LINGAYEN–The Lingayen Gulf, which is at the heart of the annual Pista’y Dayat (Sea Festival), is alive and well. This was the assurance given by Provincial Agriculturist Jose Almendares in light of accusations that the gulf is severely polluted allegedly due to rampant illegal fishing activities and the unabated dumping…
Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Angelo Reyes, speaking during the Earth Day celebration in Dagupan City, warned that the country’s environment is in a very precarious situation because of global warming and climate change resulting from man’s continuous abusive practices. Reyes called on the people to “wake up” and reconsider…
Dagupan City Vice Mayor Alvin Fernandez, the general campaign manager of the administration’s Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats in the city, showed local media some documents and list of projects that the P143 million cash savings at the city coffer at the end of the term of his father, mayoralty candidate Alipio…
Tondaligan Park visitors, be warned! A couple from Isabela recently lost as much as P45,000 worth of property and cash while summer-holidaying at the Tondaligan Park. Following the incident, Tondaligan Park Administrator Dionisio Bolor called on shed owners to adopt more security measures within their respective perimeters for the protection…
LINGAYEN–Will the real Lolo Julian please rise? Two of the province’s candidates for governor appear to be locked in a fierce contest over the radio airwaves with both camps claiming to be the candidate of choice of ‘Lolo Julian’, a character that both have obviously accepted as symbolic of the…
ILOCOS region will join the nationwide celebration of Labor Day on May 1 with the holding of a “Jobs, Livelihood and Housing Fair” at the La Union National High School from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Regional Director Chita Cilindro, speaking at a news…
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) provincial office has called on practicing and aspiring real estate brokers to legalize their profession by taking the government’s Real Estate Licensure Examinations. This year’s examinations being administered by the DTI’s Bureau of Trade Regulation and Consumer Protection have been scheduled for May…
LINGAYEN-Heads of local government units (LGUs) in western Pangasinan, along with the provincial government, vowed to carry on with the model Coastal Resource Management (CRM) project launched in Lingayen Gulf in 2002 in a bid to save their coastal areas from further degradation. Mayors Nestor Pulido of Anda, Gabriel Navarro…
DECLARING that they will give back Dagupan city hall to the people to whom it rightfully belongs, the United Dagupan team said that they have a program dedicated to all, from babies to their mothers, youth and up to senior citizens. Former Immigration Commissioner Alipio Fernandez Jr. said they will…
Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. said he will not engage himself in the “political black magic” espoused by his adversaries, calling their sustained personal attacks as a sign of his critics’ “intellectual bankruptcy”. “Our people deserve a better kind of politics. Let us concentrate on viable and progressive programs that…
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