WHY a put a maternal-children’s clinic inside a school compound? This question was raised at the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) during the initial evaluation of the plan of city hall to put up a Maternal and Children’s Lying-in-Clinic on a lot currently occupied by a public elementary school on A. B….
DRAG racing is now strictly prohibited in Dagupan and violators will be fined or prosecuted. The Sangguniang Panlungsod last week approved Ordinance No. 439 prohibiting “the use of Dagupan City streets or any part of the highway or road for drag racing.”
BACK TO SCHOOL–Students of the Dagupan City National High School rush to their campus during the first hour of the opening of the new school year last June 6. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka) Back to Homepage
THE move by some quarters to have Victoriano Estira reappointed as president of Pangasinan State University (PSU) was lambasted by Sixth District Board Member Ranjit Ramos Shahani notwithstanding the Sangguniang Panlalawigan’s endorsement. Shahani abstained during the voting for that endorsement resolution as he alleged that the endorsement was tainted with…
A CASH-FOR-WORK program is underway for affected fishermen and their families in the fishkill-devastated towns of Anda and Bolinao in western Pangasinan. The 10-day program under the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is intended to assist some 2,860 households from the two towns.
GOING HOME–A pawikan (Green Sea Turtle) named ‘Joy’ is released back into the sea by Dr. Westly Rosario, chief of the National Integrated Fisheries Technology Development Center (NIFTDC), which took care of the creature for two weeks after it was turned over by a concerned citizen, Jimmy Po, who purchased…
A GREEN Sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) named “Joy” was sent out to the sea on June 8, more than two weeks after it was surrendered to the National Integrated Fisheries Technology Development Center (NIFTDC) in Bonuan by its finder. The 6.5 kilogram sea creature, more popularly known by its local…
CAREER SERVICE EXAMS HIGH school graduates and college degree undergraduates can take the Career Service Professional examination, a requirement for those who want to work in government offices. Provincial Director Rogelio del Rosario of the Civil Service Commission (CSC) said this policy has been in effect since 2002 but many are…
THE CSI Group of Companies, owner of a chain of shopping malls and supermarkets in Pangasinan and other parts of the Ilocos Region, is set to go ‘green’ with the introduction of its own environment-friendly shopping bag by the end of this month. Dagupan Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez, president and chairman of…
CLIENTS of closed Banco Filipino Savings and Mortgage Bank (BF) branch in Dagupan with deposits of P10,000 and below but do not receive check payments by June 20 will have to file their deposit insurance claims. The Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation (PDIC) reported last week that it has already released…
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