MANLINLINGKOR YA KALANGWERAN 2024 — Mayor Belen Fernandez (left, partly hidden), administers the oath of office to the 2024 batch of Manlingkor ya Kalangweran during the 77th Agew na Dagupan at the city plaza. Inducted were Karah Vianca Vinluan, Young City Mayor; Justin Yohann Daroy, Young City Vice Mayor. The Young…
THE Provincial Health Office (PHO) listed eight towns and two cities in its Acute Gastro Enteritis (AGE) watchlist due to the rise of the food/water-borne disease in their areas from January to June 10, 2024. The listed local governments are: Lingayen (300 cases), San Carlos City (255), Bayambang (204), Calasiao (179),…
THE city of Dagupan celebrated Agew na Dagupan on June 20 with the launching of UnliSerbisyo Caravan, honoring model mothers or “Ulirang Ina”, distribution of multicabs for garbage collection and bancas for transport, and seeds and fertilizers to farmers and households at the city plaza. The UnliSerbisyo Caravan participated in by all departments…
LOCAL fishermen in Infanta expressed alarm over what appears to be Chinese vessel sighted approximately 20 nautical miles off the coast. The Infanta local government, led by Mayor Marvin Martines, will convene a meeting to address the situation. The vessel’s presence raised questions about its purpose and impact on the…
FR. SOC JUSTIFIES RESPONSE OF CHURCH THE Catholic Church used the pulpit last June 16 in lending its voice over the serious threat posed by atheist China upon the Philippines and the faith of more than 102 million Filipinos, and launched a rosary campaign to protect the homeland from the foreign aggressor. In his…
HONORING PALARIS — Members of Ligliwa Dance Troupe perform a cultural presentation about local revolutionary hero Juan dela Cruz Palaris “Palaris: The Unknown Hero of Pangasinan” during the Araw ng Kalayaan celebration at Sison Auditorium in Lingayen. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
TWO Pangasinan heroes were honored during the 126th Independence Day celebration on June 12 in a fitting program held at the Sison Auditorium hosted by the provincial government. Dr. Melchor Orpilla, Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino commissioner for Pangasinan language and head of the Pangasinan State University-Bayambang Laboratory High School, cited the contributions…
THE Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-Pangasinan officially declared the towns of San Fabian and Binalonan as drug-cleared, raising the total number of drug-cleared municipalities in the province to 34. In an interview, PDEA-Pangasinan Director Retchie Camacho said both towns complied with documentary requirements and passed the Regional Oversight Committee’s evaluation…
THE strict measures implemented by the City of Dagupan preventing rotting fish from Western Pangasinan from entering the Magsaysay Fish Market, succeeded in stabilizing the normal price level of the Dagupan bangus from P100 to P120 per kilo, and rising. Some 800 kilos of rotting milkfish from Anda were seized…
“THIS could be my last Independence Day as your Mayor… as your Mayor.” The statement made by Lingayen Mayor Leopoldo Bataoil in his speech during the 126th Philippine Independence Day celebration of the town, has sparked rumors that he is gearing to reclaiming his old congressional post in 2025 elections. Bataoil…
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