DAGUPENOS can now look forward to drinking pure, clean water from the faucet, no longer from water bottled commercially. The World Bank, Department of Health and the city government of Dagupan are partnering to bring a modern water treatment facility to assure safe, potable water in some remote barangays and…
MEETING with the newly-installed barangay kapitans of the city for the first time, Dagupan Mayor Benjamin Lim asked them to prioritize the creation of their respective waste management unit or team to strictly enforce Ordinance No. 1929-2009, the Comprehensive Solid Waste Management Program for the City. Lim encouraged the kapitans…
Wi-Fi ZONE AT THE CAPITOL— Visitors and students have found a convenient and comfortable way to enjoy social networking via the Internet in Lingayen. The location is the Capitol, which is showing the way to enhance information exchange, and technology with unlimited access through it’s newly designated free Wi-Fi zone….
LINGAYEN–Visitors at the Capitol Complex here, including the beachfront area, can now enjoy free wireless Internet access. Governor Amado Espino Jr. said the installation of the Wi-Fi facility is intended to serve students as well as attract more visitors to the Capitol. Two Internet routers, one each at the front…
THE Calasiao police is in full alert during the Christmas and New Year celebrations, with increased police visibility around the town. Intelligence Officer SPO2 Dario Ico said increased police visibility was adopted starting December 16 when the traditional Simbang Gabi began.
CAMP BGen Oscar M Florendo–Police Chief Superintendent Franklin Jesus Bucayu formally assumed as his new post as regional director of the Police Regional Office 1 (PRO1) on Dec. 13. Bucayu, a member of Philippine Military Academy “Dimalupig” Class of 1981, succeeded PCSupt. Orlando Mabutas who turned 56, the compulsory retirement…
MANNY AND MANAY–World super welterweight champion Rep. Manny Paquiao of Sarangani (right) and Fourth District Rep. Manay Gina de Venecia confer on pending health bills at the House of Representatives. Manay Gina recently filed a bill seeking the expansion and modernization of the Region 1 Medical Center in Dagupan. Back to Homepage
FOURTH District Rep. Georgina “Manay Gina” de Venecia has filed a bill in the House of Representatives proposing to make the Region 1 Medical Center (R1MC) in Dagupan the 10th largest and most modern hospital in the country. House Bill 03840 seeks to increase the bed capacity of the government-owned…
THE Manaoag Community Hospital (MCH) now has its own maternal care unit, complete with a labor and delivery room and a nursery for newborns. The hospital’s newly-constructed Acute Maternal and Neo-Natal Care Unit and TB DOTS building were inaugurated last week by Gov. Amado Espino Jr.
A rare sea turtle weighing 12 kilograms was recently released to the sea by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) three days after it was surrendered by fishermen from San Fabian after getting caught on their net. Dr. Westly Rosario, chief of the BFAR’s National Integrated Fisheries Technology…
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