The city council has passed a resolution seeking to establish Botika sa Barangay in all the 31 barangays of the city. The first ever resolution that passed the legislative mill in the new city council was sponsored by Councilor Jesus Canto and supported by all councilors present, including Councilor Farah…
CITY Supermarket Inc., a chain on malls owned by Dagupan Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez, is sponsoring a 31-day feeding project covering all barangays in the city in support of the social programs of Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr. The CSI Breakfast Feeding Project was launched July 12 in barangay Lucao and…
FIVE graduates of the Lyceum Northwestern University passed the pharmacist licensure examination given last July 2 and 3. In her report to LNU president Gonzalo Duque, Dean Shirley Quiñones of the LNU College of Pharmacy said the university posted a 71.4% passing percentage, way above the 56.6% national passing…
A new tutorial center has opened in Dagupan City with a young group of entrepreneurs behind the venture. Dynamind Tutorial Center, located at the ground floor of the De Vera building beside Giorgios Pizzeria along Arellano Street, is owned by Kharmina Velasco and Eileen Biton. Educated at Miriam College, Kharmina…
DEFENDING PRISAA champion University of Luzon showed the shape of things to come in the coming collegiate basketball season by beating 2007 National Inter-Collegiate champion Angeles University Foundation, 64-59, in a friendship game last Wednesday at the Don Alipio Fernandez Sr. People’s Astrodome. AUF started like the proverbial house…
PASTORAL Ma. Avigail Martha Acuña Pastoral, eldest daughter of Atty. Vincent Catubig Pastoral and Annabelle Peralta Acuña, successfully passed the pharmacist licensure examination given last July 3, 2007 in Manila. She was among the top 8 examinees with an average of 88.42. A persistent honor student since elementary and high…
CITY’S FINAL ULTIMATUM—The construction activities of MetroState Realty Corporation at the former Magsaysay Park across city hall finally ground to a halt Thursday morning on the strength of a stop order issued by City Engineer Virginia Rosario. (Below) Rosario is interviewed by newsmen after giving MetroState workers on site a…
GOVERNOR’S FIRST SALVO— Governor Amado Espino (before podium) bares alleged irregularities in the disbursement of P300 million loan obtained by the province from Land Bank of the Philippines in his message before the Sangguniang Panlalawigan on Monday. — (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
ANTI-TB STRATEGY —Dr. Rogelio Ilagan, regional manager of Linking Initiative and Networking to Control Tuberculosis (TB Link) and Dr. Ana Theresa de Guzman, assistant provincial health officer, outline the government’s strategies to eradicate TB in a talk before newsmen at the Lennox Hotel In Dagupan City on Thursday.– (Punchphpoto by…
DAGUPAN EYED AS INVESTMENT SITE—Officials of the ICT Group, a leading provider of outsourced customer management services in Northern America headed by John Longford and Robert Howling, called on officials of the city led by City Administrator Alvin Fernandez and Councilor Alfie Fernandez, council chairman on Trade and Industry, in…
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