DAGUPAN CITY – Population is a great resource for wealth but the government has done nothing but to exploit the people. Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Oscar Cruz echoed this as he pointed to the number of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) as the country’s primary export earner. Cruz, a vocal critic of the…
THE People’s initiative was more of a survey rather than an initiative, and the small number of signatures submitted, therefore, may very well indicate that the opposition to the charter change is overwhelming. This was how Liga ng mga Barangay National President James Marty Lim described the on-going solicitation of…
NINETEEN Pangasinan professional-amateur cyclists, who hurdled the two-day qualifying races last February 12 and 13, will vie for honors in the annual summer bikathon ‘Tour Pilipinas ‘Padyak Pinoy’ on May 11-21. As in the past three years, the province’s “boys of summer” will be led again by 2003 Tour Pilipinas…
THE much awaited First Mapandan Invitational Motocross Challenge will be held today in conjunction with the celebration of the town’s fiesta. According to Mayor Jose Ferdinand Calimlim, Jr., who led the organization of this two-wheeled event and the first of its kind to be held in his town, the Mapandan…
COLEGIO de Dagupan’s Shirley Baterina-Landingin was elected president of the English Language Association of Teachers (ELATe) during the Project SPELL (Strengthening the Proficiency of English Language Learners) training held at the University of La Salette in Santiago City last March 14-22, 2006. Landingin is a full-time faculty member from the…
THE Regional Center for Children built by the Congressional Spouses Foundation, Inc. headed by Mrs. Gina de Venecia was finally inaugurated in Bonuan Binloc in Dagupan City last April 1. It coincided with the organization of grieving mothers in Pangasinan under the auspices of the Inang Naulila sa Anak (INA),…
THE University of Pangasinan Pre-Bar Review Center (U of P-PBRC) has announced the names of its nine new lawyers who successfully passed the 2005 bar exams given by the Supreme Court. They are Melanie Abenes, (Upang), Dagupan City, Philip Cruz, (UPang), Lingayen, Pangasinan ; Alipio Serafin Fernandez, (LNU), Dagupan City;…
Looking for a job or for something to sell? Visit Dagupan City’s one-stop trade expo. The multi-faceted show/expo organized by city Councilor Alex de Venecia will be launched at the 2nd/3rd Floor of the New Malimgas Market in Dagupan City on April 25-May 8, 2006. As of presstime, two Manila…
ALAMINOS CITY – Alaminos City has joined the race in cyberspace and information technology. Surging ahead of its peers in the province, the city government, in partnership with the private firm Everything Online, has launched last Friday the country’s first Information-Communication Technology (ICT) Infrastructure Project here. Mayor Hernani Braganza signed…
THE Philippines will soon integrate fish farming with the culture of mollusks to increase the country’s export. The principal market target will be Europe, principally Spain. This was disclosed by Dr. Westly Rosario, interim director of the National Fisheries Research and Development Institute (NFRDI) of the Bureau of Fisheries and…
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