CAMP FLORENDO, La Union – Authorities arrested a suspected drug pusher and seized shabu worth P544,000 in a buy-bust operation in Lingayen, Pangasinan before dawn on Wednesday, May 31. Police identified the suspect as Mark Vincent Diaz Ampaya, 25, a water delivery boy, and a resident of Lucao...
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...
LINGAYEN, Pangasinan – The Pangasinan State University will host the first-ever Philippine Salt Congress from Nov. 26 to 27 at the Sison Auditorium Capitol Complex here. Paulo Cenas, PSU Vice President for Research, Extension, Innovation, Gender, and Development and conference chairman, said the...
The 250-year-old St. Dominic Parish Church in San Carlos, Pangasinan has been designated as a minor basilica by Pope Francis. St. Dominic Parish (Facebook) The Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan said the official title of the church will be changed to the Minor Basilica of St. Dominic. The date of the...
FORMER President Fidel V. Ramos with Lingayen, Pangasinan Mayor Leopoldo Bataoil (standing) and wife Gina. LINGAYEN, Pangasinan – Mayor Leopoldo Bataoil here mourned the death of former President Fidel V. Ramos Sunday, July 31, at the age of 94 at the Makati Medical Center. Bataoil extended his...
LINGAYEN – People in this capital town of Pangasinan have not been allowed to hold barangay fiesta celebrations and sports tournaments for quite some time now because of the pandemic. Now, they are free. “Every local government unit shall exercise the powers expressly granted, those necessarily...
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...
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 proposed black sand mining in Lingayen Gulf, a large gulf framed by the provinces of Pangasinan and La Union, may affect the aesthetic quality of coastal areas in Pangasinan that could turn off tourists from going to the province. Lingayen Gulf (Photo from Flickr) In a briefing on Monday, Nov....
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...
The controversial black sand mining project in Lingayen Gulf, which obtained government approval in 2020, is seen affecting the country’s fish production given the area’s significant fisheries output, particularly bangus. Bangus In a briefing on Monday, Tugon Kabuhayan convenor and former...
Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Guillermo Eleazar commended the Muntinlupa Police for helping a mother reunite with her family in Pangasinan after 15 years. Eleazar issued a statement after the Manila Bulletin published a story on Sept. 20 on how 54-year-old Divina “Nanay Dina”...
