To be gay By Marifi Jara QUELIMANE, Mozambique–Africa is a difficult place to be gay. Not gay as in happy, but gay as in gender gay. South Africa, host of the recently-concluded 2010 FIFA World Cup games and long been the continent’s poster child for progress, where same-sex marriage is…
HEALTH ALERT SOUNDED FIVE students from an elementary school in Dagupan City had been confirmed on July 19 to be positive of the deadly A(H1N1) virus. But City Health Officer Leonardo Carbonell immediately assured that there is no cause for alarm as the infected students had already been isolated, placed under…
THE illegal reclamation of a portion of the Calmay River has again been stopped by the operator after the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) recently confirmed to the city council that the Cease and Desist Order (CDO) against it is still valid. At the same time, the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) passed…
LINGAYEN–The river that loops through Dagupan, Binmaley and Lingayen is finally getting its long overdue clean up. The drive was formally launched in front of the provincial capitol through the signing of a memorandum of agreement among Governor Amado Espino Jr., who provided the muscle for the initiative, Lingayen Mayor…
DAGUPAN City’s ordinance for fishpen operations needs more teeth. City Agriculture Officer Emma Molina made this point when was invited by the city council on July 19 to shed light on the fishpen issue.
TAYUG–Alarmed by the unusual rise of unsolved killing here since after the May 10 elections, members of the Tayug Ministers’ Association (TMA) will meet this week to plot a common action plan that could help address the problem. Spearheaded by Rev. Carlos B. Ebreo, TMA president and minister of the town’s Christian Church, 15 religious…
UNITED States Ambassador to the Philippines Harry Thomas Jr. hailed an ordinance in Dagupan seeking to further promote gender equality in the city. “I’m very happy that a local government unit (in the Philippines) was brave enough to pass such a measure,” said Thomas, who met with Dagupan City Vice…
THE University of Luzon (UL) is aiming for a Center of Excellence (COE) status for its Teacher Education Program under the College of Education. Representatives from the Technical Board for Teacher Education, Commission on Higher Education (CHED), and the Teacher Education Council visited UL last July 21 for an ocular…
DAGUPAN City has topped the Philippine Cities Competitive Ranking Project for 2009. Former City Information Office Ryan Ravanzo, who served under the previous administration of Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr., told The PUNCH that Dagupan bested the cities of Angeles, Butuan, Cotabato, Lucena, Naga, Legaspi, Pagadian, Puerto Princesa, Ormoc, Iligan, Tagum,…
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