Veteran Valentine is interviewed by PUNCH associate editor Eva Visperas. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez) IN Barangay Doyong, Calasiao, there lives a 107-year-old World War II veteran, Lolo Valentine Untalan, who loves to share his war exploits in Pangasinan and in English! Proof of this was an interview he did that was showcased on…
UNLISERBISYO AFTER weeks of deliberations and consultations with residents of the Pagasa Village in Barangay Pantal, the long overdue construction of the village’s road elevation and drainage system, construction of drainage system was started last Monday, January 8. Two other projects in Barangay Pantal were also started: (1) The Upgrading…
BEFORE our officials in city governments move on with their other agenda, they should take a closer look at the post-mortem report from the Provincial Health Office, validated by police stations in the province about the number of persons hurt by fireworks-related injuries, the increasing volume and types of deadly…
DAGUPAN’s LAST 2023 SUNSET — A man watches the scenery before him in solitude from the foot of the Pantal-Lucao Bridge, observing the direction of the boat ferrying passengers cross the calm Calmay River in Dagupan City while watching the sun slowly vanishes for the last sunset of the year. (Punchphoto by Willie…
A NEW DUMPSITE C/O SP’s 7-MAJORITY — Uncollected garbage are beginning to occupy half of the road leading to the Tondaligan Baywalk in the area of the BFAR office, all because the city’s dump truck is under repair. The majority at the city council recently rejected the city hall’s request for supplementary budget…
GROUFIE WITH RIZAL – Lady ‘Boy’Scouts from East Central Integrated School take a souvenir photo with Dr. Jose Rizal’s monument in the background after the wreath laying ceremonies during the observance of Rizal’s 127th martyrdom at the Dagupan City plaza. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
By Rex Catubig WHILE the hotly debated issue of where Gen. Douglas MacArthur landed along the Lingayen Gulf’s color-coded beaches may never be resolved, the one incontrovertible fact that we Dagupeños are rightly proud of and no one else can lay claim to, is upon his return, when he…
CIVIC OBSERVANCE OF RIZAL DAY — Lingayen Mayor Leopoldo Bataoil leads town officials, members of the Philippine National Police, the Bureau of Fire Protection, the Free and Accepted Masons of the Philippines, and the Knights of Rizal at the flag raising and wreath laying ceremonies in front of the monument of…
UNLISERBISYO MAYOR Belen Fernandez led the Dagupan City government in welcoming P/BGen Lou Frias Evangelista, the newly installed Regional Director of Police Regional Office 1. She was joined by Pangasinan Provincial Director P/Col. Jeff Fanged and Dagupan Police OIC, P/LtCol. Brendon Palisoc as she discussed the social and infrastructure programs…
FIVE non-profit Filipino-American organizations that fulfilled their role in serving mankind made the list of top organizations recently selected by the Pangasinan Brotherhood-Association-USA based in Los Angeles, California, and other associations. They are United Specialist Healthcare Foundation (USHF), APO Global Foundation, PBA-USA, Kalayaan, Inc. and Philippine Disaster Relief Organization (PeDRO)…
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