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…
PANGASINAN was awarded as Ilocos Region’s top performer in terms of highest locally sourced revenues in nominal terms and in year-on-year growth in locally sourced revenues, both for the year 2023, by the Bureau of Local Government Finance (BLGF). In addition, the province ranked second in terms of Collection Efficiency…
ZUMBA-YAWAN IN LINGAYEN – Hundreds of zumba enthusiasts from the different towns and cities in Pangasinan gathered at the Capitol beach park in Lingayen last Tuesday (26 November) to participate in the provincial government’s ZUMBAyawan program for Pangasinenses’ health and wellness. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
THE motion for reconsideration with motion for inhibition filed by five opposition councilors over a resolution dismissed by the Dagupan City Prosecutor’s Office on September 16, 2024, for disturbance of proceedings against four emplo-yees of the city government was dismissed October 17, 2024. It was signed by Assistant Prosecutor Lourey Lei…
THE start of the Dagupan City Fiesta celebration and ceremonial switching of Christmas lights on will be held late afternoon of December 6, 2024. Councilor and Liga ng mga Barangay president Marcelino Fernandez, who was designated by Mayor Belen Fernandez anew as the Hermano Mayor of this year’s fiesta, announced…
AN earthquake with a 4.5 magnitude jolted several towns across Pangasinan at 5:42 p.m. on November 26, 2024, with the epicenter located in the town of Labrador, some 25 kilometers west of Dagupan City. With a depth of 10 kilometers, it caused minor shaking that lasted for several seconds, prompting…
OVP’s 89th ANNIVERSARY VICE President Sara Duterte celebrated the 89th anniversary of the Office of the Vice President (OVP) with a Thanksgiving event in Lingayen on November 28, where she led the distribution of gift packs of rice and canned goods to 2,000 beneficiaries. In her speech, Duterte called…
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