FISHING IN LINGAYEN GULF—Fishermen help each other pull a long net to the shore to gather the fish that they caught from the sea in the early morning of May 29 in Lingayen. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
TENSION remains high in Sual two weeks after the May 12 elections as the town’s vice mayor-elect received a threat on his life on May 24 in the form of two M-16 rifle bullets wrapped in one of his campaign leaflets. Incoming Vice Mayor Max Millan, currently a town councilor,…
A former local treasury executive of San Carlos City was acquitted by a regional court of the charge of malversation through falsification involving P9 million in public funds withdrawn in 2009. In a 37-page decision issued on April 28, 2025, Pangasinan Regional Trial Court Branch 77 Presiding Judge Rhodalyn N….
TO0-LATE-THE-HERO THE six defeated opposition councilors who still make up the majority in the current Dagupan Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP), with only five sessions left before six of them leave their posts, want to bind the city government with their drafts of ordinances for recurring expenses in the form of allowances…
THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) received 11 election protests from Region 1, including six in Pangasinan, specifically in the towns of Rosales, Tayug, Natividad, San Nicolas, San Quintin, and Sual. Three of the protests come from Ilocos Norte and two from Ilocos Sur. According to Comelec Region 1 officials, the…
WORKING CEO IN PANGASINAN — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. waves to the crowd that met him before leading the groundbreaking of the 950-million Lower Agno River Irrigation System (RIS) Paitan Dam Project in Barangay Paitan in Sta. Maria on Friday, expected to improve farm productivity and irrigation in the provinces of Pangasinan, Tarlac, and…
THE Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) hailed the efforts of the Dagupan City government in clearing the Bonuan dumpsite for its total closure, targeted by the end of this year. The permanent closure of dumpsites in the country is mandated under the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of…
THE Department of Health-Center for Health Development Region 1 (DOH-CHD1) continues to remind the public to remain vigilant against dengue fever following reports of 10 fatalities due to the mosquito-borne disease. Seven of these deaths were in Pangasinan, one in Dagupan City, and two in La Union. According to recent…
IN the wake of the recently concluded midterm elections, Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas released a message calling for vigilance, accountability, and the pursuit of moral politics beyond the ballot box. “The people have spoken,” the archbishop wrote in a Facebook post on May 13, entitled Lessons From The Elections,…
GOV. Ramon Guico III called for unity following his reelection, citing in particular the need for cooperation among all stakeholders in the healthcare sector. “Let us not toy with the lives of the people, especially those that involve healthcare,” he said during Monday’s flag-raising ceremony, noting that as he added…
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