THE annual Bangus Festival, considered as one of the major festivities in the country, officially opened last Friday with the Bangus Ed Carosa Float Parade and a grand opening ceremony capped by a fireworks display. The float parade, a procession of colorful Bangus-inspired floats, traversed Dagupan’s major thoroughfares. A parade of…
MANGALDAN—Four employees of the local government here are under probe by the Commission on Audit (COA) for allegedly padding the payroll for several months now. According to Mayor Herminio Romero, he sought the COA investigation, which started Monday, after an initial internal probe by his office indicated that “there is…
LINGAYEN–Fifth District Rep. Kimi Cojuangco is reviving her husband’s call for the re-opening of the mothballed Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) and the setting up of nuclear power plants in other parts of the country amid the power crisis in the Visayas and Mindanao. Cojuangco, who replaced her husband Mark…
MAGICAL BEAUTIES—The finalists in the search for Miss Magic wave to the crowd during the motorcade for the launching of the Bangus Festival in Dagupan City last Friday. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao) Back to Homepage
THE Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) Baguio Regional Office is now accepting re-taker applications through the Online Application System (OAS) for the June-July 2012 Nursing Licensure Examination. First-time takers are advised to apply through OAS starting April 21. Re-takers can apply online from April 12 to April 19 only.
THE National Food Authority (NFA) Western Pangasinan (WPGS) has intensified its palay procurement for the summer crop to provide a ready market for famers’ produce and to stabilize the farm gate price. NFA Provincial Manager Beverlyn P. Peralta said the agency will field Mobile Procurement Teams in areas where ex-farm…
RARE GOLDEN BANGUS–-Dr. Westly Rosario, chief of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) research center based in Dagupan City, holds a live rare golden bangus (milkfish) donated to the center by a fish farmer from Binmaley for research and propagation. The 16-month old fish is measured at 50 centimeters long…
DAGUPAN Mayor Benjamin S. Lim has pledged to help fisherfolks from Barangays Calmay and Carael avail of ecologically-friendly floating fish cages. Fish farmers from these areas lost their livelihood after the city undertook a massive river clean-up project last year that included the removal of illegal fishing structures that obstructed…
PANDAN STREET DANCERS—The famous street dancers of Mapandan, always the crowd-drawer every Pandan Festival, captivate the spectators that lined up Lingayen’s streets with their winning performance during the parade on the occasion of the 432nd foundation day of Pangasinan last April 11. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao) Back to Homepage
1st PANGASINAN LITERARY AWARDS LINGAYEN–Winners of the first Pangasinan Literary Awards, dubbed as “Kurit Panlunggaring”, took center stage during this year’s celebration of Agew na Pangasinan last April 11. “The Pangasinan Day is one way of renewing the Pangasinenses’ commitment to the preservation of our culture,” said Provincial Administrator Rafael…
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