STA. BARBARA–The police in this largely agricultural town is going ‘hi-tech’ by offering e-mail service for reporting crimes. Superintendent Eric Noble, town police chief, said this is particularly useful for the youth who nowadays get a lot of exposure to computer applications. “Most people these days, especially the youth, are…
BARANGAY Lucao’s street dancers topped the Gilon! Gilon! Ed Baley Street Dancing Competition, the opening day highlight of the 2009 Bangus Festival on April 15. The Lucao contingent received the P80,000 first prize from the Bangus Festival Committee headed by Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez.
Finally, a drug suspect nabbed, charged Another suspected illegal drug dealer was arrested by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and this time, he was promptly turned over to the City Prosecutors Office for inquest. The suspect, Abdul Rashid Ismael of Bonuan Tondaligan, is now in jail facing charges for…
The planned 88-kilometer Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union expressway may soon be a reality as the national government fast-tracks right-of-way acquisitions, a Cabinet official announced in a media forum here. Secretary Hermogenes Esperon, Jr. of the Presidential Management Staff told the Pangasinan Press and Radio Club Kapihan forum in Dagupan that the first…
OUT of 100 young men who enter the Catholic seminary, only 10 eventually become priests. And of this 10, still another two percent usually seek dispensation later on. But this is not exactly worrying for Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Oscar Cruz, who served as rector at the San Carlos College Seminary for…
WHAT else but the bangus stands as the ‘star’ of the Bangus Festival. And as in previous years, the fish that has made Dagupan famous takes the spotlight during the Bangus Rodeo, a competition for the heaviest, longest and prettiest bangus. Scheduled on April 23 at the Malimgas Market, the…
URDANETA CITY–What is college education about? This question is central to the issue involving a professor at the Pangasinan State University (PSU)-Urdaneta being investigated for giving failing grades to an academically outstanding graduating student for incurring absences due to his extra-curricular activities.
IN consideration of the current economic crisis, all but five of the 86 colleges and universities in Region 1 will not increase tuition fees in the coming school year beginning June. Dr. Evelyn Pascua, regional director of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) in the Ilocos Region, told local newsmen…
BAYAMBANG–The rice-onion farmers continue to wage a battle against the invasion of the dreaded onion pest called anthracnose that resurfaced after it created havoc in their farms in 2000-2001. Fortunately for the farmers, they have found a crucially in the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice). In collaboration with the Bayambang…
BINMALEY–The remote barangay of Nagpalangan here has recently become the proud home of its first fully air-conditioned Catholic chapel. The blessing of the chapel and the first mass there was celebrated by Reverend Father Manuel Bravo, a local of this town, with parishioners led by Mayor Simplicio Rosario who donated…
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