovah’s Witnesses in the Philippines will hold special events in April as part of their annual observance of the The Lord’s Evening Meal. In Pangasinan, more than 10,000 Jehovah’s Witnesses will launch a month-long campaign to invite residents to the Memorial and special talk in April. The JW is…
Jehovah’s Witnesses to hold special events in April

GRILLED TALABA ANYONE? — Contestants of Miss Hundred Islands 2025 sample the grilled oysters during the “Talaba Ihaw-Ihaw” event of the annual Hundred Islands Festival of Alaminos City. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
GRILLED TALABA ANYONE?
THE Alaminos City government led the grilling of 200 sacks of oysters during the Talaba Festival, the centerpiece of the Hundred Islands Festival last March 13. The oysters were gathered from farms in Barangays Baleyadaan, Mona, Cayucay, and Pangapisan, according to Rosalie Aruelo, head of the City Environment and Natural Resources Office. “The harvested oysters were cleaned…
Alaminos City celebrates Talaba Festival
SOME 3,500 mothers from 18 of the 31 barangays in Dagupan City, headed by their respective focal persons, were inducted on Thursday as members of the Maaron Ina, a new group that will craft and push major agenda for mothers and their families. Organized by Mayor Belen Fernandez as part of…