URDANETA CITY—Big investments from Taiwan will continue to elude Pangasinan until after the province completes its own infrastructure and facilities for export. Former Urdaneta Mayor Amadeo Perez Jr., now chair of the Manila Economic Cooperation Office (MECO) based in Taiwan, said Taiwanese investors are still heading to parts of the…
SALISAY’S KAPITAN—Andrew Carvajal (left) is congratulated by his opponent Conrad Muyalde shortly after the former’s name was picked in a draw-lot held January 24 to determine the legally elected chairman of Barangay Salisay in Dagupan. The two contenders, who locked in legal battle for more than a year following an…
ANDREW Carvajal has been proclaimed the chairman of Salisay after his name was picked in a draw-lot ordered by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to settle the electoral dispute for the barangay’s highest post. Carvajal, who has about a year and a half left in the term of office, vowed…
SAN FABIAN–A vital flood control project at the Bued River in Barangay Binday here will be completed by April to help the town from erosion and flooding during the rainy season. The structure replaces an old one that was washed out during the flood caused by Typhoon Pepeng in 2009….
“KAMBOG ED KAPOKOKAN” THEY call it the “Binmaley way”. Harvesting marine products by hand, that is. And they are not just talking about fish; count in the perilous crabs as well. The municipality of Binmaley is celebrating this unique trait of its townsfolk with the launching of the ‘Kambog ed…
SMILE! The province is observing Dental Health Month in February with the theme “Ngiting Matatamis, Ngiping Malilinis, Dala ay Pag-asa, Tunay na Ligaya”. Dr. Eloy Bueno, provincial dentist, said the activities will kick off on January 29 with a week-long dental outreach program at the Western Pangasinan District Hospital in…
SAN FABIAN—Armed men riding in tandem on a motorcycle struck again, this time shooting and wounding the chairman of Barangay Nibaliw Narvarte last January 25. Recto Orjeda, 57, was wounded after he was shot in Barangay Sagud Bahley and later rushed to the Villaflor Doctors Hospital in Dagupan City. He…
IT’S filthy and smelly, but for years, decades even, it has been home to many families. At the Dagupan City dumpsite, they have everything they need to live on — a house for the family, a source of livelihood and a community – everything, but really nothing. For some 70…
THE Department of Education (DepEd) Pangasinan 2, in line with the new K+12 education program, has set January 28 for the early registration of students for school year 2012- 2013 that starts in June. Dr. Veraluz Raguindin, DepEd Division Superintendent, said parents must enroll their children aged five and six…
MALASIQUI– The Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan (ALD) now has its own monastery, located in Barangay Nancapian here, built on a land donated by philanthropist Baby Arenas and her daughter 3rd District Rep. Rachel Arenas. The Poor Clare Monastery of Saint James the Apostle was inaugurated in the morning of January 21…
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