GRAFT, PLUNDER CASES THE Dagupan City government branded the filing of the complaint for graft and plunder against Mayor Brian Lim and eight other senior officials (of the city government) before the office of the Deputy Ombudsman for Luzon as politically motivated and denounced the publication of the news in…
PANGASINAN’S POLITICAL DYNASTIES By Ahikam Pasion SINCE its founding 441 years ago, the provincial borders of Pangasinan have been drawn and redrawn many a time, its districts gerrymandered into six. And, according to the 2020 census by the Philippine Statistics Authority, the province has a population of 3,163,190 people, making it…
TRADITIONAL SALUBONG AT ST. JOHN CATHEDRAL – – Children dressed as angels reenact the “Salubong“, depicting the meeting of the Risen Jesus Christ and his Mother Mary after his resurrection, at the St. John the Evangelist Cathedral in Dagupan City. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
AFTER two years of hard restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the provincial government finally lifted the curfew hours implemented across the province. Governor Amado Espino III on Wednesday, Apr. 20, signed and issued Executive Order Number 0027-2022, lifting the province-wide curfew hours. He cited the continuous decline of COVID-19…
PANGASINAN’S STATUS PANGASINAN is closer towards attaining a COVID-free status after only four active cases remain in the tally of the Provincial Health Office (PHO), compared to nine on April 14. Records of the PHO showed there were only four new active cases while eight recoveries were logged from April…
VOTE-BUYING, VOTE-SELLING DAGUPAN City Elections Officer Michael Frank Sarmiento warned both candidates and voters who resort to vote-buying and vote-selling that the two unfair election acts are punishable under the Omnibus Election Code and those convicted of the offense stand to suffer up to nine years imprisonment. Moreover, candidates convicted…
DE VENECIAS WITH VP LENI – Vice President and Presidential candidate Leni Robredo assists former Speaker Joe de Venecia walk to the stage while wife, former Rep. Gina flashes the “L” hand sign during the Talindeg Pangasinan People’s Rally held at the CSI Stadia open grounds in Dagupan City. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
VICE President Leni Robredo scored a big political boost in Pangasinan when she was officially endorsed by the De Venecia clan during the huge turnout at the Talindeg: Pangasinan People’s Rally in Dagupan City on April 8. The endorsement is deemed significant as the family patriarch, former Speaker Jose de…
DESPITE LTO RESTRICTIONS NOTWITHSTANDING that the buses and jeepneys they contracted the day before backed out because of the threat of apprehension and revocation of their licenses by the Land Transportation Office, supporters of Vice President Leni Rodredo and Senator Francis Pangilinan still made it to the Talindeg: Pangasinan People’s…
THE Land Transportation Office (LTO) Regional Office belied complaints and allegations of harassment of supporters of presidential aspirant Leni Robredo and VP bet Kiko Pangilinan during their sorties and rallies in the province on Friday, April 8. Atty. Teofilo Guadiz III, LTO regional director, said there was no malice in…
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