PRC OFFICE AT LNU—Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez, chairperson of the City Blood Coordinating Council, presents a plaque of appreciation to Lyceum Northwestern University president Atty. Gonzalo Duque for allocating a Philippine Red Cross office at LNU. Others in photo are Gwendolyn Pang, PRC secretary-general; PRC Chapter Chairman Dr. Vivencio Villaflor,…
THE secretary general of the Philippine Red Cross, Gwendolyn Pang, has commended the Dagupan City blood coordinating council (CBCC) for actively carrying out its commitment as contained in the memorandum of agreement it signed in October 2012. Pang stressed that the CBCC, the first coordinating council established in Pangasinan headed…
FISHERMEN plying the waters off Bolinao town have been assured by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) that the oil slick from a Myanmar vessel that sank last February 17 does not significantly affect the natural resources in the area. A five-man team from BFAR immediately conducted an…
WITH the arrival last Monday of the precinct count optical scanner (PCOS) machine from the Commission on Election (Comelec) central office, the Comelec provincial office is ready to start its educational road show by the end of the February or early March. Lawyer Marino Salas, provincial election supervisor, said the…
LAWYER Ederlino Tabilas, previously posted in Region 2, is the new election director for Region 1, replacing Atty. Noli Pippo who is now in Region 10 as part of the reshuffling policy of Commission on Election (Comelec) officials prior to an election. Tabilas addressed the election supervisor and the municipal…
OFFICIALS of Dagupan City, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and business owners have agreed in a meeting last February 19 to commence the rehabilitation of the Angel B. Fernandez Avenue not later than March 2. The first phase of the project covers the construction of two…
C4TP LAUNCHING—Secretary Joel Villanueva (fourth from left) of the Technical Eduaction and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) hands over a certificate to one of the more than 1,700 Pangasinan beneficiaries of the Cash-for-training Program (C4TP) during the launch on February 21. C4TP is a joint project of the TESDA and the Department…
LINGAYEN—The Cash for Training Program (C4TP) of the Technical Skills Education Development Authority (TESDA), launched in the province last February 21, will give 1,735 young Pangasinenses the chance to be trained in various skills. A joint program with the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), the C4TP will give…
THE Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in Dagupan City is actively sending out its “Hipon Mobile Clinic” to look into possible contamination by the dreaded White Shrimp Syndrome Virus (WSSV) in shrimp farms in Pangasinan and neighboring provinces. The mobile laboratory, manned by two veterinary medicine personnel who…
THE City Veterinary Office of Dagupan seized some 210 kilos of hot meat, which were already in the form of processed products such as longanisa and siomai, at the public market last Thursday. Dr. Michael Maramba, city veterinarian, said the products came from Manila and transported through a passenger bus…
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