SAN CARLOS CITY–The tie in Barangay Turac here with two candidates for kapitan getting 573 votes each did not need breaking after all. One of the candidates, it turned out, has already exceeded the three-term limit and must therefore be disqualified, according to Provincial Elections Officer Reddy Balarbar.
BINYAGANG BAYAN–Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez (left) finalizes plans for the holding of the now annual ‘Binyagang Bayan’ next month, an annual citywide mass baptism for Catholics in a meeting with Barangay Nutrition Scholars whom she tapped to locate parents who want their toddlers to receive the sacred rite. (Photo by Mitz…
GOV. Amado Espino Jr. has urged Task Force Kalikasan and its member agencies to intensify their dismantling and dredging operations. “Let us leave a legacy to the future children of this province para makita nila na meron silang malinis, mabango, maganda at buhay na mga ilog,” Espino said during a…
ALAMINOS CITY–The second round of the Food for Work Program (WFP) funded by United Nations World Food Program is set to be launched here shortly. This was assured by Romelita Idia, field monitor assistant of the UN Food Program-Region 1 when she called on Mayor Hernani Braganza last Wednesday.
POINTERS FOR SHOOTING–Patrolman Monico Meneses, a member of the San Antonio Police Department in Texas, U.S.A., gives a Pangasinan policeman some pointers on how to aim and shoot with an assault rifle during a class he conducted at the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office. Meneses, an expert on pistol and rifle…
LINGAYEN—No untoward incident marred the observance of All Saints and All Souls Days in Pangasinan from November 1 to 2, according to the Police Provincial Office. Superintendent Harris Fama, police deputy provincial director for operations, said only minor incidents were recorded by the police in few towns of the province.
LINGAYEN–Pangasinan earned a grand slam award for consistently having the best celebration of the National Statistics Month (NSM) in the region. Pangasinan is now elevated to the Hall of Fame for maintaining its number one status for three consecutive years from 2008 to 2010.
HOW IT’S DONE–Senior Weather Specialist Nino Relos briefs members of local media on the rudiments of storm tracking and the terminology used in weather forecasting during his lecture in the day-long seminar workshop organized by the Philippine Information Agency in Dagupan City and sponsored by the Philippine Atmospheric Geo-physical Astronomical Service Administration (PAGASA) and the…
PANGASINAN’S WW II veterans and their heirs have reason to be elated by the performance of their bank in this year’s third quarter. Philippine Veterans Bank (PVB) reported an unaudited net income of P327.43 million for the first nine months of 2010, 11.75% higher than the P293 million as of…
TILAPIA FINGERLINGS DISPERSAL–Provincial Agriculturist Dalisay Moya (4th from left) and Mabini Mayor Carlitos Reyes (5th from left) lead the dispersal of 105,000 species of tilapia fingerlings along the Balingkaguing River in Mabini as part of the Fish Stock Enhancement Program of the provincial government. The various species of high-breed tilapia sourced…
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