LINGAYEN–The preliminary hearing for the murder of Agno mayor Arthur Cabantac last year starts on Monday at the Provincial Prosecutor’s Office with at least eight witnesses set to testify against the three arrested suspects. Superintendent David Rapisora Jr, deputy police provincial director and head of Task Force Cabantac, said the…
THE Regional Trial Court has released names of 33 notaries public from Dagupan City, Calasiao, Mangaldan, Mapandan, San Fabian, Sta. Barbara and San Jacinto who have received their commissions from the Supreme Court for 2009 to 2010. The list as of January 12, 2009 was certified by Atty. Danilo P….
PROTEST marred an elimination round for the elementary level of the MetroBank-MTAP-DepEd Match Challenge held at the Division Training Center in Dagupan on January 9. The complaint was lodged by Mr. and Mrs. Bernabe Dy Jr. in behalf of their son Mark John, a grade VI pupil of Mother Goose…
THE Local Board of Assessment Appeals in Dagupan dismissed the appeal of GMA Network, Inc. against a contested tax assessment made by the city government on the broadcasting company’s Dagupan properties. In its decision, the board said “Exemption from real property tax cannot be presumed, for exemption from taxation is…
URDANETA CITY–The local government has launched a city-wide vegetable production program to make households more self-sufficient and help prepare families for possible “worst times” ahead. Mayor Amadeo Perez Jr. said the city agriculture office has been mobilized for the distribution of seeds and seedlings to help the people produce their…
STA. BARBARA–Mango producers have confirmed the decline in mango harvest in Pangasinan this year as predicted due to extensive damage caused by Typhoon Cosme last year. Prices, however, are expected to stay at previous levels of P45 per kilo for the carabao mangoes which the province, especially this town, is…
MALASIQUI–Six towns in Pangasinan received livelihood assistance grants from the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to boost entrepreneurship and employment among idle rural folk. DOLE District Officer Adonis Peralta said the funds were coursed through different community-based associations in Malasiqui, Alcala, Bani, Binmaley, San Manuel and Laoac, under the…
DR. MacArthur M. Samson, president of the University of Luzon, was voted president of the National Association of Higher Education Institutions (NAHEI) in Region I. SAMSON The election last January 16 at the President’s Hotel in Lingayen, participated in by all college presidents and heads in Region 1, was attended…
THE Mariano Marcos State University (MMSU) recently received two awards from the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) for agriculture-related programs aimed at improving the quality and increasing farm production. The program “Transforming the Lives of Farm Households Through Sustainable Technology-based Development: The MMSU Seed Stock Dispersal Program” was named the…
By Arvie Indong ARO Ministries, a nonprofit organization duly incorporated and registered with the State of California, in partnership with the Calasiao Church of Christ, is sponsoring the Aro Writing Awards for 2009. Students and others interested in Pangasinan are encouraged to write articles, letters to editor, etc. in secular newspapers and…
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