Fifteen achievers led by Archbishop Oscar Cruz will be honored tonight at the Star Plaza in connection with the 30th anniversary of Diwa Salita at Gawa, a Northern Luzon broadcast magazine produced by local publisher Ruben Rivera. Cruz will be cited for his militancy in fighting jueteng and moral renewal…
The city agriculture office (CAO) in Dagupan has started distributing vegetable seeds to 35 high school and elementary public schools in time for next school year’s implementation of the Gulayan sa Paaralan Pagsasarili program. Alberto de Vera, agricultural technologist of the CAO, told The PUNCH that the program, a joint…
Gulayan sa Paaralan Pagsasarili project launched in Dagupan
Over 75 top elementary and high school students from Dagupan City’s public and private schools will be given special recognition on March 26 by the city government and JCI Dagupan Inc. Dubbed as Dagupan City Matalisiw Class of 2008 program, the annual recognition rites will feature for the first time…
City honors 75 Matalisiw studes
LINGAYEN – The second screening for this year’s Limgas Na Pangasinan Beauty Pageant is slated today, Sunday, 8:30 in the morning at the Lingayen Resort Hotel here. Leo Urmaza, pageant chairperson, said this year’s search aims to choose the lady who will represent Pangasinan as ambassadress of goodwill and promote…
Limgas na Pangasinan bets screening set today
Rafael L. Oriel, Jr. 23 Mar 2008 Mr. Ramos, why can we not make our objectives distinctly Filipino objectives? Why should we dream Taiwanese dreams? Why can we not dream our own Filipino dreams? Filipinos want also cleanliness not only in government but all that we desire to…
Dream Filipino
Isidro Ramos 23 Mar 2008 In your article, “Pangasinan is sleeping agricultural giant” by Sec Yap is unsettling. Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap has reiterated that remark and called on the province, particularly the agriculture sector, to stop wasting its time slumbering and snoring in dreamland. To back his…
Listening to Sec. Yap
Isidro Ramos 22 Mar 2008 Neighboring island Taiwan just had an election and the Philippine electorate should take note of the will and wishes of the Taiwanese people and here’s the comment from the victor,….. “People want a clean a government instead of a corrupt one,” said Ma,…
Dreaming of the Taiwanese wishes
ROSALES–Farmers trooped en masse to the Farmers Agricultural Exposition 2008 in barangay Carmen East for a different reason this time. They came to watch the match between Manny Pacquiao and World Boxing Council (WBC) super featherweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez on a wide screen making the expo site a veritable…
Farmers treated to Pacquiao – Marquez match at expo
Tour de Langkawi veteran cyclist Merculio Ramos, Jr. scored his first victory of the year by ruling the “3rd Bataoil Cycling Challenge Siklista Kontra sa Droga” last March 15 that started and finished at Aguilar town in conjunction with the celebration of the town fiesta. The 29-year old Ramos, originally…
Ramos rules 3rd Bataoil cycling
KARATE TOURNAMENT THE San Carlos City team, powered by students from various schools and colleges in the city, garnered eight gold, five silver, and five bronze medals in an all-style karate tournament held in Angeles City, Pampanga on March 2. Sensie Ronald Vistro, head of the de-legation and chief instructor…