LINGAYEN–Leaders in the province joined together in paying homage to the late Nancy Q. Sison, the first elected woman vice governor and acting governor of Pangasinan and in the Philippines, in a necrological service held at the Sangguniang Panlalawigan Session Hall on January 10.
RARE PHOTOS OF GULF LANDING–Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas views the rare photos on the Lingayen Gulf landing taken by Charles DeMay, a member of the 131st U.S. Naval Construction Battalion that landed in Lingayen as part of the liberation forces led by General Douglas MacArthur on January 9, 1945. Unveiled during…
IT happened in a town with its own fire truck but no firemen. The Urbiztondo Central School in Poblacion, Urbiztondo caught fire twice for two consecutive days, January 11 and 12, over the same cause – faulty electrical wiring.
THE national government’s controversial conditional cash transfer program labeled as the expanded “Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program” (4Ps) is now ready for implementation in Dagupan City. Under this program, some 3,000 of the city’s poorest households will be listed as beneficiaries.
BUGALLON–Farmers of this agricultural town shared honors with the late General Jose Torres Bugallon, the local hero after whom the municipality was named, during the celebration of the 16th Bugallon Day on January 12.
MANGROVE PLANTING–Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office Executive Officer Paterno Orduña, Provincial Agriculturist Dalisay Moya and Salapingao Barangay Chairman Mars Delos Reyes lead provincial employees and barangay folks in the planting of 1,000 mangrove seedlings and hundreds of coconut trees in Binmaley. (PIO Photo) Back to Homepage
A GOVERNING board that will oversee water quality management along the Dagupan-Sinocalan river system is expected to be organized soon to ensure the sustainability of this shared natural resource.
CONSTRUCTION materials and some basic commodities have become more expensive last week compared with prices a month ago, according to the Department of Trade and Industry. Trade specialist Marjury Loresco said cement is now sold at P200 per bag, P5 higher than the previous price. A 10-mm steel bar now…
THE P50 bill in the new generation series issued by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) will be launched in Dagupan on January 17 at the BSP branch in Dagupan. Beta Cervantes, BSP deputy director, said this will be the first time that one of the denominations in the new generation…
LINGAYEN–The newest member of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP), John Chester Arcinue, was welcomed by his colleagues on Friday, his first attendance in the board after his election as president of the Sangguniang Kabataan Federation last December 10.
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