TRADITIONAL ‘ANGPAO’ FROM BELEN – Dagupan residents rush to the pick-up truck carrying Mayor Belen Fernandez for their share of the ‘angpao’ in small red envelopes only to find out her ‘angpao’ was reserved for children. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
SO much has been said and written in mainstream and social media about the obvious attempt to cover up the anomalous and irregular process in the filing of the Bicameral Conference Report. To this day, the honorable politicians in the House of Representatives have so far refused to show proof…
SECOND District Representative Mark Cojuangco speaks to residents of Sitio Aplaya, Barangay Pangapisan North in Lingayen — a community that has been branded as “water world” for 24 years due to persistent flooding — to explain the P23-million floodgate project intended to solve their longstanding problem. “Sixty percent is already…
ABIGAIL Supilanas Cajegas, a 26-year-old platform engineer from Dasol town, was crowned Ms. Aqua Queen of the Universe 2025, a beauty competition celebrating marine conservation. Cajegas actively engages in volunteer work to support environmental causes. She shared her advocacy focused on seagrass conservation, aiming to protect marine biodiversity — a…
NO MOTORCYCLE, NO PROBLEM — This ambulant vendor selling house items is proof that selling on foot instead of using a motorcycle or a cart, is more profitable these days and he surmises he is well ahead of his mobile competitors who have to spend more to sell, what with the three-week…
PUBLIC ASKED TO COOPERATE AND KNOW THEIR RIGHTS THE Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO) designated 1,000 personnel to man checkpoints to prevent election-related violence and ensure a peaceful and orderly conduct of the midterm polls in May. P/Col. Rollyfer Capoquian, police provincial director, appealed for public cooperation at these control…
CREATIVE COOKING WITH TALONG — A local chef from one of the barangays in Villasis proudly presents her entry, “Eggplant Noodles in Creamy Chicken Alfredo,” – to the cookfest during the town’s annual Talong Festival 2025. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
UNLISERBISYO FOR the city to operate and respond better during emergencies, the Public Alert Response Monitoring Center (PAMRC) Office which is responsible for event watching, hazard and weather monitoring, and traffic management, is now set to transfer at the 3rd floor of City Engineering Office Building, its first location. Mayor…
By Rex Catubig IT was the ’70s. The world was on the cusp. The world they were born in was fast transitioning into the world they were growing up in. They were born at the tail end of the Platters as the world began gyrating and twisting with Elvis and Chubby Checker, screaming to Hard Day’s…
LINGAYEN-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas’ call on the Catholic community to do a critical evaluation of the approved 2025 national budget as recently signed by President Marcos Jr. is a bit too late in the day. Quoting him: “As your Archbishop, I admonish you to study diligently, judge critically and act…
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