THE provincial government will host the 95th Anniversary Program of Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC) slated on July 27 at the Narciso Ramos Sports and Civic Center (NRSCC). The event is expected to gather 80,000 to 100,000 INC members from all over Pangasinan and delegates from the neighboring provinces of Tarlac…
TAKE a walk around downtown Dagupan and you will find that the city is now pretty much pedestrian-friendly with majority of the sidewalks cleared of obstructions. The Sidewalk Recovery Program, steadily implemented since City Ordinance No. 1873-2006 was passed, has borne fruit with city officials concerned keeping up to the…
FOURTH District Rep. Jose de Venecia Jr. is now in Buenos Aires, Argentina to preside over a meeting of political parties in Asia and Latin America that will discuss issues of poverty, corruption, climate change, terrorism and illegal narcotics trade. He announced his trip last Sunday when he distributed some…
LINGAYEN–The son of the chief nurse at the Pangasinan Provincial Hospital (PPH) in San Carlos City, who was employed in the same hospital several months ago, holds a fake license to practice and is now facing administrative charges. Darwin Bautista, who started working as a contractual nurse at the government-owned…
ALAMINOS CITY–The city government here led the planting of hundreds of mangrove seedlings last week at the Bued Mangrove Forest Park as part of the celebration of the International Mangrove Day set on July 26. Mayor Hernani Braganza said the activity was aimed at educating people, particularly the children, of…
THE Region 1 Medical Center (R1MC) has put up an “express lane” for people with symptoms of dengue to facilitate consultation and treatment. Dr. Joseph Roland Mejia, chief of R1MC, said this special lane allowing possible dengue patients to skip the normal admission route at the hospital, is intended to…
TAYUG–The head of the Tayug National High School (TNHS) defended the collection of additional fees from students as above board. Parents have questioned the fees, which they pointed out is against the policy of the Department of Education. Marilyn Bautista, the school principal, said the P8.75 monthly fee that every…
LINGAYEN–Sison town Mayor Kimi Cojuangco will run in the 2010 elections as representative for the 5th district, a position that will be vacated by her husband Rep. Mark Cojuangco who will be completing the maximum three terms. “She will seek to replace me,” Cojuangco said after making a presentation before…
THE number of fish pens in Dagupan has not reached their allowable limit. This was assured by City Agriculture Officer Emma Molina who pointed out that the number of privately-owned fish pens in the city is still within the limited carrying capacity of the rivers.
CALASIAO–Subscribers of Digital Telecommunications Philippines, Inc. (Digitel) whose services were suspended when a construction work at the poblacion damaged the company’s underground cables may not have their services restored yet in the days ahead. Rains have hindered work of the contractor to install new cables that would enable Digitel to…
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