ASINGAN–The repatriation of the remains of three Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) who died in Dubai last week when their apartment caught fire two weeks ago is now being expedited. According to Board Member Ranjit Shahani, Philippine Consul General Benito Valeriano in Dubai Wednesday had assured him of the consular office’s…
JAMPACKED CONGRESS–Close to 12,000 school children in Dagupan gather at the CSI Stadia for the first Children’s Congress in Dagupan City last November 16-17, 2010 where they and their parents and teachers attended seminars and forums on child’s rights. The Commission on Human Rights hails the event as an event…
AN official of the Human Rights Commission hailed the 1st Children’s Congress and Fair held in Dagupan City last week for being the first of its kind in Region 1. Danilo Balino, information officer of CHR in Region 1, expressed hope that other local government units (LGUs) will follow Dagupan’s…
LINGAYEN–Following the pull out of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) from the crucial Agno River Flood Control System, the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) has summoned officials in charge of the project to give a status report to the council. However, Project Director Resito David, the head of the Department Of…
“70% DAGUPENOS ARE INDIGENT” WHO would have believed that 70% of the roughly 150,000 population of Dagupan City, that would be 105,000 people, are indigents? Not the members of the Sangguniang Panglungsod (SP). Neither the City Hall. But Leila Natividad, officer-in-charge of the City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWDO)…
LINGAYEN–Some 20,000 Catholics from the province’s Districts 2, 3 and 4 and from the towns of Laoac and Bautista, both of District 5, began arriving in Lingayen last Friday to join today’s Christ the King celebration of the Lingayen-Dagupan Archdiocese. Archbishop Socrates Villegas leads the celebration, along with 70 priests and…
LINGAYEN–Some 250 media practitioners from Regions I, II, III and the Cordilleras will converge at the Narciso Ramos Sports and Cultural Center here on November 26-28 for the 1st North-Central Luzon Media Summit. The event is an initiative of the newly-reactivated Federation of Provincial Press Clubs of the Philippines (FPPCP), in…
THE CITY’S MOM–Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez serves the young participants snacks during a break in the first Children’s Congress in Dagupan City. With the help of the Department of Education, Sangguniang Panglunsod and commercial sponsors, the event proved to be an effective forum for students and their parents and teachers….
PRIMARY and secondary level students in Dagupan City enjoyed a “recess” from the regular school routine last week as they participated in the first Children’s Congress held at the CSI Stadia. The event was opened with a seminar on children’s rights and a discussion of issues participated in by student…
LINGAYEN–“Dignity and efficiency in public service”. This was the call made by Governor Amado Espino Jr. to all local government officials, particularly the mayors whom he addressed during the Pangasinan Mayors League induction program recently. At the same time, the governor lauded the efforts of the local chief executives in…
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