A big celebration with a noble mission By Eva C. Visperas Alumni, parents, students, faculty and the staff of EDNAS School are celebrating the school’s 40th year anniversary. And they will go out from the comforts of their homes to do service for the community as they join hands in…
Farmers may adopt golden rice even without past knowledge By Sosimo Ma. Pablico Rice farmers may lack awareness and knowledge of the vitamin A-loaded golden rice, but this would not stand in their acceptance of this genetically modified rice, results of a study conducted for a doctoral dissertation in Cornell…
A Queen’s Farewell By Emmanuelle Nowadays, town officials and fiesta organizers in Pangasinan and probably all other provinces, have discovered an almost bottomless financing source for their various projects or activities – the balikbayan community. They are eager, they are willing, and they can afford to help. Probably, only a…
If San Fabian can, why can’t Dagupan City then? By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. THE municipality of San Fabian staged a prestigious, peculiar and unique basketball tournament last February 1-6. Prestigious because six giant teams from northern Luzon participated. Four were from Pangasinan: spearheaded by last year’s Pangasinan-PriSAA (Private School…
ALAMINOS MAYOR NO LONGER SEEKING RE-ELECTION Frustrated over state of national affairs ALAMINOS CITY–“Wala na (no more). I’m done.” Thus said a visibly frustrated Mayor Hernani Braganza, who has been in politics for 25 years, over what he describes as the “terrible” state of political affairs in the country. Braganza…
WHERE is the contract that gives JDL Motor Service of barangay Sta. Maria, San Jacinto the right to tow vehicles violating the “no parking zone” in Dagupan City? This question cropped up after senior officials of the city government, in separate talks before the city council, revealed they have never…
THANKS but no thanks. This was the response of Health Secretary Francisco Duque III, a son of Dagupan City, to reports that he is being considered as one of the top choices for the administration’s senatorial line up in the coming May elections. “I really have no desire to run…
THE Dagupan Sangguniang Panlunsod, in a bid to fast-track the investigation and resolution of the suspected massive land-grabbing inside the Tondaligan Park, passed a resolution on Monday requesting the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to complete the cancellation of all certificates of alienability and disposability (CADs) it issued…
LINGAYEN—The Partido ng Masang Pilipino (PMP) of former President Joseph Estrada in Pangasinan has suffered a big setback with the affiliation of its members from Mangatarem town to the ruling, Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats. Led by former 2nd district Congressman Teodoro Cruz, who used to be the PMP’s provincial chairman, he…
Were the bidders – both the winners and losers – for the controversial Magsaysay Park Development project relatives? The Sangguniang Panlunsod (SP), refusing to let the issue die, passed a resolution on Monday asking the City Registry Office to produce documents that will attest to the relationship of the participants…
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