BALUNGAO–A winning councilor’s affiliation with the controversial Virgilio Garcillano Jr., the man at the center of the “Hello Garci” election-rigging scandal, might have actually helped in his candidacy in this remote town in the eastern side of the province. Crisanto Luna, who lost in two previous elections, finally succeeded in…
THERE will be no let-up in the campaign by the city government against ambulant vendors for the next 30 days! Thus said Butch Gutierrez, the outgoing head of the Anti-Hawking Task Force under the office of outgoing Mayor Benjamin Lim, unfazed by reports that vendors will no longer comply…
THE operations of the Dagupan City National High School continue to be saddled with resource problems but the principal believes that things are still manageable and the school is ready for the opening of classes on Monday. Dr. Teodora Nabor said that despite perennial problems like lack of school desks,…
PEACE COVENANT—Datu Allan Maasir, chairman and president of the Pangasinan Muslim Assembly (right) affixes his signature to a peace covenant that he and other Muslim leaders in the province agreed to sign with Police Provincial Director Senior Superintendent Isagani Nerez (left), promising to help in the campaign against lawless elements,…
CALAMITY RESCUE DRILL—Two people act as calamity victims while a rescue team from the Dagupan City Disaster Coordinating Council makes an emergency response in a simulated drill along Zamora Street. The drill, held in preparation for any calamity that may hit the city, was part of the USAID-funded Project PROMISE,…
SIMULATION MEETING—Mayor Benjamin Lim, chairman of the City Disaster Coordinating Council (CDCC), and members of the CDCC simulate a meeting undertaken immediately upon reports of an impending typhoon during the first flood response and evacuation drill in Dagupan City on May 31.
DROWNING RESCUE— A middle-aged man is escorted by barangay officials of Mangin to safety after being “rescued” from drowning during a simulation rescue drill conducted by the Dagupan City Disaster Coordinating Council as part of the city’s implementation of Project PROMISE. — (Punch photo by Ray Zambrano)
YOUTH OFFICIALS— Mayor Benjamin Lim addresses high school students comprising would-be youth officials in a program called “Ogogaw ya Manlinkor 2007” during an orientation on May 30 held at the City Museum. The program aims to develop the leadership potentials of Dagupan youth who will someday take over the reins…
THE Japanese government, through the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA), is funding a project that will improve the Philippine’s bangus (milkfish) harvest, the country’s number one aquatic product. ROSARIO Dr. Westly Rosario, director of the National Fisheries Research and Development Institute of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources and…
DAGUPAN City is set to further strengthen its position as the bangus capital with the opening in July of the Asian Fisheries Academy (AFA) within the 24-hectare National Integrated Fisheries Technology Development Center (NIFTDC) in Bonuan Binloc. Asian Fisheries Academy Dr. Westly Rosario, chief of the National Fisheries Research Development…
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