Pangasinan Local News
Manay Gina gets 4th honorary degree
DAGUPAN CITY -- A local university has conferred the degree of Doctor of Humanities (Honoris Causa) to Ma. Georgina, better known as Manay Gina.
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San Carlos all set for Nov. 13 event
SAN CARLOS CITY -- Cultural songs and dances will highlight the observance of the 113th birth anniversary on November 13 of the city's pride, the late Speaker Eugenio Perez.
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Official: NPC to back Escudero still
DAGUPAN CITY -- Abono party-list founding chairman Rosendo So believes that the Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC) would still support Senator Francis Escudero if he finally decides to run for president.
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New head of Lingayen-Dagupan archdiocese
DAGUPAN CITY -- Most Reverend Socrates Villegas was formally installed Wednesday as head of the Lingayen-Dagupan Archdiocese.
He succeeded Archbishop Oscar Cruz as Archbishop.
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35 municipalities, 2 cities get relief assistance
SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union -- More than P16 million worth of relief assistance has so far been provided to the province of Pangasinan by the Field Office 1 of the Department of Social Welfare and Dev
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Puno checks on typhoon action plan
LINGAYEN -- Interior and Local Government Secretary Ronaldo Puno has directed the Provincial Disaster Coordinating Council (PDCC) and the Provincial Police Office to cluster adjoining towns and identify higher places where rescue staging areas will be set up.
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Authorities identify detour routes
SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union -- Ilocos Police Director Ramon Gatan has placed on full alert the Ilocos police as he activates Oplan Kaluluwa 2009.
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3 Pangasinense SK officers feted
LINGAYEN -- The president of the Pangasinan Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) Federation, Board Member Kazel Celeste, was adjudged as one of the five Most Outstanding SK Provincial Federation Presidents nationwide.
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Dagupan all set for Nov. 4 event
DAGUPAN CITY -- Preparation is in full swing for the canonical installation on November 4 of Bishop Socrates Villegas to the Lingayen-Dagupan Archdiocese.
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Cops’ efforts during typhoon commended
MANGALDAN -- Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) Assistant Secretary Arturo Lomibao praised all policemen particularly those assigned at the calamity-stricken areas “for their ver
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Province, Dagupan City bagged national awards
LINGAYEN -- The accounting office of the province of Pangasinan was one of the three provinces all over the country cited as “Most Outstanding Government Accounting Office.”
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P2 billion damages on infra, agri
LINGAYEN -- The extent of devastation in the province of Pangasinan caused by the great flood that recently struck Eastern and Central Pangasinan is pegged at P2,007,920,000.
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3 most wanted persons nabbed in La Union
SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union -- The Intelligence Branch of the Police Regional Office 1 (PRO1) scored big recently when they collared three most wanted persons in a span of three hours.
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Bataoil retires from police service
DAGUPAN CITY -- Police Director Leopoldo Bataoil, Directorate for Police Community Relations, retired from the police service Thursday when he reached the mandatory retirement age for policemen.
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Relief goods continue to arrive
SAN CARLOS CITY -- Relief goods and medical missions by non-government organizations and private entities continue to pour at flood-devastated areas in Pangasinan.
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