THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) provincial office is crossing its fingers that Pangasinan will be chosen as one of the venues for the planned next round of mock elections in preparation for the May 2013-midterm poll. Provincial Elections Supervisor Marino Salas, speaking during the Interfaith Rally at the Dagupan City…
LINGAYEN—An earthquake drill was held at the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (DRRMC) office here on February 6, simultaneous with the quarterly exercise conducted nationwide to keep disaster-response capabilities in check. The drill that included sounding of alarm, evacuation to safer areas, search and rescue operation, medical response…
VIOLENCE IN 5TH DISTRICT LINGAYEN— Sr. Supt. Marlou Chan, police provincial director, presided over a conference last Monday attended by the police chiefs in the 5th District to assess the circumstances surrounding the series of shooting incidents in the area. Chan said he is optimistic that the new operational guidelines…
REGIONAL AGRI-FISHERY TRADE FAIR—Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez checks out some of the products on exhibit during the Regional Agri-Fisheries Trade Fair held at the City Mall in Lucao, Dagupan City from February 6 to 8 as she mulls the possibility of selling the products from around Region 1 in all…
LINGAYEN—Pangasinan farmers may soon have the opportunity to go to Japan as overseas Filipino workers and to learn modern farming technologies that can be adopted in their own fields here. A member of the governing board of the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA), Alexander Edades Asuncion, visited the province last…
KEEPING up with the national economic growth numbers, capital investments in Pangasinan last year went up by 4 percent to P1.77 billion from 7,028 new businesses registered with the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). “Many of the new businesses are still in retailing or buy and sell and some…
THE Philippines will not only be self-sufficient with rice beginning this year, it will also be ready to export the product again, the first time since the 1970s. A Department of Agriculture (DA) official made the announcement Tuesday last week in Dagupan during the opening of the three-day Regional Agri-Fishery…
THE Technical Education Skills Development Authority (TESDA) and the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) are jointly mapping local and international job markets to help find employment opportunities even for those who have no college diploma. TESDA-Region 1 Director Cenon Querubin, dismissing recent statistics of limited job openings even for…
A MULTI-purpose cooperative founded in Pangasinan has expanded nationwide to promote its advocacy for increased mushroom production. Buenaventura Abalos, chairman of the board of the Balikatan Multi-purpose Cooperative headquartered in Barangay San Angel, Rosales, said his group has branched out in other parts of the country.
FOLK singer Noel Cabangon, known for his heartwarming music and nationalistic spirit, inspired Dagupan City’s young who participated in the first Dagupan Music Festival held February 2 at the CSI City Mall Atrium. Cabangon, the main guest and lecturer in the music workshop during the festival, urged the young musicians…
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