Saving Sabio By Al S. Mendoza FROM THE VERY start, I did not fully agree with the formation of the PCGG. For one, the PCGG is an aberration because its establishment defeats the very purpose of the existence of government: Service to the people. Creating an agency for that merely…
Lessons from Alcala By Eva C. Visperas There is no doubt the SARS scare in Alcala is over. The town which was first known as Dangla, a barrio of Bayambang, became Alcala. It celebrated its 131st Foundation Day last September 19 with a noisy celebration. Noisy because drum and lyre…
Business Log
Organic and inorganic fertilizers work well By Sosimo Ma. Pablico Organic fertilizers are not enough to provide the nutrients needed by the rice plant. Inorganic or chemical fertilizers must be added for higher yield. PhilRice [Philippine Rice Research Institute] researchers led by Evelyn F. Javier made this observation in a…
Harvest Time
Destabilization By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. “Destabilization”. This is the in-word now as far as the present administration is concerned. The way the executive branch of government speaks and acts, it sees destabilization practically everywhere involving practically everybody. In the right, the left and the center even. It is…
Viewpoints
Villaflor golf classic XIII set today By Lito Ang To celebrate its 25th anniversary, the Dagupan Doctors Villaflor Memorial Hospital ((DDVMH) will host today September 24 the “Barkadahan Golf tournament”, the longest running local golf tour at the Dagupan Golf Course. Tee off time is set from 6:00 to 8:00…
Golf Talk
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Birthdays / Anniversaries
LINGAYEN – The old municipal hall of the province’s capital town is having a P16 million facelift. Mayor Ernesto Castañeda said that the town hall, built sometime in 1960s, can no longer accommodate the volume of people transacting business, thus the need to expand it. The local government is reportedly…
Lingayen town hall undergoes facelift
THE CONSTRUCTION IS ON – A boy plays on top of piles of bridge steel materials imported from Japan recently delivered by the contractor, Toyo Construction, along the unfinished Dawel-Pantal-Lucao road near Babaliwan. The delivery signals the start of the construction of the P903 million Pantal bridge. (Punchphoto by Butch…
THE CONSTRUCTION IS ON
WELCOMING A NEW LAWYER— Supreme Court Administrator Christopher Lock (left) discusses the chapter’s projects with Integrated Bar of the Philippines-Pangasinan chapter president Joven Maramba and former president Baltazar Servito after he welcomes Atty. Alipio Serafin Fernandez (right) as one of the 32 new members of the IBP in Pangasinan.