HONORIS CAUSA DOCTORATE—Businessman and civic leader Ashok Vasandani receives the diploma conferring on him the Honoris Causa Doctor of Humanities from Lyceum Northwestern University president Dr. Gonzalo T. Duque during the university’s 41st Commencement Exercises last April 30. Witnessing the conferment are Senator Aquilino Pimentel III (partly hidden), and Ashok’s…
A STUDENT from the Bayambang campus of the Pangasinan State University (PSU) was among the top 10 placers in the March 2012 Board for Professional Teachers. Dave Arjie dela Cruz Manandeg scored 84.8. Nationwide, 21,130 out of 61,867examinees or 34.15% passed the examination. Out of 5,055 examinees from the Professional…
PAVA OFFICERS IN TOWN—Officers of the Philippine Association of Voluntary Arbitrators, Inc. (PAVA) pay a courtesy call to Dagupan Mayor Benjamin Lim on April 28 at the City Museum. The PAVA officers held their Quarterly Executive Board Meeting in the city hosted by Atty. Napoleon B. Arenas, Jr. Vice-President for…
CLASSES in culinary arts are now open for both children and adults at the Senor Tesoro College in Barangay San Miguel, Calasiao. The classes include a four-hour course for children dubbed as “Kitchen is Fun with Kids”; a five-day course on “Sizzling Tomorrow’s Chef Today”; and a five-day course for…
TWENTY two-year-old Aiyana Camille Mickiewics from Agoo City, La Union, was crowned Miss Magic 2012 during the pageant night at the Dagupan city plaza last April 26, one of the events for the Bangus Festival. Aside from capturing the crown, Mickiewics also won the competition’s four special awards: Miss Photogenic,…
JOVES 80TH BIRTHDAY–It was not around the world in 80 days, but a 7-day cruise of the Caribbean Islands to celebrate the 80th birthday of Dagupan native Engr. Domingo Joves. Organized by sister Dr. Agustina Joves, the week-long bash was held aboard the Royal Caribbean Oasis of the Seas luxury cruise…
ATHLETES from the University of Luzon (UL) showed remarkable performances in two separate national athletic competitions held recently/ Male and female UL Taekwondo jins grabbed the overall championship in the PRISAA National Collegiate Games held in Cebu City April 22 to 28 by bagging three gold and six bronze medals…
LINGAYEN—‘Volleybelle’ teams from Pangasinan nosed out rivals from Manila and Baguio City and grabbed first and second places in the two-day women’s beach volleyball competition held April 30 to May 1 as part of the Pista’y Dayat celebration. Mangaldan-LGU volleybelles Jennifer Manzano and Cindy Benitez and University of Luzon players…
ASINGAN—The police are still facing a blank wall in connection with the discovery of three bodies, all of whom had bullet wounds at the back of their heads, inside a van parked along the roadside in Barangay San Vicente here Thursday night. The victims were discovered by one Lito Malubay,…
A TEACHER in Lingayen found to have been using a forged secondary professional teacher license was recently sent to prison for a minimum of four months and one day and a maximum of two years four months and one day, plus a P5,000 fine. In a decision promulgated last January…
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