TWENTY tons of bangus, due for export to the United States, has been lined up for processing when the Seafood Processing Plant in Barangay Bonuan Binloc finally re-opens on May 14 for a “trial run”. The “trial-run” operation will only proceed, however, if the new memorandum of agreement between city…
LEGAL QUESTIONS REMAIN AS the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) missed another regular session last May 7 for the second consecutive week, the controversy over the resolution passed hastily in a special session by nine Dagupan City councilors, authorizing Mayor Benjamin Lim to negotiate for the sale of MC Adore and a 10-hectare…
GARBAGE DUMPING—Acting Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez (middle) presides over a dialogue at city hall among four kagawads of Barangay Bonuan Boquig, Teddy Villamil, OIC of the City Waste Management Division and City Engineer Virginia Rosario, in the presence of Sangguniang Panlungsod Secretary Ryan Ravanzo, about the complaint of residents over the…
USING garbage as filling material for construction on a private lot in a residential neighborhood? A very foul idea. The Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office (PENRO), headed by Leduina Co, has ruled that the extraction of solid wastes from the Dagupan dumpsite and its transport and dumping to two private lots…
STANDING TALL FOR ARMM—Dressed in their distinct and colourful native garments, the delegation of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, considered as one of the poorest regions in the country, proudly carry their banner during the opening ceremony of the 2012 Palarong Pambansa held in Pangasinan from May 6-12. (Punchphoto…
THE City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (CDRRMC) has started posting earthquake evacuation plan maps in schools in Dagupan, beginning with the three that were used as billeting for the Palarong Pambansa 2012 athletes. The first three schools are Dagupan City National High School (DCNHS), West Central Elementary School…
RAIN or shine? Prediction of weather in the province is now more accurate as data can now be localized through two weather stations installed in the province, according to the Department of Science and Technology (DOST). Engr. Felipe D. Andrada, director of the DOST-Pangasinan Science and Technology Center, said the…
THE Health Insurance Corporation has deployed 32 registered nurses to accredited hospitals in Region I beginning May 2 to serve as Customer Assistance, Relations and Empowerment Staff (CARES). Pangasinan, the biggest province in the region, have 17 nurses assigned while there are five each in the provinces of Ilocos Norte,…
THE Bangus Festival 2012 Gilon Gilon champion contingent from Barangay Lucao travelled up north to participate in the Pattaradday Festival in Santiago City, Isabela. The group was part of the grand opening parade that kicked off the festivities on May 5, featuring street dancers from different cities all over Region…
SAN CARLOS CITY–The heat proved too much for one policeman who was on duty watching over the delegates of the Palarong Pambansa billeted here. PO2 Angel V. Del Rosario, 36, of Barangay Sta. Lucia, Urdaneta City suffered from heatstroke while driving his Honda Wave motorcycle, then lost control and bumped…
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