SAN CARLOS CITY–Work for the expansion and modernization of the Pangasinan Provincial Hospital (PPH) located here commenced Wednesday with clearing operations on a 4.2-hectare area that will serve as the site for five new buildings. Governor Amado Espino, who personally supervised the clearing work, said the new buildings will be…
TAYUG- Regional Trial Court Judge Ulysses Raciles Butuyan of Branch 51 has asked the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) to provide vehicles and improve the facilities inside the dilapidated building of the BJMP district jail in Tayug. Butuyan made the call after making a surprise inspection at the…
CALASIAO—To boost rice production in Pangasinan, the government, with the help of partylist Abono, has launched a massive production of hybrid rice seeds, initially targeting 100,000 hectares of land. The farmlands in 22 municipalities will be tapped for the massive utilization and production of hybrid rice seeds under the new…
SOME 700 pupils in three public elementary schools in Dagupan will be given nutritious food everyday under Project Belen, a citywide feeding program which aims to reduce, if not eliminate, malnutrition. Acting Mayor Belen Fernandez, the project initiator, launched the feeding program on Friday at the Carael Elementary School, Calmay…
LINGAYEN–The government-owned Pangasinan State University (PSU) here has started to offer Mandarin language to its students as an optional course to better equip them in the future in effectively communicating with Chinese nationals in the business area Dr. Merlita Santos, head of the PSU, told The PUNCH that Mandarin, a…
By Perla A. Torres “Good Grooming Para Kay Ading” project was launched at the Salapingao Elementary School (SES) as part of its Brigada Eskwela 2008 program. The project, sponsored by the Knights of Columbus District L- 36, Msgr. Antonio Padilla, and the North American Martyrs Council of Niles, Illinois,…
LINGAYEN-Mayor Ernesto Castañeda will induct the newly elected officers and members of the Municipal Agricultural and Fishery Council (MAFC) of Lingayen headed by Arturo Escano on July 8 at the town’s Municipal Social Hall. Organized June 17 this year, MAFC will promote Blue Revolution through the raising of tilapia and…
PANGASINAN’s elite cycling group, the “Pitaki Boyz,”, pace the national criterium cycling series after four weeks of road racing both in individual and team competitions in the open-elite category. The 12-man Pitaki Boyz squad leads the individual event through its member Mangaldan prideand former RP team member Renato Sembrano, followed…
DISASTER MEETING—Gov. Amado Espino Jr. stresses a point to President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo during the Regional Disaster Coordinating Council (RDCC) meeting at the Sangguniang Panlalawigan session hall in Lingayen on Friday, July 4. Also present during the meeting, among other officials, was Police Chief Supt. Romeo Hilomen, Police Regional Office…
PACQUIAO FEVER—More than 3,000 people gathered at the Urdaneta Cultural and Sports Center in Urdaneta City to watch the 12-round title fight between Manny Pacquiao and Mexican David Diaz last Sunday. (Punchphoto by Cesar S. Ramirez)
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