ALAMINOS CITY—At least 12,000 public elementary school children here will be covered by the city government’s feeding program when classes begin in June. Mayor Hernani Braganza told newsmen the feeding project, which has been ongoing for the last three years, is part of the local government’s program to help the…
FIFTY three informal settler households will be relocated to give way to the construction of the Seafood Processing Plant in Bonuan Binloc beginning June this year. City Engineer Virginia Rosario, chair of the city’s Task Force on Housing and Urban Poor Resettlement, said some of the families will be moved…
ALAMINOS CITY—The Hundred Islands will soon have an added attraction – an Olympic-sized swimming pool. The pool, now under construction, is expected to draw in more tourists, said Mayor Hernani Braganza. The swimming pool, a project funded by the Philippine Tourism Authority (PTA), is built at the Lucap Wharf, beside…
THE Pacific white shrimp Penaeus vannamei takes center stage on May 8-9 when the National Fisheries Research and Development Institute (NFRDI) hosts a summit highlighting the Philippine experience on the species. Dr. Westly Rosario, NFRDI interim executive director and chief of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR)…
JCI Dagupan Inc. recently hailed two Dagupan City councilors “for distinguishing themselves with their unprecedented elections” as heads of their respective national legislators’ leagues. Businessman Alvin Coquia, past president of JCI Dagupan Inc., said the twin feats of Councilors Michael Fernandez and Farah Marie Decano, national chairman of the Philippine…
A son of a prominent clan in Dagupan City was among the country’s new lawyers following the release last week of the 2007 bar examinations results. DUQUE Gonzalito Nicolo E. Duque, son of Lyceum Northwestern University president Gonzalo T. Duque and Ruth E. Duque, who are also both lawyers, was…
Neil Ericsson Caguioa and his younger sister, Nathalie Earl, proudly display their respective gold medals as first honor pupils during the 29th Recognition Rites of the Virgen Milagrosa Child Learning Center in San Carlos City held March 25. Neil has completed his third grade level at the top of his…
DAGUPAN BANGUS FESTIVAL EVENT NATIONAL champion Irene Chui and Coach Renato Reyes will conduct a badminton clinic as a special event during the Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez Badminton Cup which reels off May 3 to 4 as part of the Dagupan Bangus Festival, according to Councilor Karlos Reyna, event chair….
Shooters from Metro Manila and other provinces are expected to troop to Pangasinan to join local shooters in the Governor’s Cup, which is one of the highlights of this year’s Pangasinan Pistay Dayat 2008. Gov. Amado Espino Jr. and Philippine National Police Chief Avelino Razon, Jr. will lead the ceremonial…
Rafael L. Oriel, Jr. 5 April 2008 Mr. Ceralde, It will be very difficult for me to make comparison between educational system and religious organizations in the Philippines and Canada. For one thing, there is a big difference between Canadian and Philippine educational systems. Another thing, some Catholic…
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