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(Photo by: UAPSA-PSU Urdaneta Chapter) PROV’l BOARD COMMENDS STA.BARBARA STUDE A Pangasinense topped the recently concluded 2025 Architect Licensure Examination, besting 1,352 other passers out of 2,705 examinees. King Nixon Mabanta, a 27-year-old resident of Sta. Barbara, a Bachelor of Science in Architecture degree graduate from Pangasinan State University-Urdaneta in…
RE-ELECTED Councilor Kimberly Bandarlipe of San Fabian will serve as interim president of the Philippine Councilors League (PCL) Pangasinan Provincial Federation as authorized by the PCL National Office. The PCL National Board approved the appointment during its meeting held on June 4, with the resolution authorizing Bandarlipe to represent the…
THE Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) celebrated Arbor Day last June 25 with a tree planting activity in Sitio Tagaytay, Barangay Macaycayawan in Sual. DENR Regional Executive Director Crizaldy Barcelo led the activity drew some 300 participants who planted some 5,000 seedlings of acacia (batino manguium), narra (Pterocarpus…
THE street in front of Manaoag Municipal Hall will be temporarily closed as preparations are underway for the formal installation and oath-taking ceremony of the town’s newly elected officials. According to Manaoag Mayor Jeremy Agerico Rosario, a temporary road closure will be implemented from Sunday afternoon, June 29, until Monday…
GOVERNOR Ramon Guico III was one of the recipients of this year’s Haribon Awards given by the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila (PLM) in a ceremony held June 21 at the Manila Hotel. He joined Pulitzer awardee and veteran journalist Manuel Mogato and Commission on Elections Chairperson George Erwin Garcia…
DAGUPAN CITY’S civic training leadership program, Manlingkor Ya Kalangweran (MYK), officially started this year's training season at the DepEd Dagupan City Division Training Center on June 23. A project of the Department of Education and the City Government, the annual capacity-building program gathered a total of 64 top-performing Grade 9…
A 28-year-old illegal drug vendor, considered a high-value individual in Dagupan’s watchlist, was arrested during a buy-bust operation conducted by the Dagupan City Police in coordination with the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-Region I on June 23 in Barangay Bonuan Binloc. The suspect, identified as Saad Maluag Amir, a resident of…
(Filed by Ahikam Pasion) Fisherman found dead in San Fabian A fisherman was found dead and is believed to have drowned in Barangay Alacan in the town of San Fabian. Dr. Jose B. Quiros Jr., Municipal Health Officer (MHO), confirmed that there were no signs of foul play and the…
THE Pangasinan Heatwaves won by forfeiture against the Bacolod Tubo Slashers, 20-0, in the 7thMaharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) last June 21 held at Sentrong Pangkabataan Gymnasium in Oriental Mindoro. The Heatwaves showcased an incendiary shooting performance from the three-point territory with five triples led by Mike DiGregorio with two three-point conversions…
RAYMUND Torio of Lingayen brought honor to the country when he emerged victorious in the open classic division of the prestigious Powerman Malaysia held last June 22 in Dataran Putrajaya, Malaysia. Considered as the world’s biggest duathlon event, the international tourney was joined by 4,500 athletes from 30 nations. Competing against 1,100 duathletes in the cycling and running race, Torio stood out in the Open Classic Male Category and…
HIGH TIDE WOES—A man assists his son to step on sandbags installed as temporary footbridges during a flood spawned by 1.4 meter high tide along A.B. Fernandez Avenue, triggering traffic gridlock at the corner of ABF Avenue and Burgos Street in Dagupan City. (Punchphoto by Buth Uka)
EARLY TRANSITION INTO FUN SITE SEEN THE first phase of the two-phase clearing of the Bonuan Dumpsite or 85% of the area has been completed, and operations for the remaining 15% are continuing, according to Dagupan City Mayor Belen Fernandez. The more than 60-year-old dumpsite will be transformed into an…
By Ermin Garcia Jr. THE rainy season is here, now comes the time to validate or question the decision of the DPWH and the Mayor Belen Fernandez administration, whether the elevation of the major commercial roads and the drainage system was the right thing to do. The elevation projects…
By Gonzalo Duque THE impeachment brouhaha may not result in anything as the group supporting the impeachment process, like Rep-elect Leila de Lima and all the other congressional representatives assigned to prosecute Vice President Sara Duterte are headed to nothingness. Maybe, they should instead pay attention to the myriad…
By Leonardo Micua THOUGH I wore a MAGA (Make America Great Again) baseball cap gifted by our Los Angeles City-based correspondent Leonie Galvez on some occasions, I must admit I was not really a Donald Trump fan. Well, not until he recently brokered what seemed to be a total…
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo ON 22 June 2025, I posted, “Einstein said, “… the distinction between the past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion” with the caption: Quantum physics suggests that death may just be a transition to a more mysterious reality, that consciousness survives the…
