The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)-Pangasinan Second District Engineering Office has completed a P10-million farm-to-market road in Barangay Bolaoen, San Fabian, Pangasinan. District Engineer Edita Manuel said the 0.916-kilometer road will benefit hundreds of farmers and residents...
MANAOAG, Pangasinan – A floating body of an unidentified man was found in the Angalacan river in Brgy. Sapang here on Saturday, Jan. 14. The Manaoag Police said a concerned citizen informed them that he found a floating cadaver of a male person along the Angalacan river. The concerned...
CALASIAO, Pangasinan – The price of onions has dropped to P300 from P500 per kilo here. Restaurants serving the popular delicacy “pigar pigar” were elated over the chance to buy onions at this price for the first time in several months during market day here on Thursday, Jan. 12. "Noong Lunes...
CALASIAO, Pangasinan – Police arrested a 62-year-old reporter for allegedly extorting money from a businessman in Barangay Poblacion East here on Wednesday, Jan. 11. A report from Col. Jeff Fanged, Pangasinan Provincial Police Office chief, to Brig. Gen. John Chua, director of Police...
DAGUPAN CITY – The Commission on Elections has encouraged residents to register early and not wait for the deadline of the voter’s registration on Jan. 31. Lawyer Marino Salas, provincial election supervisor, called on residents to register at their nearest Comelec office or off-site...
MANGALDAN, Pangasinan — The 39-year-old Overseas Filipino Worker allegedly killed by her husband in a hotel here on Sunday, Jan. 8, bore 300 stab wounds, police investigation disclosed. The suspect, 41-year-old security guard Richard Acosta, faces a parricide case for the murder of his wife...
MANGALDAN, Pangasinan -- A 41-year-old security guard allegedly stabbed his 39-year-old Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) wife to death inside a hotel in Barangay Bantayan here on Sunday, Jan. 8. Police identified the victim as Marilyn Acosta, a resident of Sual, Pangasinan. The victim and the...
MAYOR Caramat Calasiao, Pangasinan Mayor Mamilyn "Maya" Caramat passed away on Sunday, Jan. 8, due to hypertension. Caramat, 52, was elected as the first woman mayor of Calasiao in the May 2022 elections. She is survived by her husband, Brig. Gen. Romeo Caramat Jr., and two children. "With great...
PANGASINAN -- A total of 76 cases of fireworks-related injuries were recorded in the province from Dec. 21, 2022 to Jan. 5, 2023, the Provincial Health Office reported. The number was not that alarming, although the total surpassed the 39 cases recorded in the same period last year. The PHO report...
A former barangay official was shot dead inside his vehicle in Rosales, Pangasinan on Wednesday, Jan. 4. The victim was identified as Bryan Trinidad Did, 51, of Barangay Toboy, Asingan, Pangasinan. Police received a report that a Sports Utility Vehicle was causing traffic on the Don Teofilo Sison...
Successful businessman Teddy Nuez established Fortune Dragon Farm in San Jacinto, Pangasinan. The dragon fruits are individually wrapped in plastic to keep pests away. (Fortune Dragon Farm) What began as a retirement plan is now a thriving fruit farm that specializes in dragon fruit and fruit...
LINGAYEN, Pangasinan – The provincial government of Pangasinan has lined up activities in commemoration of the 78th anniversary of the Lingayen Gulf landings and 16th Pangasinan Veteran’s Day on Monday, Jan. 9. Activities include a thanksgiving Mass, wreath-laying ceremony, and a commemorative...