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April 2006

Urdaneta Villas to resume development

By | Business, News

It’s all systems go. Another indicator of a renewed investors’ confidence in the Philippines is the plan of an aggressive international land development and acquisition company to participate in the development of the Urdaneta Villas in the fast-booming eastern city in Pangasinan. This was jointly announced by Pink Umbrella chairperson…

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Urdaneta Villas to resume development

By April 24, 2006Business, News

Hale band performs at Bangus Festival

By | News, People & Events

HALE, the hottest boy-band in Manila, will perform in Dagupan City on April 30 at the famed street party during the annual “Bangus Festival.” The band is slated to perform on Stage 6 along A.B. Fernandez Avenue. Hale’s performance is Speaker Jose de Venecia’s gift to his constituents, particularly the…

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Hale band performs at Bangus Festival

By April 24, 2006News, People & Events

DPSA shooters rule BSL invitational cup

By | News, Sports

The victorious Shooters of the Dagupan Practical Shooting Association (DPSA) collected 16 individual trophies and a team trophy in the recently concluded Mayor Benjamin S. Lim Cup Invitational Shootfest and Area 2 Philippine Practical Shooting Association (PPSA) Circuit Match. The shootfest was held April 8-9 as part of the Dagupan…

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DPSA shooters rule BSL invitational cup

By April 24, 2006News, Sports

Beach Volley tilt up in 2006 Bangus Festival

By | News, Sports

Six top women’s collegiate beach volleyball teams from Metro Manila and Baguio City are competing in the 2006 Bangus Festival Women’s Invitational beach Volleyball Championship slated from April 28 to May 1 at Dagupan City Plaza. Leading the entries are Boracay national Championship qualifiers De La Salle University – College…

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Beach Volley tilt up in 2006 Bangus Festival

By April 24, 2006News, Sports

Motorist Assistance Center to stay – PD Purisima

By | News

Motorist Assistance Centers to stay yet- PD Purisima LINGAYEN – Good news for motorists. The Police Motorist Assistance Centers established for the Holy Week will remain for at least another week. Acknowledging the valuable assistance that the centers provided, Police Provincial Director Alan Purisima said these centers will remain where…

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Motorist Assistance Center to stay – PD Purisima

By April 24, 2006News

DPWH brass backs motorcycle lane

By | News

DPWH brass backs motorcycle lane  LINGAYEN – The second highway engineering district officer hailed the call of Congress for the setting up a “motorcycle lane” along highways in order to ensure the safety of motorcyclists and their riders. Expressing  full  support  for this  call, Highways District Engineer Rodolfo Dion said …

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DPWH brass backs motorcycle lane

By April 24, 2006News

Editorial

By | Editorial

Dagupan City, soon a ‘coliform-capital’? Payback time for Dagupan City government’s official neglect of its environs and sanitary practices in the barangays is here. If it isn’t bad enough that the Lim administration has failed to deliver on its promises to construct a sanitary landfill, to close the dumpsite and…

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Editorial

By April 24, 2006Editorial

Punchline

By | Opinion, Punchline

The other ‘death penalty’ By Ermin Garcia Jr. I can’t agree more with the indefatigable Archbishop Oscar Cruz. His reaction to President Arroyo’s wholesale commutation of death sentences of convicted felons to life imprisonment rings true. Indeed, the state cannot remove what it has not given, and furthermore, life imprisonment…

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Punchline

By April 24, 2006Opinion, Punchline

Here and There

By | Archives, Opinion

More about the real JdV By Gerry Garcia TO some men and women in local media today, print and broadcast, who always find themselves in face-to-face interview with the inimitable Speaker Joe de Venecia, the little Binloc man in his real self, including his memorable past, probably remain unseen. That…

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Here and There

By April 23, 2006Archives, Opinion