Finally, the two suspected most notorious drug pushers in Dagupan City, a husband and wife team, were arrested Wednesday by agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Region 1. Datu Michael Kali Bagul, 49, president of the Dagupan Muslim Association and his wife, Anna Liza Bagul, 40, were arrested…
House Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. continues to enjoy solid support out here in the north. His colleagues in the House of Representatives, belonging to a group known as the Northern Luzon Alliance, have signed a manifesto opposing recent moves to oust De Venecia from his long-held seat at the…
LINGAYEN-Get “Cabesa”. This was the renewed order of Police Regional Director Chief Superintendent Leopoldo Bataoil to the police in Pangasinan, particularly the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group, as he admitted that the slaying of Mayor Julian Resuello of San Carlos City is only “half-solved”. “Cabesa” is the alias of Cesar…
More than 5,000 delegates are expected attend the two-day 2008 Regional Information and Communications Technology Congress on February 26-27 at the People’s Astrodome in Dagupan. Organized by Medialink Events Management, internationally-recognized computer, broadband and ICT experts have been invited to participate in the event.
LINGAYEN–Team Energy, the operator of the Sual coal-fired power plant, is donating P5.2 million for the rehabilitation of the Pangasinan State University’s (PSU) research station in Sual town to enable it to identify which fish habitat is best along the Lingayen Gulf area. Dr. Victoriano Estira, PSU president, said he…
LINGAYEN–The state-owned Pangasinan State University (PSU), alarmed by the declining number of students enrolling in fishery-related courses, has begun offering free tuition fees. Dr. Victoriano Estira, PSU president, said the annual average 2% decline in enrollees has been worrying school authorities, especially given that fishing and fish farming are major…
STA. BARBARA—Mayor Reynaldo Velasco says his planned airport in his town will be pursued under the build-operate-transfer scheme to make sure that there will be no financial burden on the government. In an interview with The PUNCH, Velasco said President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has been given him the go signal to…
THE Pandaragupan Concert Series 2008 sponsored by the Pangasinan Youth Orchestra, Inc. (PYO), was a stunning success based on the raves of crowd that attended its launching last January 21 at the Cherished Moments School in Mangaldan. The first concert, in collaboration with the National Commission on Culture and the…
CREATED to honor the Filipinos’ unending love affair with coffee, “Kapihan: A Celebration of Coffee in the Philippines” is as pleasurable to read as sipping a fresh cup of coffee. Authored by respected food writer Noel Sy-Quia and designed by Aman Santos, the coffee table book contains 160 pages of…
DAGUPAN City –Councilor Farah Marie Decano was recently elected as president of the Lady Local Legislators League of the Philippines (4-L Phils.) Inc. during the league’s 9th national summit on January 25 at the Pearl Manila Hotel. Decano, a lawyer and now on her third term as councilor of Dagupan,…
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