BAYAMBANG – Has the Sangguniang Bayan here declared a month-long recess? This question cropped up because the SB has not been holding sessions for a month now, clearly a violation of the Local Government Code. SB Secretary Joel Camacho admitted that the absence of a quorum each time led to…
STA. BARBARA – Some 100,000 fruit and forest tree seedlings were distributed by Gov. Victor Agbayani to various community organizations as part of the province’s expanded Watershed Development and Reforestation Program. The distribution was made following the signing of a memorandum of agreement between Gov. Agbayani and the newly organized…
BINMALEY SHOWS WAY BINMALEY – Watch out Dagupan City. Now that this town is about to finally and fully rid itself of illegal fish pens, it feels confident it can soon reclaim its glory as the premier bangus (milkfish)-producing town in the province. More than 80 percent of the targeted…
CARLA Alexis, 23, the daughter of Dagupan City Councilor Alex de Venecia, graduated magna cum laude in Medicine at Sophie Davis, College of Medicine at the City University of New York in U.S.A. Carla was a recipient of full scholarship based on academic performance when she graduated first honor at…
LITA S. Duque, president of the Dagupan City Host Lions Club for the last five years, was recently elected vice district governor of District 301C representing Northern Philippines. She was elected during the 57th Multiple District Lions Clubs National Convention held last April 18-21 in Legaspi City. Among the projects…
BINMALEY – Christmas came in June for some 15,000 elementary and high school students of public schools in this town after they were gifted with school bags by the municipal government led by Mayor Simplicio Rosario. Rosario told the recipients that he, being a product of a public school, feels…
Let’s help our public schools! The presidential public scolding of the officer-in-charge of the Department of Education two weeks ago brought to the fore the worsening situation in and neglect of the country’s public education system. While the issue at hand was the varying definition of the formula to address…
Making public officials account By Ermin Garcia Jr. We have not heard of how other local government units in the province helped alleviate the situation for parents whose children are enrolled in public schools. But if the report we received from Binmaley is an indicator of how the worsening situation…
June 12, Independence Day a la Pinoy By Gerry Garcia TOMORROW, Monday, is June 12 officially declared Philippine Independence Day by former Pres. Diosdado Macapagal many years after the nation had been celebrating the same on July 4, the day in 1946 when, following the end of WW II, the…
Little global page By Jun Velasco A NEW friend from Japan, General Director Yasuaki Niitsu of Soka Gakkai International Philippines, an international Buddhist movement, has this startling revelation: Japan has no national hero. He says Japan’s young are not happy about their country having no rallying spirit such as Jose…
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