A PUBLIC awareness campaign was conducted in Dagupan to enjoin the local government unit, livestock traders and consumers to shore up support for the Foot and Mouth Disease Eradication Program. The campaign is in line with the Department of Agriculture’s aim of getting a stamp of recognition from the World…
No red tide around here. This was the official message sent out by the Department of Agriculture following another scare that mussels, oysters and other shellfish harvested from the coastal areas of Pangasinan might be red tide contaminated. The announcement was contained in Shellfish Bulletin No. 18 dated…
Shellfish from W. P’sinan remain red tide-free–DA
DAGUPAN City has been chosen as one of the recipients of the comprehensive outreach and fish breeding project by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in collaboration with the Bureau of Fisheries and the Dagupan-based National Integrated Fisheries Technology Development Center The project, according to Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr., aims…
Dagupan named pilot area for JICA-BFAR fish project
BINALONAN–The local office of the National Food Authority (NFA) has given reassurance that rice supply is stable and that the selling price at government retail outlets is stable at P18 per kilogram. Ramon Cuaresma, NFA assistant manager at the NFA office based in this town, said 190,000 bags of rice…
Rice supply, retail price stable–NFA
Former Councilor Alex de Venecia is moving into a new field. After losing his seat in the Dagupan City Council, he formed a non-profit organization and launched a radio program bearing the same name – Community and Lives Improvement. DE VENECIA De Venecia, now a professor at the University of…
It’s Alex de V on radio!
DAGUPAN CITY Information Officer Ryan Ravanzo ran unopposed as president of the Dagupan Jaycees Inc. for 2008 in the last August 17 election. He will be the 57th chapter president of the JCI. Also elected as members of the board of directors were Atty. Rowena De Vera, Emmanuel Legaspi, Griselda…
Ravanzo elected 2008 JCI prexy
THE University of Pangasinan (UPang) Webczars stormed to an early lead and held on the rest of the way, wrapping up an 87-74 victory over co-title contender Lyceum Northwestern University (LNU) Dukes last Thursday during the sixth day of hostilities of the Mayor Al Fernandez Cup basketball tournament held at…
Dukes bow to Webczars
SEVENTEEN-teams of elementary and high school students are seeing action in the 1st Inter-Schools Basketball Championships dubbed as Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez Cup, which opened Wednesday at the People’s Astrodome. Hosted by the Pangasinan Universal Institute, the opening ceremonies had Fernandez herself as guest of honor and speaker while Mayor…
VM Belen Fernandez Cup draws 17 teams
THE province’s longest and prime-prized bicycle road race for the 2007 season unwraps today with as many as 90 cyclists expected to participate. The one-day race, organized by the Philippine National Police Provincial Office under its director, Senior Superintendent Isagani R. Nerez, starts at 9:00 a.m. at the capital town,…
Nerez cycling kicks off today
PMA ENTRANCE EXAM—Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr. (center) welcomes the team of Army Major Napoleon de Vera (4th from left), officer-in-charge of the testing center at the University of Pangasinan, for the August 26 Philippine Military Academy entrance examination. UPang is one of 29 testing centers nationwide for the PMA Entrance…