EXPECT LOCALIZED THUNDERSTORMS TILL JUNE THE worst is over in Pangasinan for the daily sizzling and gut-wrenching high heat index, according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA). Gener Quitlong, PAGASA weather specialist, said the province will gradually cool down as the peak of the warm dry…
THE Social Security System (SSS) is urging employers to settle their employees’ contributions promptly to avoid penalties and ensure their workers’ social security benefits. Republic Act No. 11199, or the Social Security Act of 2018, mandates employers to report all employees for SSS coverage within 30 days of employment, ensuring…
THE STREET PARTY BEGINS – Dagupan City Mayor Belen Fernandez and the city government’s special guests led by Sen. Risa Hontiveros, Sen. Lito Lapid, Bam Aquino, Rep. Lanie Mercado (wife of Sen. Bong Revilla), Chel Diokno, Elle Cruz (representing Sen. Imee Marcos) and Mark Lapid of TIEZA lead the ceremonial lighting of barbecue grills…
ENTERTAINED by top music icons of the country, an estimated 500,000 people from Dagupan and the neighboring towns and provinces went sleepless when they joined the 2024 Dagupan Bangus Festival’s Bangusan Street Party along Jose de Venecia Expressway all night of April 30. The partying was backed by some 20,000…
ILOCOS REGION ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION HOST Laoag City rallied in the last two days to overtake and dethrone defending champion Pangasinan II and won its first crown ever in the Ilocos Region Athletic Association Meet that ended April 27 at the Marcos Stadium in Laoag. The new champion amassed 79 gold, 53…
THREE jeepney drivers in Pangasinan already died after suffering from heat stroke. This was confirmed by One Pangasinan Transport Federation (OPTF) president Bernard Tuliao in an interview last Tuesday, April 30. Tuliao did not identify the drivers but said the three felt they had no choice but to be on…
DUE to prevailing high heat index, the Bayambang local government will start a four-day compressed work week arrangement from May 6 to June 30, 2024. Mayor Mary Clare Jose-Quiambao issued Executive Order (EO) No. 36 series of 2024 on April 29, citing Civil Service Commission Memorandum Circular No. 6 series…
DROPPING WATER LEVEL — Personnel of the San Roque Power Corporation closely monitoring water level at the San Roque Dam in San Manuel town reported that as of April 25, the water level was 230.14 meters above sea level (masl), or 50 masl below the normal 280 masl. The current level can still…
THE SUNDAY PUNCH was adjudged the ‘Best Edited Weekly Community Newspaper 2023’ in the country by the Philippine Press Institute (PPI) during the latter’s celebration of its 60th year on April 25, 2024. The PUNCH was also named as finalist for the ‘Best in Business and Economic Reporting’ and ‘Best…
PHILIPPINE COUNCILORS’ LEAGUE -PANGASINAN BOARD Member Arthur Celeste Jr. resigned from his post as president of the Philippine Councilors’ League (Pangasinan chapter) April 18, 2024, and as ex-officio member of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP). His successor, Carol Dizon Sison, the league’s vice president and a councilor of Alaminos City, assumed…
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