LINGAYEN–Curfew hours will soon be imposed on minors in the town of Calasiao. The proposed ordinance containing the regulation has been approved by the provincial board on first last Monday and it has been referred to the appropriate committee for further review. The ordinance, sponsored by Councilor Emmanuel Manipud, cites…
Expecting strong resistance, Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr. is ready to defend his decision to issue an executive order canceling all existing tax declarations (TD) issued over parcels of foreshore or public lands in Bonuan. Fernandez said he is anticipating some resistance from the claimants-possessors of TDs as he stressed that…
RECOVERY OF AWAI LAND Just when the city was ready to give up, hope now flickers for Dagupan in its quest to recover the30-hectare property it bought from barangay Awai in San Jacinto. This became apparent after the Department of Agrarian Reform decided to give the letter of the city…
Business-man Jose P. de Venecia III, son of House Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr., will address officers and members of 24 Pangasinan Rotary clubs and their guests including the media on Tuesday, December 11, at the Star Plaza Hotel in Dagupan City starting at 7 in the evening. Host club,…
Owners of unsightly cottages and sheds at Tondaligan Park that were blown away by storm surge last month will have to wait a little longer before they can rebuild their structures. Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr. has directed that new sheds should conform with prescribed design and specifications to create a…
Asuka Toyoshima, born in Japan but raised in Dagupan, has been honored by the city government for having been named as one of the ten outstanding Boy Scouts of the Philippines (BSP). This 17-year senior student of the Dagupan City National High School is overwhelmed by the award and said…
STO. TOMAS–There’s no stopping this town now. The second dry run for the longest corn barbecue feat, which the town hopes would be logged in the Guinness Book of World Records, was held last December 1 on a 75-meter stretch in front of the municipal hall. The target is a…
ALAMINOS–This city is strengthening its promotion of the Hundred Islands National Park (HINP) under a program centered on the traditional bayanihan concept. A two-day Alaminos Tourism Summit, set to start on December 12, will bring together the town’s private and public sector stakeholders to discuss and assess the city government’s…
OVER a hundred people, mostly nurses, participated in a fun run initiated by employees of the Region I Medical Center (R1MC) last December 2 to raise funds for the hospital’s young indigent patients. Mamerto Patungan, senior nurse at the R1MC surgical department, told The PUNCH the activity is part of…
MANAOAG-The 9th Galicayo Festival opened here on Friday to pay homage to the Lady of Manaoag whose apparition centuries ago inspired the people to build a shrine in her honor. The three-day festival this year has for its theme “Alay ng Pasasalamat Kay Ina”, said Rufo Mangonon, chairman and event…
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