CHILDREN LEAD KICK-OFF STILT walkers, jugglers, unicyclists and a three-man acrobat group wowed the crowd during the April 16 parade along Arellano Street and A. B. Fernandez Avenue marking the grand opening of the 16-day Dagupan Bangus Festival 2010. But the main attraction of the parade were the two popular…
TIGHT security measures will be adopted to ensure the safety of revelers attending the Bangusan Street Party, the biggest crowd-drawer and penultimate event of the 17-day Dagupan Bangus Festival set on April 30. This was disclosed by Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez, chair of the Bangus Festival for the third consecutive year,…
LINGAYEN—The soldiers were in Eastern Pangasinan for a legitimate mission. Police Provincial Director Percival Barba said the commanding officer of the Army soldiers sent to Natividad during the Holy Week clarified that they were there to check on the reported presence of members of the New People’s Army. Barba said he found…
“We are not doing reclamation. Just retrieval.” This was the retort of a representative of a private company, which has reportedly resumed reclamation activities along the Calmay River just beside the Jose de Venecia Expressway Extension. The representative of 888 Properties Corporation was at the reclaimed area when City Legal…
LINGAYEN—On election day, the province’s cops will have a different priority. Secure the Precinct Count Optical Scan (PCOS) machine to guard against possible sabotage or attempts to justify failure of elections. Police Provincial Dirtector Percival Barba has issued the order assigning two policemen to secure each machine in all the…
LINGAYEN–This year’s Pista’y Dayat celebration will have the same intensity and the same grandeur as in previous years, notwithstanding the busy schedules of provincial officials who are in the thick of campaigning, announced Provincial Administrator Raffy Baraan during the Lingguhang Talakayan sa Kapitolyo last April 12.
THE new Dagupan Police station, inaugurated Thursday on the eve of the Bangus Festival’s opening, is touted as a symbol of the transformation of the city’s Philippine National Police (PNP) force. “Today, we are seeing the new image of the PNP as exemplified by this new beautiful building,” said 4th…
LINGAYEN–The Provincial Disaster Coordinating Council (PDCC), organizer of the Ilog Ko, Bilayen Tan Aroen Ko program, one of the highlights of the Pista’y Dayat celebration, has called on all Pangasinenses to take part in its various activities. Engr. Ruben Aquino, Project Development Officer IV, said the series of activities will…
LINGAYEN–The provincial government, through its fishery fish farms, has dispersed anew a total of 110,000 pieces of tilapia fingerlings in two batches to 16 different communal bodies in two cities and three municipalities of Pangasinan. Dalisay Moya, officer-in-charge of the Provincial Agriculture’s Office, said the fingerlings were dispersed in the…
LINGAYEN–The provincial government is set to start manpower pooling for possible employment in Guam. Alex Ferrer, chief of the Provincial Employment Service Office, said the province wants to take advantage of the available work opportunities there. The project requires 10,000 workers to help construct a big U.S. military base.
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