SAN CARLOS CITY–The South Korean government has expressed willingness to lend Pangasinan as much as US$50 million for the construction of a modern medical center in the province. Governor Amado Espino Jr. made the announcement in an interview when he celebrated his birthday last June 20 by visiting patients of…
LINGAYEN– Gov. Amado Espino Jr. is confident that the election protest filed by his opponent, outgoing 2nd District Representative Victor Agbayani, will not succeed in the face of his landslide victory by more than half a million votes. Espino has yet to receive a copy of the election protest but…
Espino unfazed by Agbayani’s poll protest
A TOTAL of 52 candidates for provincial and congressional positions beat the June 24 deadline for the filing of certificates of expenditures and contributions during the campaign period for the May 10 election. Re-elected Governor Amado Espino Jr. spent the most among the candidates, registering a total expenditure of P4.31…
Candidates beat deadline
THE newly-elected and re-elected officials of Pangasinan led by Governor Amado Espino Jr., will be sworn into office on Monday, July 28, in ceremonies to be held at the newly refurbished Sison Auditorium in Lingayen. Taking oath with Espino is Vice Governor Jose Ferdinand Calimlim, and the provincial board members:…
Officials take their oaths
SISON–President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, in one of her last acts as the country’s chief, led the inauguration of the restored Bued Bridge, the major link between Pangasinan and further north in Luzon. The bridge, which serves as the passageway of vehicles supplying highland vegetables to Central Luzon and Metro Manila,…
Bued Bridge back in service
LINGAYEN–Outgoing Vice Governor Marlyn Primicias Agabas, who is moving on as Representative-elect of the 6th District, is leaving with a grand salute from the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP). The SP, which is chaired by the vice governor, passed a resolution hailing Primicias-Agabas as the “new Wonder Woman in politics” in Pangasinan.
Primicias-Agabas exits with an SP salute
LINGAYEN— The provincial government led a multi-sectoral massive mangrove tree planting along the coast of Barangay Dolaoan in Anda last June 24 as one of the highlights of the World Environment Month celebration. Around 200 participants, covering an area of 1.3 hectares, joined in the activity dubbed “Alay Tanim mula…
Massive mangrove tree planting held in Anda
LINGAYEN–Another batch of 421 welders from Pangasinan will soon start working at the shipyard of Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction, Inc. (HHCI) in Subic, Zambales. The welders were hired through the Provincial Employment Services Office (PESO) that organized the recruitment held June 18. Provincial Employment Services Officer Alex Ferrer said…
Hanjin hires 421 local welders
A FIVE-YEAR transition period is all that is needed to make the newly completed RP/Dagupan-Korean Seafood Processing Plant in Bonuan Binloc sustainable. This was the assessment of Dr. Westly Rosario, chief of the Dagupan-based National Integrated Fisheries Technology Development Center (NIFTDC), who hailed a resolution of the Dagupan Sangguniagn Panglunsod…
BFAR eyes 5-year transition for seafood processing plant
THE United Pangasinan of Hawaii (UPH) granted scholarships to 11 students who recently enrolled at the Pangasinan State University (PSU). The scholars were chosen among high school graduate applicants from the province. Fred Martinez, committee chairman and the UPH scholarship program committee, said the successful applicants were verified to have…