Beneath the beauty By Glaiza Bernadeth Pinto I had traveled to a good number of places here in the Philippines. I had gone to Baguio, Manila, Tarlac, Iloilo, Aklan, Capiz, Cotabato and Zamboanga. And now, I am in Pangasinan. Pangasinan is a beautiful province. Well, aside from its unique cuisine,…
Quartered! By Emmanuelle Rarely, actually almost never, do I write in the first person. This is one of the rare, actually almost never times. Not for the sole reason that the moment calls for the intervention of the first person, but. The moment calls for the intervention of the first…
Van S. de Leon 29 June 2008 To Ed Pontaoe, It will never be a rough ride on the newly named Ermin Garcia Memorial Highway. If all forum posters like you will be united solidly, that Dagupan City council which neglected its own very son and hero (Ermin Garcia…
NEW FERTILIZER SUBSIDY SCHEME LINGAYEN-After the 2005 fertilizer scam was blown sky-high, mayors do not seem inclined to support another fertilizer subsidy scheme being touted by the Arroyo government. “It’s not negotiable” was the quick retort from the governor and the mayors. Governor Amado Espino Jr. and the mayors said…
LINGAYEN—The provincial board has approved a resolution authorizing Gov. Amado Espino Jr. to enter into a seven-year term loan with the LandBank of the Philippines even if the projects for which the amount will be allocated have yet to be identified. The loan will be using as collateral the P79.2…
LINGAYEN–A task force headed by the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group is set to file a case for murder against those involved in the slaying of a lady official of the Central Pangasinan Electric Cooperative (Cenpelco) on the night of June 11 in Barangay Dumpay 2 Basista town. However, Police…
FOUR whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) – more commonly known as butanding, toki or tawiki – became adventurous and again swam through Dagupan’s waters Monday night. Dr. Westly Rosario, center chief of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in Dagupan City, told The PUNCH, that the gentle gigantic…
It was Christmas in June for pupils of a city public school in Dagupan City. Two multinational firms and one local company donated more than 1,000 science books to primary students in Dagupan following representation made by Acting Mayor Belen Fernandez and two civic groups. Colgate-Palmolive Philippines, Unilever Philippines and…
LINGAYEN- Gigi Ocado of barangay Dulag here, one of the many victims of Typhoon Cosme that struck the province on May 18, is thankful, like most Pangasinenses are that Typhoon Frank spared them this time. Ocado’s and her neighbors’ houses were destroyed by Typhoon Cosme last month. “Kinabahan din kami…
A barangay kagawad in Mayombo has denied any participation in the theft of a 75-KV transformer of the Dagupan Electric Corporation (Decorp) from a fallen electric post at the height of Typhoon Cosme. As proof, Kagawad Robert Rebudal pointed to the incident report signed by Barangay Chairman Samuel Guadiz dated…
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