LINGAYEN–Business leaders and technicians from Sichuan province in China will visit Pangasinan soon to look into investment opportunities in agriculture, particularly the mango industry. Governor Amado Espino Jr., who headed an 18-man delegation to China from August 19 to 26 to sign a memorandum of understanding between Pangasinan and Sichuan…
LINGAYEN–Pangasinan leaders were one in expressing their personal sense of grief over the demise of Executive Minister Eraño “Ka Erdy” Manalo, supreme leader of the Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC) who died on August 31 at age 84. Governor Amado Espino Jr. led provincial officials in condoling with the Manalo family…
“I’m a doctor, not a candidate” Thus said Health Secretary Francisco Duque III and lashed back at critics of infomercials, which have been denounced as early campaign schemes using public funds. He maintained he has not expressed intent or any plan to seek a position in the 2010 election, and…
THE Dagupan government will ask the Philippine National Railways (PNR) to donate substantial portions of its land in the city to the former, which it plans to develop into a business center. City Legal Officer George Mejia said the City Task Force on Housing and Urban Poor Resettlement headed by…
MANAOAG–A non-government organization from Barangay Nalsian here is set to embark on the commercial production of malunggay ice cream as part of its advocacy to promote good nutrition. This new product, ice cream made from fresh carabao milk blended with nutritious malunggay (Moringa) leaves, was earlier introduced by Victoria Padilla.
BINMALEY–The Noynoy for President Initiative or NOYPI has started its signature campaign in Pangasinan. NOYPI, a group pushing Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III, son of former President Corazon Aquino and the slain former Senator Benigno Aquino, to run for president in 2010, was launched last week even as Noynoy has…
GINA de Venecia is all psyched up for her entry into the political arena as a candidate for 4th district representative race in the May 2010 election. Gina said she is ready to face whoever will also seek the position that will be vacated by her husband, Jose de Venecia…
LINGAYEN— Combined elements of various police divisions seized loose firearms and arrested four suspected criminals on Tuesday in Alcala town. The police operation was conducted by virtue of four search warrants issued by Judge Ulysses Butuyan of the Regional Trial Court Branch 51 in Tayug, Pangasinan against Dionisio Castillo Jr.,…
TAYUG–Tension runs high again in this town, even with the election still nine months away, after a member of the Zaragoza clan was shot and wounded in front of a school in Barangay Amistad before noon on Thursday. Shot and wounded was Herbie Zaragoza, 28, son of Leonel Zaragoza, a…
ALAMINOS CITY–Nine more computer buildings in different elementary schools here are set to be constructed within the year as part of the city’s Wireless Internet-based Governance System (WINGS) Project. The schools that will soon have a new computer building include Balayang Elementary School (ES), Dulacac ES, Landoc ES, Lucap ES,…
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