OUR LADY OF ROSARY’S PARADE—Pilgrims and devotees of Our Lady of the Rosary of Manaoag join the procession to celebrate her feast day last April 25. The celebration of the image’s feast day is only one of two occasions when the image is brought out of the church for a…
IT will be a long weekend of festivities for Dagupan as April 30 has been declared a special non-working holiday in the city. Proclamation No 371 signed by Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa Jr. by authority of the President, declares Monday, April 30 as a special non-working day in the city…
SAN CARLOS CITY–The annual Mango-Bamboo Festival was celebrated here last week with various daytime activities and the evenings packed with special events. The fiesta started April 23 with a Thanksgiving Mass, a parade and an opening program followed by a Farmers and Homemakers Day. In the evening, officers and members…
JUMBO BANGUS—A boy holds up the winning bangus weighing 12.95 kg in the heaviest category owned by Rene Landingin of Barangay, Dagupan City at the Bangus Rodeo. Other winners were owned by Ramil Junatas of Pugaro at 11.37 kg. (2nd place) and Isagani Peronce of Sabangan (3rd place) at 11.22…
BANGUS FESTIVAL ROUND-UP AN almost 13-kilogram bangus owned by Rene Landingin from Bonuan, Dagupan bagged this year’s heaviest bangus category in the Bangus Rodeo held April 26. The longest bangus was title was awarded to Sandrell Bryan Caneng of Pantal, Dagupan with his 83.5- centimeter entry while the prettiest bangus…
TAYUG—Officials and employees of the Pangasinan Electric CooperativeIII have signed a manifesto calling on their general manager to forgo his early retirement that would be effective at the close of office hour on April 30, a move that they consider as untimely and premature. The signatories, led by Romulo Basa, Hubert Te,…
THE Special Program for the Employment of Students (SPES) of the provincial government already has 67 beneficiaries. Provincial Employment Services Office Manager Alex Ferrer said the number of beneficiaries increased by 17 compared to last year’s 50 to provide more opportunities to deserving students.
LANDLOCKED Mangaldan may not have a beach to offer to summertime merrymakers, but a visit to this easily accessible town promises some delectable food and alternative nature resorts. A neighbour of beach destinations Dagupan City and San Fabian and just a few kilometres from popular pilgrimage town Manaoag, a side…
THE BILBILIN BEAUTIES’ FAVORITE—The title holders of 2012 Ms. Bilbilin Dagupan take a break with a quick bite of their all-time favorite lechon during the judging of the Best Special Lechon Cook-off held at the city plaza last week. The cook-off was one of this year’s Bangus Festival new features….
FISHFARMERS have been trooping to the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) office in Dagupan to have a glimpse of the rare golden bangus (milkfish) that was recently turned over to the agency for research, breeding and propagation. Only 16-month old and measuring 50 centimeters at 1.2 kilos, the fish…
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