IT will be a non-working special holiday in Dagupan on Friday, June 20, in celebration of the city’s 61st Charter Anniversary. The proclamation, contained in Proclamation No. 1532issued by Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita by authority of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo dated June 12, 2008, was issued to enable the…
ALAMINOS CITY—Bayanihan system is the hallmark of reconstruction and rehabilitation in Alaminos, one of the many places in Pangasinan devastated by Typhoon Cosme. In the aftermath of the calamity, Mayor Hernani Braganza immediately created Task Force Bayanihan to oversee relief and immediate rehabilitation of public services, livelihood initiatives, other basic…
TAYUG–The killer of Jose Doton, former leader of the group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan, has been sentenced to life imprisonment. The accused, Joel Flores, was also meted another 10 years and one day of prison to maximum of 14 years of reclusion temporal for the frustrated murder of Doton’s brother, Diosdado.
In the aftermath of Typhoon Cosme, all the telecommunications and electric companies have complained of renewed and more incidents of cable theft in Dagupan. P/Supt. Dionicio Borromeo, city police chief, told the city council last week that the rash of cable thefts gave indications that these are already being perpetrated…
THE Dagupan council, in support of the mayor’s plan announced earlier, has passed a resolution asking the LandBank of the Philippines to grant moratorium for two years on the payment of interest and principal on the city government’s P385 million loan. Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez, chair of the Sangguniang Panlunsod,…
LINGAYEN—Some 10 million pieces of bangus fry will be given away to fisherfolk who were affected by Typhoon Cosme. The fishery rehabilitation program in the province started on June 13 with Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Regional Director Nestor Domenden and the provincial government leading the distribution of…
MEMBERS of the Dagupan Artists Circle (DAC) gathered at the center road island of the newly-opened Dawel-Pantal-Lucao road on June 9 to demonstrate their sense of patriotism and nationalism through visual arts using a unique medium in line with the celebration of Independence Day. Two artists, Boni de Guzman and…
Dagupan City Councilor Farah Marie Decano has been voted secretary-general of the Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines (ULAP), the umbrella organization of local government officials’ groups, in an election held in Manila last week. Mandaluyong City Mayor Benhur Abalos, president of the League of Cities of the Philippines,…
THE Rotary Club of Uptown Dagupan 2000 garnered nine awards from the Rotary International’s local district for Rotary Year 2007-2008. The club RCUD 2000, under the presidency of Dr. Lucy Honrado, was cited as the Outstanding Club of the Year Award and Honrado, the eighth president of the club since…
Three winners were named in the SkyCable and ESPN Star Sports’ “Singapore Breakaway Promo”! Floretta May Co and Lorelai Rodriguez bagged the grand prize of two round trip tickets to Singapore’s ESPN Star Sports studio while Erlinda G. Fanlo won a brand new Home Theater LCD TV set. Co and…
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