WHILE the Alaminos City government has started to acquire land for the site of the planned international airport in barangay Sabangan, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) local office is also now busy preparing the access road which is seen to cost P60 million. District Engineer Edgardo Paragas,…
LINGAYEN–The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) hailed the Pangasinan Provincial Disaster Coordinating Council (PDCC) for showcasing a “level-up” performance of its capability to respond to a given disaster scenario during the 2010 2nd Quarter Nationwide Simultaneous Drill held June 18 here. “More than the spectacle which provided us some anxious moments,…
Civil defense commends PDCC
ALAMINOS CITY–Three Sudanese students vacationing at the Governor’s Island in the Hundred Islands group last week were arrested and booked by the police for smoking marijuana. Of the three, only two were identified in a police report as Ali Mohamed Salah Dafalla and Mohamed Nesriden Mohamed, both 21 and students…
3 Sudanese nabbed for marijuana
LINGAYEN–The provincial capitol complex here continues to wow visitors, the latest of whom was a Lakbay-Aral team of barangay officials from Davao city who came last week. Members of the barangay council of Talomo, Davao City headed by Barangay Captain Alex Vidal said the beauty and grandeur of the capitol “is a…
Capitol wows Davao barangay officials
LINGAYEN–Two groups recently received P218,000 combined worth of loans under the Livelihood Assistance Program of the Provincial Government last June 16. The recipients of the second batch of the assistance program for this year were Don Montano Garments Craft Association, Inc. in Umingan and the Payar Women’s Association in Malasiqui,…
Groups get P.2 M livelihood assistance
MAJORITY of the candidates in the May 10 election, both those who have won and lost, have been remiss in remitting the required five percent creditable withholding tax for their purchase of campaign materials including television, radio and print advertising. The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has so far only…
Poor compliance in 5% campaign tax payment noted
ROSALES–The annual search for Ten Accomplished Youth Organizations (TAYO), now on its eighth year, was launched last June 15 at the SM City Rosales. The search is open to youth organizations in which majority of the members are aged 15 to 30 years old. TAYO involves in-school, out-of-school, working youth,…
Outstanding youth group award launched
SIX historical biographies and RPDEV’s commemorative coffee table book, all authored by Melandrew “MTV” Velasco, are now available in selected National Bookstores nationwide.
Velasco books now on sale
SM City Rosales joined the nation in celebrating the 112th Philippine Independence Day on June 12, highlighted by the launching of a flag display made from corn husk created by Joy Crafts based in Basista town. An art exhibit by children enrolled for the summer at Kids Can Day Care School…
SM joins Independence Day celebration
PANGASINAN has a newly ordained priest. Rev. Estephen Mark Espinoza of San Carlos City, was ordained to the Sacred Order of the Presbyterate by Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas, D.D., on May 31, 2010 at Epiphany of Our Lord Parish. Fr. Estephen, who celebrated his first thanksgiving mass on the same…