DELIGHTFUL EXPERIENCE — Dagupan residents and visitors flock to the City plaza to experience and enjoy the sight of the various designs highlighted by bright and colorful lights that are Instagramable for immediate posting. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
MORE than half of the 44 towns in Pangasinan are now categorized as a first-class municipality while eight are second class, six in third class, and only one in fourth class in terms of income based on the new levels set by the Department of Finance (DOF). The 29 first…
THE Dagupan City local government, in partnership with the University of Luzon and the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP), launched the “College Behind Bars” scholarship program on December 10, to provide educational opportunities to Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDLs). The Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) formalizing the initiative was…
THE provincial government led by Governor Ramon Guico III along with 29 local government units (LGUs) received this year’s Seals of Good Local Governance (SGLG), which comes with an Incentive Fund to finance local development initiatives to bolster national goals and strategic thrusts. “We all did this together. Indeed, competence…
THE Guico administration was conferred two SubayBAYANI Awards this year, an annual recognition given by the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) for good practice, innovation, and excellence in local infrastructure services and programs. In two separate awarding ceremonies held recently, Pangasinan received the SubayBAYANI Awards Exemplars at the…
THE Latinissimo DanceSport Team of the Alejandro F. Oligan National High School in Sison put on an outstanding performance and bagged 14 gold, 12 silver, and two bronze medals during the Urdaneta City Fiesta Open DanceSport Competition last December 7 at the Urdaneta Cultural and Sports Complex. Among the gold medalists are Lebron Dwayne Giltedez (Solo Youth Standard ChaCha, Rumba, Jive), Mark Morales (Solo Youth…
CHRISTMAS FEVER AT THE CAPITOL – Lingayen residents and their visitors walk around the the 50-foot Christmas tree on the Nativity scene display for selfie and groufie pictures in front of the provincial capitol building in Lingayen. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
1ST AND ONLY ONE IN PANGASINAN URDANETA City has been upgraded to a first class city, the first only one in Pangasinan, and one of two in Region 1 along with Candon City in Ilocos Sur, based on the latest reclassification by the Department of Finance as provided for in…
DAGUPAN Mayor Belen Fernandez was immediately back at her office and on with work at 8 a.m. on December 4, shortly after arriving from an official trip to the United States since November 18. In a statement of resumption of duties addressed to all concerned, dated December 4, 2024, the…
PANTAL-CALMAY AND PUGARO-GUESET TWO more big ticket projects of the national government will soon be built in Dagupan City: the Pantal-Calmay Bridge (expected to groundbreak soon) and the Pugaro-Bonuan Gueset Bridge, to connect to a new road now being constructed from Dagupan via Silverio’s Restaurant on Arellano Street to Mangaldan. Mayor Belen Fernandez…
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