LINGAYEN–Pangasinan may have been cited for being the most peaceful province in Region 1 during the last election, but re-elected Governor Amado Espino Jr. is first to admit that the political exercise was “too much divisive”. Speaking during the recognition of Deserving Philippine National Police (PNP) Personnel and Election Stakeholders…
LINGAYEN–After heading a special committee that successfully determined a researched-based date of the founding of Pangasinan, Dr. Gonzalo Duque, president of the Lyceum Northwestern University, has been given another assignment by re-elected Governor Amado Espino Jr. Through an executive order (No. 0033-2010) dated June 8, 2010, Duque has been designated chairman…
LINGAYEN–Politics is believed to be the motive for the gunslaying of the barangay chairman of Bongalon, Labrador on June 5, just four days before the official end of the election period and the gun ban. Killed by one of two men riding in tandem on motorcycle was Barangay Captain Joel Ugaban,…
A NEW school year starts this week and the longstanding problem of lack of classrooms has not changed. In fact, the lack has worsened. Education Program Supervisor Carmina Gutierrez of the Pangasinan I division said with the increase of enrollees for school year 2010-2011, the lack of classrooms has become…
DR. Gonzalo Duque, president of the Lyceum-Northwestern University, has urged the incoming Aquino administration to integrate the government agencies supervising the educational systems in the country to prevent what he calls “turfing.” Speaking at a media forum last week, Duque said the three government agencies in charge of education –Department…
ENVIRONMENT MONTH LINGAYEN–Governor Amado Espino Jr. called on the provincial government employees to serve as role models for the rest of Pangasinenses in protecting the environment, starting with keeping the Capitol grounds as a show window of orderliness and cleanliness. In last week’s launching of the national environment month, the…
THERE is nothing wrong with congressional fund initiatives as long as they are used and managed properly, the congressman-elect of the 2nd District told a media forum Friday. Retired police Director Leopoldo Bataoil, speaking at the weekly Engkwentro forum of the Pangasinan Press Club, assured that congressional funds allocated for…
ALAMINOS CITY—The city government recently granted forty-five scholarships, worth P4 million, as financial assistance to poor but deserving students for the coming school year under the Expanded Scholarship Program (CESP). Re-elected Mayor Hernani Braganza awarded 45 scholarship grants to first time city scholars during a ceremony at city hall on…
CONSUMER education, a new elective subject in first year high school, will be tested by the Department of Education (DepEd ) and the Department of Trade Industry (DTI) in two pilot schools in Pangasinan beginning this school year. Marjorie Loresco, chief of the consumer welfare division of the DTI provincial…
LINGAYEN–The Pangasinan Provincial Disaster Coordinating Council (PDCC) will hold the its own 2nd Quarter Nationwide Simultaneous Earthquake Drill at the Consuelo’s Hotel and Restaurant here. The drill will include tenants and office workers inside commercial buildings and business establishments, aside from just the usual school premises and public office buildings.
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