Finally, illegal structures will be removed. The city government scored a major victory in its effort to clear all sidewalks of illegal structures following an amicable settlement agreed upon by property owners and the city government before the court on Thursday. The agreement stemmed from a civil action for injunction…
FIRST IN THE PHILIPPINES A sea cucumber hatchery, the first in the Philippines, will start operating in March at the 24-hectare Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) center in Dagupan City. Dr. Westly Rosario, interim executive director of the National Fisheries and Research Development Institute (NFRDI) and BFAR center…
THE Dagupan City government is set to construct a riverside boulevard along the southern bank of the Pantal River that can be used partly as a promenade lane and a detour road leading to the about-to-be completed Dawel-Pantal-Lucao Road. The city government has sent out letters to at least 55…
SAN MANUEL–Dagupan City officials took a trip to San Roque Dam to gather baseline data for future legislation aimed at preparing the flood-prone city from further flood disasters. Vice Mayor Fernandez said the trip enabled them, especially the newly elected officials, to learn more facts about the dam enabling them…
THE tall, thin and wiry former national rider Reynaldo Navarro has the perfect built for sprinting, and he proved that true by out-pedaling his eight breakaway partners in the last 250 meters in a mad scramble finish during the 2nd RD Gen. Bataoil Cycling Challenge held last Sunday. The nine-man…
PANGASINAN’s first all-amateur cycling road event of the year, to be hosted by the University of Pangasinan (UPang), is set on February 17 with the province’s top 60 cyclists expected to participate. The race, dubbed as the “University of Pangasinan Foundation Day Cycling Classic”, will be held in conjunction with…
PANGASINAN II DIVISION MEET Joyland School in San Fabian topped the chess and athletics events in the Pangasinan II Division Meet held January 28-30. Ernalie Bayot, a grade VI pupil brought home the gold in the Chess Elementary Girls Category. Bayot defeated Sarah Mae Pandy of the Archdiocesan School of…
VILLAR SUPPORTS RACHEL—Rep. Rachel Arenas (right) confers with Undersecretary Antonio Villar Jr., head of the Presidential Anti-Smuggling Group (left), who joined her press conference last Friday to express his support for her decision to vote for the resolution in the House of Representatives that paved the way for the ouster…
WATER FOR LIFE—Minister Akira Sugiyama of the Embassy of Japan tries a faucet in one of the houses in barangay Cacaoiten, Mangatarem during the inauguration of the water system project in the area. The project is part of the grant assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects funded by the Japanese…
NEW 4-L PRESIDENT—Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez hands over to Councilor Farah Decano a plaque containing a resolution enacted by the city council commending the latter for her election as president of the Lady Local Legislators League of the Philippines, the first Dagupeño to be elected president to that powerful organization….
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