LINGAYEN—Gov. Victor Agbayani will deliver his report to the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, or the State of the Province Address (SOPA), on Friday, January 26, at the Sangguniang Panlalawigan session hall here at 8:00 o’clock in the morning. The governor is expected to spell out the gains achieved by the province in…
ALAMINOS CITY–While his fellow “Spice Boys” in Congress are poised to run for the Philippine Senate in the May elections, Alaminos City Mayor Hernani “Nani” A. Braganza would rather aim for re-election or probably run as governor of Pangasinan, his camp hinted recently. At the recent Kaluyagan Nen Palaris Grand…
LINGAYEN—Women’s organizations and small-scale entrepreneurs have recently received P770,000 worth of financial assistance as part of the provincial government’s Livelihood Enterprise Assistance Program (LEAP). “We have to intensify our programs that provide more opportunities for our people to make them more productive and self-sufficient,” said Governor Victor Agbayani. …
ALAMINOS CITY–Dreaming of a beachside sunset wedding with a scenic view of the Hundred Islands? Make it come true – and have it for free – as the city government is sponsoring a mass civil wedding on Valentine’s Day, February 14, at the Lucap Wharf, the jump-off point to the…
THREE groups of Filipino-American doctors will arrive in Dagupan City on different dates sometime in February to conduct their respective medical missions for the benefit of indigents in Dagupan City and Pangasinan. The medical mission is being coordinated by the Region 1 Medical Center, headed by Dr. Jesus Canto, which…
“IT is imperative that we have credible and honest elections if we are to save democracy, if we are to bring stability and regain our nation’s pride brought about by the ‘Hello Garci’ scandal in the 2004 elections.” Thus said retired Deputy Director General Reynaldo V. Velasco as he urged…
PANGASINAN BRIEFING—President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (center) gets a briefing on the political situation in Pangasinan during a huddle with Undersecretary for Local Governance Antonio Villar Jr. (left), while Mrs. Gina de Venecia, wife of House Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr., and Immigration Commissioner Alipio Fernandez listen. They met during the…
“AREAS OF CONCERN”—Police Provincial Director Alan Purisima reads a list of “areas of concern” prepared jointly by the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Commission on Elections (Comelec) during coordinating conference at the Police Provincial Office last Wednesday in preparation for the forthcoming May 14 election.
MUSLIM VENDORS—Dagupan City administrator Rafael Baraan (center right) and Mark Brian Lim, Mayor Benjamin S. Lim’s son, met with the Muslim vendors in the city on January 16 at the CMO conference room to discuss proposed livelihood projects. The city government plans to further develop the ground floor of the…
THE United Way (UW) of Pangasinan and Cities Inc. is sponsoring “Operation Sagip Mata”, a free eye check-up and free eye cataract operation at the UW headquarters along Alvear Street in Lingayen on Thursday January 25, 2007, 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.. A team headed by Dr. James Coshuming of…
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