HOLY WEEK OBSERVANCE MANAOAG—Some 1.2 million pilgrims from Pangasinan and its neighboring provinces flocked to the popular Shrine of Our Lady of Manaoag as of Maundy Thursday in observance of Holy Week. The police estimated that 50,000 devotees came daily beginning Palm Sunday, and this ballooned to over a million…
ALAMINOS CITY— The peace and order situation here remains stable and generally peaceful, according to Supt. Rolie Saltat, chief of the local police here, belying what he described as “exaggerated and sensationalized” accounts of isolated cases of lawless activities in the city. “Most of the criminals who perpetrated these crimes…
THREE people drowned in two separate incidents in Lingayen and Dagupan even as security and safety measures have been beefed up in these coastal areas. The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (PDRRMC) reported two siblings drowned in the Lingayen Beach in the afternoon of Palm Sunday.
LINGAYEN—More than 3,000 employees of the provincial government started receiving on April 1 the third tranche of their salary increase ranging from 10 to 15 percent of their pay grade. A budget of P65.8 million has been set aside for the pay hike. “Everyone will be given an increase, including…
(Address delivered by Margarita V. Hamada, Founder/Directress of Harvent Schools, Achievers’ Day, 31 March 2012, Sison Auditorium, Lingayen, Pangasinan) The pupils have been busy these past two months rehearsing their dance numbers to re-tell stories from the Bible. So, I think it apt to start my talk with a quotation…
AN AVERAGE of 5,000 visitors monthly have been trooping to the San Roque Multi-purpose Project (SRMP) and the number is expected to increase with the introduction of eco-tourism attractions in the area. Tommy Valdez, vice president for corporate social responsibility of the San Roque Power Corporation (SRPC), said majority of…
GULAYAN SA PAARALAN—Dagupan Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez congratulates the winners of the “Gulayan sa Paaralan 2012 Search for the Best Implementers of the Pagsasarili Project” after she addressing them during the awards ceremony at the West Central Elementary School. The search was sponsored by the Sangguniang Panlungsod and the CSI Group…
ROSALES—They are slowly dying. About 20 percent of the backyard hog raisers in the country, which comprise 70 percent of the Philippine’s hog industry, have been forced to close shop in the last couple of years due to unfair competition from imported meat, according to the president of Northern Luzon…
ALAMINOS CITY–The first-of-its kind factory for engineered bamboos in the country will rise here within the year to complementing the E-Kawayan Processing Center earlier established by the Alaminos City government in Barangay Boliney. Named Hundred Islands E-Kawayan Factory, a groundbreaking ceremony was held last week in Barangay Tangcarang. Once fully operational, the factory is expected…
DAGUPAN Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez will receive this year’s “Dayew na Dagupan” award given by the Dagupan City Association of Northern California (DCANC). Bernard Valdez, chairman of the awards committee, said the award will be presented to her in recognition of her “outstanding public and community service to the people…
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