Gov't fast-tracks expressway in
Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union
The
planned 88-kilometer
Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union expressway
may soon be a reality as the national
government fast-tracks right-of-way
acquisitions, a Cabinet official
announced in a media forum here.
Secretary Hermogenes Esperon, Jr. of the Presidential Management
Staff told the Pangasinan Press and
Radio Club
Kapihan
forum in Dagupan that the first phase of
the road project from La Paz to Gerona
in Tarlac province, which covers 19
kilometers, is expected to be completed
not later than the first
quarter of
next year.
The less traveled road to priesthood
OUT
of 100 young men who enter the Catholic
seminary, only 10 eventually become
priests. And of this 10, still another
two percent usually seek dispensation
later on.
But this is not exactly worrying for
Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Oscar Cruz,
who served as rector at the San Carlos
College Seminary for about 10 years,
spiritual director in Guadalupe Seminary
in Metro Manila for another five years,
and had been teaching in various
seminaries.
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College professor in hot water
URDANETA CITY--What is college education
about?
This question is central to the issue involving a professor at the
Pangasinan State University (PSU)-Urdaneta
being investigated for giving failing
grades to an academically outstanding
graduating student for incurring
absences due to his extra-curricular
activities.
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Make way for the 'star'
of the Bangus Festival
WHAT else but the bangus stands as the ‘star’ of the
Bangus Festival.
And as
in previous years, the fish that has made Dagupan famous
takes the spotlight during the Bangus Rodeo, a
competition for the heaviest, longest and prettiest
bangus.
Five colleges hike tuition fees
IN consideration
of the current economic crisis, all but five of the 86
colleges and universities in Region 1 will not increase
tuition fees in the coming school year beginning June.
Dr. Evelyn Pascua, regional director of the Commission on Higher
Education (CHED) in the Ilocos Region, told local
newsmen in Dagupan City Monday that the incoming school
year will have least number of colleges and universities
that will hike tuition fees.
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Onion pest infestation in Bayambang
checked
BAYAMBANG--The rice-onion farmers
continue to wage a battle against the
invasion of the dreaded onion pest
called anthracnose that resurfaced after
it created havoc in their farms in
2000-2001.
Fortunately for the farmers, they have
found a crucially in the Philippine Rice
Research Institute (PhilRice). In
collaboration with the Bayambang
municipal government, "Oplan Sagip
Sibuyas", has since
been launched
in September 2008 to address the
infestation.
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New chapel rises in Binmaley
BINMALEY--The remote barangay of
Nagpalangan here has recently become the
proud home of its first fully
air-conditioned Catholic chapel.
The blessing of the chapel and the first
mass there was celebrated by Reverend
Father Manuel Bravo, a local of this
town, with parishioners led by Mayor
Simplicio Rosario who donated his
personal funds for the construction of
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