THE Pangasinan Provincial Library located in the capital town of Lingayen has began implementing the KOHA-Integrated Library System Online Public Access Catalogue to convert its library services into full automation in the coming months. KOHA, a Maori term meaning “gift” or “donation”, is touted as the first open source integrated…
ALL-WOMEN SESSION IT WAS an all-women session in the House of Representatives on March 12, a special assembly held in observance of International Women’s Month, and Fourth District Rep. Gina de Venecia again stood as Speaker. She was assisted on the floor by other women lawmakers from Pangasinan, namely: Reps….
CANCER TRUST FOUNDATION–Fourth District Rep. Gina de Venecia inducts officers of the Northern Cancer Trust Foundation Inc. headed by its president Dr. Edna Torio Gonzalez, a cancer survivor, during ceremonies held March 10 at Dagupan Doctors Villaflor Cancer Institute. The foundation seeks to raise funds for cancer patients. (Punchphoto by…
A COMMUNITY-based breast cancer management program was launched in Dagupan on March 8 as part of the observance of National Women’s Month. The program involves an awareness campaign and the establishment of a referral network system through the City Health Office (CHO). Dr. Aurora Cuizon, city cancer prevention and control…
WOMEN’S MONTH A DIVISON of the Pangasinan State University (PSU) in Lingayen is empowering women through a disaster management training that equips them with basic knowledge on how to respond to calamities. Dr. Fe Andico, consultant of the Gender Studies Division of PSU, said the training is part of the…
NEW BUSINESSES SMALL-SCALE and micro trading topped the number of business registrations in the province in 2011 and early this year, based on records of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). Manufacturing, however, dropped.
PANGASINAN congressmen are backing the position of the Northern Luzon Alliance (NLA) for a moderate increase in the tax of tobacco products. The province’s six representatives Jesus Celeste, Leopoldo Bataoil, Rachel Arenas, Gina de Venecia, Kimi Cojuangco, and Marlyn Primicias Agabas as well as Abono partylist Rep. Robert Estrella Jr….
THE Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) has deferred the increase in premium contribution rates for its overseas Filipino worker (OFW)-members. PhilHealth Regional Information Officer Irene Martinez said the deferment is contained in PhilHealth Circular 07, series of 2012, which amended an earlier issuance prescribing the new contribution rates for the…
INAUGURATING THE FERRYBOAT–Former President Fidel V. Ramos (right), Japanese Ambassador H.E. Toshinao Urabe, SRPC President and Chief Executive Officer Ryukichi Kawaguchi and Governor Amado Espino Jr. lead the inauguration of the first San Roque Reservoir Ferry Boat last March 12 at the San Roque Multi-purpose Dam Project. They are joined by former Senator…
TWELVE years after finishing his elected term to the highest public position in the land, former President Fidel V. Ramos, who turns 84 today, refuses to be “tired even while retired”. Born in a rented home in Lingayen, on March 18, 1928 to parents Atty. Narciso Ramos and public school…
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