VACATION is over. School year 2012-2013 starts tomorrow, June 4, for all public schools around the country, which also marks the launch of the Department of Education’s (DepEd) new K + 12 program.
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SAN FABIAN—A group of whale sharks, locally known as butanding, is now a crowd drawer in the shoreline of Barangay Nibaliw Vidal here, providing an alternative source of income to some 15 fishermen who have momentarily hanged up their nets and began shuttling tourists to the area.
8 butandings draw crowd in San Fabian
ALL public schools in Dagupan, except one, will adopt the Pangasinan language as a medium of instruction for kindergarten to Grade III under the new K + 12 program starting this school year and the mother-tongue literacy program. Pangasinan is the main tongue spoken in the city, except a portion of…
City schools to use Pangasinan as medium of instruction
LINGAYEN—An ancestral home of the Bengson-Yuson family, built in 1802 at the center of this capital town, will soon be owned by the province and made part of the historical-cultural preservation program. The provincial board passed a resolution last week authorizing Gov. Amado Espino Jr. to sign and accept the…
Family donates century old ancestral home
ORGANIC FARMING—Displaced fisherfolks from various barangays in Dagupan City get help from Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez who sponsored an organic farming education for them at CSI Stadia last May 31 so that they can harvest and earn more from an alternative livelihood. (Photo by MItz Cresencio) Back to Homepage
ORGANIC FARMING
THE governor’s son, Mayor Amado Espino III of Bautista town, cannot run as a congressional representative as rumored because he failed to beat the one-year residency requirement for a candidate where he seeks to run for an elective post prior for the next polls. Lawyer Jenifer Balarbar, officer-in-charge provincial election…
Espino son fails to beat residency deadline
PANGASINAN has remained free of malaria cases in the last 18 months, but the Provincial Health Office (PHO) continues to closely monitor areas that are under risks of incidence. Dr. Anna Ma. Teresa de Guzman, provincial health officer, said eight towns in the province, namely: Infanta, Mabini, Agno, Dasol, Sual,…
Pangasinan malaria- free for 1.5 years
LINGAYEN—Dengue cases in Pangasinan have increased by 10 per cent at 547 suspected cases from January to end-May this year compared to 494 in the same period last year. One related death was reported this year, lower than the two last year. This capital town recorded the highest number of…
Dengue cases up 10%, Lingayen has highest
THE Dagupan City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (CDRRMC) has installed earthquake evacuation maps in the city’s public schools in time for the opening of classes on June 4. Aside from the three billeting schools during the Palarong Pambansa held in early May – the Dagupan City National High…
Earthquake exit maps up in public schools
INFORMAL settlers living along the riverbanks have been awarded houses and lots in a resettlement site in Sitio Korea in Bonuan Binloc, Dagupan. Mayor Benjamin S. Lim presented to 105 families in a turnover ceremony last May 29 copies of the memorandum of agreement proclaiming each one of them as…
