Broadband technology expert Jose de Venecia III will lead speakers at the two-day 2008 Regional Information and Communications Technology Congress in Dagupan City on February 26 – 27 at the Don Alipio Fernandez Sr. Astrodome. Aside from De Venecia, the other speakers are ICT Commissioner Monchito Ibrahim, Philippine Association of…
Still feeling bitter about her husband’s, Rep. Jose de Venecia Jr., ouster as House Speaker, Gina de Venecia celebrated her February 15 birthday this year quietly in contrast to her usual big parties. Speaking during a radio program on Aksyon Radyo, Mrs. De Venecia said she opted for a “quiet”…
SAN CARLOS CITY—Construction of the new Calvo Bridge in Bayambang is well under way, with a quarter of the work already completed. This was the observation of Third District Rep. Rachel, who worked out the P50 million funding for the bridge from the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH),…
THE planned construction of a Riverside Boulevard by the Dagupan City government drew a barrage of criticisms from landowners by the bank of the Pantal River. A letter received by The PUNCH from a concerned citizen entitled “Greed for Power” described the project as something that “smacks of arrogance”. The…
SAN CARLOS CITY–The aborted fiesta coronation night last year marred by violence, will finally take place. They will take center-stage again in this year’s fiesta celebration. Mayor Julier Resuello, son of slain Mayor Julian Resuello who was gunned down in April last year during the town’s fiesta which was also…
URDANETA–The widening of the Maharlika Highway here is now almost complete except for the southern approach to a newly constructed bridge. The government cannot proceed to construct it. Mayor Amadeo Perez Jr. blames a resident who owns the land where the bridge’s southern approach is located, who does not want…
FIFTEEN personalities including a militant church leader and anti-corruption advocate businessman were cited as 15 honorees of the Northern Luzon chapter of the publishers Association of the Philippines and the Dagupan City-based national broadcast magazine “Diwa, Salita at Gawa” on the latter’s 30th year anniversary slated at the Star Plaza…
SAN CARLOS CITY—Mrs. Natividad Arenas has been sworn in as the newest city councilor here to take the place of her late husband, Councilor Alfredo Arenas, who died November 12 last year. Arenas, 64, a retired public school teacher, took her oath on Monday before Governor Amado Espino Jr. at…
URDANETA CITY—The local government here is giving a high priority to the skills training of out-of-school youth and adults to reduce the number of the city’s unemployed citizens. Just a day after the Urdaneta Livelihood and Training Center (ULTC) was inaugurated on February 11, it immediately took in 490 trainees…
STA.BARBARA–Corn farmers here will soon have access to a public tractor intended to boost the town’s production. According to municipal administrator Albertini de Guzman, P2-million tractor will be turned over by the local government unit (LGU) here to the office of the municipal agriculturist today. “Sta.Barbara has been identified as…
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