UNPAID P211 M LOCAL TAX THE National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP), a private firm with a 25- year concession to operate the country’s power grid, is battling in court with the municipality of Labrador over the National Transmission Corporation’s (TransCo) unpaid P222 million in local taxes. NGCP, asserting…
FOOD supply should be no problem in the province with sufficient harvests of high-value crops, including corn, vegetables, and mango. Edmundo Quinit, Region 1 chief of the Agricultural Extension Program Division of the Department of Agriculture (DA), said farmers in Pangasinan planted enough high-value crops last year to meet local…
OWNERS of sole proprietorship businesses, existing and new, can now register online with the launching of the Sole Proprietorship New Registration (SPNR) under the Philippine Business Registry System (PBRS). Provincial Director Peter Mangabat of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said the new system is intended to expedite all…
GIFTS FOR POGO LASIP SCHOOL—Some 110 chairs with tablets and 110 gift packs are turned over to Grade 3 students of the Pogo Lasip in Pogo Grade, Dagupan City by Immaculate Conception Academy Alumnae Association Vice President Dr. Natalie Son through Marites Dy, manager of the Dy Auto Supply in Dagupan….
A FIRST-of-its-kind musicale theater workshop will be held in Dagupan in April under the auspices of the Manila-based Spotlight Artist Centre (SAC) and the Lyceum Northwestern University (LNU). SAC’s Isay Alvarez and Robert Sena, veterans of the famous musicale Miss Saigon, were in town last week to call on interested Pangasinenses to…
SAN CARLOS CITY—Pregnant women in the city participated in the celebration of “Araw ng Buntis” at the San Carlos City gym on March 10 organized by the Philippine Obstetrical and Gynecological Society (Foundation) Inc. in cooperation with the city government. The event, a part of a nationwide celebration, with the…
AGUILA FESTIVAL–Children clad in eagle-inspired costumes join the street parade in the 1st Aguila Festival that coincided with the town fiesta of San Nicolas, Pangasinan’s eastern-most town, on March 3. Made livelier by the participation of various drum and lire groups from public and private schools, the festival seeks to make…
SAN CARLOS CITY—Officers of the Local Council for Women here were inducted on March 8, International Women’s Day, at the Arenas-Resuello Sports Complex. The council is chaired by Suzanne de Dios Resuello, also the president of the San Carlos City First Ladies League.
A YOUTHFUL and promising cyclist from Santo Tomas, Dominic Perez, emerged as the champion of the “Werweran ed Mangaldan 2012” bikefest by outdueling his breakaway partner Joshua Carino of Mangaldan in the last three hundred meters and won by a two-bike length distance. Perez, 18, pocketed the P5,000 top prize…
CLEAR WINNER—Eighteen-year old Dominic Perez from Santo Tomas eases to the finish line first, ahead of Mangaldan rider Joshua Carino, to top the 19th Werweran ed Mangaldan bikefest on March 4, held in conjunction with 2012 Mangaldan town fiesta. (Photo by Jun Figueroa) Back to Homepage
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