A day after the State weather bureau announced the onset of the dry season in the Philippines, Dagupan City in Pangasinan saw the hottest day so far in 2022 as it recorded a sizzling heat index of 53 degrees Celsius (°C) on Thursday, March 17. The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and...
DAGUPAN CITY, Pangasinan – The Police Regional Office 1 (PRO1) has a new regional director, following a turnover of command ceremony on Wednesday, March 2, at Camp Brig. Gen. Oscar Florendo in San Fernando City, La Union. Brig. Gen. Westrimundo Obinque has replaced Brig. Gen. Emmanuel Peralta as...
DAGUPAN CITY – Some 123 candidates in the Ilocos region have voluntarily surrendered 149 firearms as of Feb. 24 since the election period started last month. Ilocos Police Regional Office (PRO 1) director Brig. Gen. Emmanuel Peralta said a total of 471 guns were surrendered or deposited to the...
DAGUPAN CITY -- Incumbent Mayor Brian Lim has not endorsed the presidential candidacy of Manila Mayor Isko Domagoso. This was the reaction made by the City Information Office of Dagupan following reports that Mayor Isko Moreno won the support of the Dagupan Mayor. “FAKE NEWS ang balitang inilabas...
Vice presidential candidate Senator Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan declared in Pangasinan that, if elected, he would give priority attention to improving the lives of farmers and fishers to ensure food security in the country. (FILE PHOTO) In a multisectoral dialogue at the University of Pangasinan in...
Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas has appealed for a Lenten season of “reparation rosary for truth, integrity, and wisdom” starting Ash Wednesday, March 2 until Holy Wednesday, April 13. Archbishop Socrates Villegas of Lingayen-Dagupan (CBCP / MANILA BULLETIN) In a pastoral...
Being surrounded by great bodies of water, the Philippines has been blessed with a bounty of edible gifts from seas and rivers, and among the locals’ favorite is the bangus or milkfish. If you’re an avid bangus -eater, then you would know that the best catch comes from Pangasinan, mainly in...
Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas has denounced vote buying even calling it a "mark of the devil." Archbishop Socrates Villegas of Lingayen-Dagupan (CBCP / MANILA BULLETIN) "Vote buying is a mark of the devil. It puts a price on the person of the voter. It is even worse when the vote...
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has extended its livelihood assistance programs for needy workers in areas of Pangasinan who have been affected by the pandemic. A beneficiary of the Department of Labor and Employment's Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers...
BRP Dagupan City (LS551), a logistics support vessel of the Philippine Navy (PN), has delivered relief items to Batanes after it was devastated by typhoon "Kiko" earlier this month, a Navy spokesperson disclosed Tuesday, September 28. (Photo: Batanes LGU via Philippine Navy) Commander Benjo...
DAGUPAN CITY – Eleven members of the Dagupan City Police Station (DCPS) are currently isolated after contracting the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) here. (Photo courtesy of Dagupan City Pulis Facebook) In a phone interview on Monday, DCPS chief Lt. Col. Louise Benjie Tremor said the cops are now...
The Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan on Thursday, August 26, announced a new award in honor of the late Oscar Cruz, its former archbishop. Archbishop Oscar Cruz (Photo courtesy CBCP News) Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas said the annual “Gawad Asin tan Silew Oscar V. Cruz Award”...
