CALASIAO—They are round and sticky. And that makes them perfect for the New Year’s Eve celebration. Calasiao puto, the small white rice cakes that has made this town popular, has been selling briskly in the stalls and orders are coming in bulk.
URDANETA CITY—Ambassador Amadeo Perez Jr., a former mayor of this city and now chief of the Manila Economic Overseas Office (MECO) in Taiwan, said Taiwanese businessmen are keen on investing in the province but will not do so until the announced major infrastructure projects are completed.
MASS WEDDING–Two weeks after being ninang to 800 kids in the “Binyagang Bayan“, Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez again stands as a sponsor, this time in a mass wedding held at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist on December 29, another one of the side events of the Dagupan City Fiesta 2011. (Punchphoto…
A Love story that spans more than a decade of love and friendship will be sealed in a wedding ceremony to be held aboard a flower-decked boat on a river cruise along the Pantal River in Dagupan. California-based Aizel Jane Cendana will be wed to Malued native Michael Cendana on…
LINGAYEN—International Chess Federation (FIDE) Master Haridas Pascua took the sole lead in the 3rd Mayor Ernesto ‘Jonas’ C. Castañeda Jr. Cup Chess Tournament held December 26 to 27 at the municipal hall here. Pascua, who hails from Mangatarem town, drew with provincial champion Dick Gicain in the sixth round and…
LINGAYEN—Nine young Pangasinan chess champions who were regular participants in the Gov. Amado T. Espino, Jr. chess clinic series and tournaments since 2009 made waves in various chess tournaments here and abroad in 2011. Gov. Amado Espino Jr. congratulated the young chess champs for continuously bringing honors to the province and vowed…
LINGAYEN–To save farmers and other poor sectors from the clutches of loan sharks, the provincial government has been offering loans with minimal interest rates as part of the livelihood assistance program. In December, more than P1.1 worth of livelihood assistance were given to nine women cooperatives.
SOFT LOAN–Governor Amado T. Espino, Jr. (standing, center) flashes the familiar Number One hand sign with the members of various cooperatives that received a P1.14 million soft-loan assistance at the Governor’s Office in Lingayen last December 5. The loan program provides loans for farmers and enterprising poor with lower interest rate…
LINGAYEN—The helping hand of the provincial government of Pangasinan was extended to as far as Northern Mindanao, donating P1 million each to the local government units of Iligan City and Cagayan de Oro City for the relief and rehabilitation of the victims of tropical storm “Sendong”.
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