Some municipal officials of Macabebe, Pampanga led by Mayor Leonardo Flores visited Dagupan City on May 10 for a Lakbay-Aral tour to benchmark the city’s aquaculture industry as well as its fishery production and other marine products. Mayor Lim shared with the visitors his insights on the fishery code of…
ALAMINOS CITY – Some 17.072 hectares of the city’s coastline have been re-greened, thanks to the city government’s Mangrove Reforestation Program. This feat has earned for the city the citation as the “Best Coastal LGU (Local Government Unit) in Mangrove Development Initiative” in the recent province-wide Search for Linis Dayat…
Alaminos, ‘best coastal LGU’
THE Rotary Club of Dasol Bay will hold its charter presentation and induction of officers on May 22 at Jaslyn B. Beach Resort in Dasol town. Mayor Angelita O. Jimenez as charter president will lead the inductees with Rotary District 3790 Governor Gerardo “Gerpy” Erguiza as guest of honor and…
Dasol Bay Rotary slates charter presentation
THE new officers of the United Methodist Church in Dagupan City were elected into office during an election last May 8 at Star Plaza Hotel. Elected were Dominador Dumrique, president; Mario David, vice president; Jaime Nabua, secretary; Aris Fernandez, treasurer; and Benjamin Fernandez, auditor. Clemente Nava is president emeritus. Benjamin…
Methodist officers elected
PALARONG PAMBANSA NAGA CITY — Naga City – Sixteen-year-old sprinter Rhemilyn Soriano of Laoac snared the first gold medal for team Pangasinan as the Palarong Pambansa shifts to high gear at the sprawling sports stadium here. Soriano easily breezed to the finish line in the 100-meter race finals, beating her…
Young sprinter wins first gold for Pangasinan
FOR the first time in the history of Philippine multi-stage bicycle racings, there will be no Pangasinan lap terminal this year. This was disclosed by Modesto Bonzo, the race director general of this year’s Tour Pilipinas now dubbed as “Padyak Pinoy” which reeled off last Friday. Bonzo was the 1976…
No Pangasinan lap this year– Bonzo
Public perception kills By Ermin Garcia Jr. The more the city hall bureaucrats try to pooh-pooh the presence of coliform bacteria in Dagupan City’s rivers, the more ridiculous they sound. Instead of alerting the community about the risks and what can be done to contain if not eliminate it completely,…
Punchline
An enduring legacy for the environment WHEN the PUNCH first reported the results of the findings of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources two weeks ago, finding the rivers inside six of Dagupan City’s barangays seriously contaminated with coliform bacteria, the city government immediately went into a denial mode,…
Editorial
‘Explaining’ Cha-cha to the masses By Gerry Garcia TO a third of about 86 million Pinoys today, who speak at best only pidgin Engalog, explanation of what parliamentary government means or what Cha-Cha is all about if it’s not a type of dancing, and why there’s a need today for…
Here and There
Counseling Raul Lambino on how to debate By Jun Velasco THE opposition might explode all the bombs on La Gloria’s face for all they care. But little one looks unscathed as most everyone has noticed lately, with green eyes to some, with amusement to the apolitical and naughty smiles to …