HEALTH and education will be the top priority of Calasiao Mayor Mark Roy Macanlalay in 2011, starting with the construction of a maternity lying-in station at the Senior Tesoro Hospital. Another strategy is to increase the number of PhilHealth enrollees in the town. Macanlalay said his administration will also focus on…
UPDATE ON FISH PENS–Dagupan City Mayor Benjamin Lim gives members of the local media a river cruise tour as his on-site update on his program rehabilitating the rivers in the city by removing fish pens. Eighty five per cent of fish pens identified for demolition have reportedly been removed. Back…
LINGAYEN–Attracting foreign and local business investment and promotion of tourism are at the top of the Pangasinan provincial government’s agenda in 2011. Provincial Administrator Rafael Baraan said Governor Amado Espino Jr. has set his eyes this year on the development of the planned eco-tourism zone in Lingayen, the seaport in…
VILLASIS–Talong (eggplant) will again take center stage when this town in the northern bank of the Agno River holds its sixth Talong Festival on January 14 in conjunction with the town fiesta. Mayor Dita Abrenica said the festival, which was started in 2005 by her husband, former Mayor Nonato Abrenica, will…
LINGAYEN–Pangasinan has sufficient stocks of rice to meet the local demand for the whole of 2011, according to the National Food Authority (NFA). NFA provincial manager for western Pangasinan, Ramon Cuaresma, said his office currently has 650,000 bags of rice in reserve.
A BOOK on painter Lucia Mangapit Valdez written by Dagupan-born biographer Melendrew T. Velasco is now off the press and is set to be launched on January 14. The 200-page book, entitled Colors of Light: The Life Story and Paintings of Lucia Najera Mangapit Valdez, features Lucia’s life story and photos…
THE Lyceum Notherwestern University (LNU) is now putting together its next basketball team with scheduled try-outs every Friday afternoon at 4 p.m. at the university gym. Coach Angel Gumarang announced he is already accepting high school graduates to try out for slots in the varsity basketball team, which is made…
GO-GO-GO TEAM!–Cheerleaders of University of Luzon wow the crowd with their dance-and-cheer number during the opening of Jimmy Fernandez Cup (Inter-Collegiate Invitational Basketball Championship) 2nd Season at the Dagupan City Astrodome. Back to Homepage
LITTLE was known how Team Alaminos One fared in the last Milo National Little Olympics held in Cagayan de Oro City but the fact is it fared impressively well. The team harvested home 3 hold, 12 silver and 15 bronze medals, a feat that was unheralded in Cagayan de Oro City….
Governor, SP express condolences to the bereaved family of ex VG Nancy Sison LINGAYEN–The provincial government, led by Governor Amado T. Espino, Jr., Vice Governor Jose Ferdinand Calimlim, Jr. and members of the provincial board, expressed condolences to the bereaved family of the late former Vice Governor Nancy Q. Sison…
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