SAN CARLOS CITY—Christmas Day was no holiday for the police here as they launched an operation to seize banned firecrackers being sold at a designated firecracker zone in Barangay Roxas here at around eight in the morning. No vendors, however, were arrested as they were able to flee before the…
NEW LINGAYEN-LABRADOR BRIDGE—Governor Amado T. Espino, Jr. (2nd from right) leads the inauguration of the new 180-meter concrete bridge connecting Barangay Sabangan in Lingayen to a public market at Barangay Poblacion in Labrador on December 15. Now passable to light vehicles, the provincial government-funded bridge provides faster and cheaper transport…
ALAMINOS CITY—Five people were arrested by authorities at the Suki Market here after they were found selling bangus affected by fishkill, which is unsafe for human consumption. More than 750 kilograms of bangus believed to have come from fishkill areas in the island municipality of Anda were confiscated by combined…
THE Regional Tripartite and Wage Productivity Board (RTWPB) urged private companies to provide productivity incentives to their employees following the new two-tiered wage system. Under the new system, employees will be receiving two kinds of remuneration: the basic pay and the productivity incentive. Currently, the provision of additional incentive is…
TEAM Energy, operator of the largest coal-fired thermal power station in the Philippines based in Sual town, was again awarded by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) for its program on occupational safety and health in the workplace. Team Energy, also known as Team Sual Corporation (TSC), received for…
LINGAYEN—The opening of a CSI branch here, the 16th of the CSI Group of Companies, was welcomed by the capital town, recognizing its potential economic contribution. Mayor Ernesto Castañeda Jr. said CSI, a popular supermarket and consumer goods retailer and wholesaler, will generate employment opportunities, contribute taxes and prompt other…
DCNHS ABONG NA ALUMNI–Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez (in blue), Former House Speaker Joe de Venecia (in white), 4th District Rep.Gina De Venecia (in red) and former City Councilor Michael Fernandez (checkered) are welcomed by Dagupan City National high School Principal Erly Datario (left) at the inauguration and blessing of the…
A BOY who grew up in Barangay Calmay in Dagupan City, now 27 years old, was ordained last December 27 as his hometown celebrated the feast of its patron, St. John The Evangelist. The new priest, Joseph Fernandez or Jofer, was ordained in rites officiated by Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas.
By Leonardo V. Micua AUCKLAND, New Zealand—In a world where migration and trade ties have made the convergence of cultures common in many corners of the globe such as here, it is no longer unlikely that one would possibly find a Philippine product in a Chinese shop in a cosmopolitan…
POZORRUBIO—A market guard and formerly a barangay chairman was shot dead along Rizal Street here at about 3:00 a.m. of December 26. Senior Inspector Satur Ediong, town police chief, identified the victim as Teofilo Tempra, 56, of Barangay Laoac, Pozorrubio who was shot by a lone unidentified assailant.
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