Al Fernandez set to win again? That’s not news By Al S. Mendoza MY Buloy Al Fernandez is leading Benjie Lim by a mile? That’s not news. Al Fernandez has been the frontrunner from the very start and he should win again in the mayoralty race come May 10 –…
-53 Approval Rating By +Oscar V. Cruz JCD The phenomenon of one survey after another, undertaken by this and that agency, and done for one purpose or another – this has become an ordinary venture in the Country. While surveys have almost become a by-word on the occasion of the…
He came, he saw, he conquered By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. THE touted annual national summer bikathon this year, “Le Tour de Filipinas”, just concluded last Tuesday. The four-day (April 17-20) road battle, participated in by seven foreign teams plus ten local squads, was successful. But surprisingly, amazingly and stunningly,…
FOR MISSING P29 MILLION SAN CARLOS CITY–A case for malversation of public funds was filed on April 15 before the Ombudsman against Mayor Julier C. Resuello and his disbursing officer, Leny D. Fermin. This came as a surprise to Resuello who is seeking a second term of office under the…
LINGAYEN–Avoid eating, gathering, collecting, harvesting and marketing shellfish, shrimp and crabs from the coastal waters of Barangay Wawa in Bani. The warning came from the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in an advisory issued on Friday. But fish from the area, on the other hand, remain safe for…
TRAFFIC came to a standstill in Dagupan City when 32 dance groups took to the city’s streets in the afternoon of April 23 to reenact a unique dance step simulating movements of fishermen when harvesting bangus, the city’s premier product. The event was the “Gilon Gilon Ed Baley Street Dancing Parade…
LINGAYEN–The 3rd Pangasinan Tourism and Trade Expo dubbed “Aliguas ed Turismo Tan Ekonomya” kicked off April 23 and will be open until May 10 as a major attraction in this year’s Pista’y Dayat celebration. Maria Luisa Elduayan, chief of the Tourism Division, said 94 exhibitors, including 13 One-Town-One-Product (OTOP) participants,…
PANGASINAN maintains its position as the country’s biggest producer of milkfish (bangus), besting the combined yield of two other major producers. “If you combine the production of Central Luzon and Western Visayas (particularly Iloilo), the province of Pangasinan has even more,” said Dr. Westly Rosario, chief of the National Integrated…
THE MUCH-awaited inauguration of the Seafood Processing Plant in Dagupan was finally held last Thursday as part of the celebration of the Bangus Festival 2010, an annual festival that aims to promote the Dagupan bangus as an export product. Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr. said the processing plant will further improve…
MANAOAG–A portion of the public market here with properties estimated to be worth P30 million was burned down on April 20 due to a fire believed to have been caused by an over-heated refrigerator. At least 39 stalls located in the front building of the public market were affected by…
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