TRUE to her commitment in the last election, Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez again launched her citywide breakfast feeding program targeting pupils from Grades 1 to IV in all public elementary schools in Dagupan. More than 1,500 pupils were fed during the launching at the Carael and Calmay Elementary Schools and…
AS more than 3,000 students and officials of University of Luzon watched, Provincial Disaster Coordinating Council (PDCC) rescue unit volunteers rappelled down from the fifth story of the library building, put up ladders and performed a simulated rescue from a non-toxic smoke-filled building. The demonstrations were part of the building…
LINGAYEN–Enhanced training for provincial government’s service frontliners was recently conducted to further reinforce tourism initiatives. Some 143 provincial employees whose duties include providing direct frontline services to Pangasinenses, visitors and tourists participated in the training.
LINGAYEN–Construction work for the Sual International Shipping Port, which was set back by the May 10 election activities, is finally set to start this month. Sual Mayor John Rodney Arcinue, speaking at the Enkwentro Forum of the Pangasinan Press Club last week, announced that Phase 1 of the project, funded…
BANI is your average rural municipality in the Philippines — ranked a second-class town with fishing and agriculture as the main livelihood of its more or less 50,000 population living in a land area of 180 square kilometers. But Bani, located on the western coast of Pangasinan, is aiming to…
THINGS are not looking too good for the Dagupan City Seafood Processing Plant. The new Secretary of Agriculture, Proceso Alcala, has reportedly declined to sign the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) granting administrative control and supervision to the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) .
ROSALES–The SM City mall here will celebrate National Children’s Book Day on June 20 with several activities geared towards promoting the love for reading among children. Some of the activities lined up include digital storytelling with celebrities, book mascot parade, literary exhibits, book donation drive, and “writeshops” for children’s literature.
THE Philippine High School for the Arts (PHSA) has launched its 2011 Nationwide Search for Young Art Scholars, an opportunity for Filipino students to undergo special training in the arts. The PHSA scholarship is inclusive of tuition fee, board and lodging, transportation and use of books and facilities, individualized classes with…
ALEX Ferrer of the Pangasinan Public Employment Service Office (PESO) was elected president of the federation of PESO officers in Region 1. Other elected officers are: Mario Soria of Batac, Ilocos Norte, internal vice-president; Melchor Ancheta of San Fernando City, La Union, external vice-president; Catalina Flores of Binmaley town, treasurer;…
Ana “The Hurricane” Julaton LAST Wednesday, July 14, just a few hours after Ana “The Hurricane” arrived in the Philippines for a promotional tour, she immediately took a long ride back home — no, not back to the USA, but to Pozorrubio. Another home to the World Boxing Organization (WBO),…
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