LINGAYEN—A motion has been filed before the Commission on Election (Comelec) First Division in Manila seeking the suspension of the proclamation of 2nd District Rep. Leopoldo Bataoil and his brother, Lingayen Municipal Councilor Ramon Bataoil, should they win in their respective re-election bids.
VOTE according to your conscience. This was the advice given by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to beneficiaries of the national Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), some of who have reportedly been threatened by incumbent mayors running for re-election.
4Ps beneficiaries advised not to be bullied
PRISONERS serving time or waiting arraignment in the five district jails in Pangasinan will still be able to exercise their right to suffrage and preparations have been made for casting their votes on May 13 along with the rest of the country’s voters.
493 detainees allowed to vote
AERATOR —A specially designed aerator increases oxygen level in demo-pond at the research center of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in Dagupan City. The center is promoting the use of mechanized aquaculture farming system to help shrimp farmers increase their production. (Photo by Cesar Ramirez) Back to…
AERATOR
PANGASINAN’S shrimp industry, which has basically been producing enough for local household consumption, can soon aim for the global market with the use of a mechanized system introduced by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) center based in Dagupan City.
BFAR tells shrimp growers to use aerator
A NEW food manufacturing plant in Sta. Barbara town, which will produce healthy food products for infants and toddlers, was opened last week by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST). The DOST’s Complementary Foods Manufacturing Plant will mass-produce “Rimo” — for rice and monggo (moringa) – in the form of…
DOST opens plant for healthy rice-mongo products
Lingayen– – -Livestock farmers from various towns in Pangasinan will get the chance to showcase their backyard business in the two-day Poultry and Livestock Expo slated on May 23 and 24 at the PTDC compound here. Sponsored by Aboitiz Equity Venture’s food group, Pilmico, the big event organized in cooperation…
PILMICO Poultry and Livestock Expo set in Pangasinan
REPRESENTING DAGUPAN—Gilon-gilon dancers from Barangay Poblacion Oeste, who placed third in the recent Bangus Festival, sashay on the streets of Santiago City, Isabela last May 5 representing Dagupan City as guest performers in the Pattaradday Festival marking Santiago’s 19th cityhood anniversary. “Pattaradday” means unity in the Ibanag dialect. Dagupan and Santiago…
REPRESENTING DAGUPAN
BAYAMBANG –Rimson Encanto Junio, a graduate of Bayambang National High School (BNHS) batch 2008 and pursued a tertiary diploma from the MAPUA Institute of Technology, topped the April 2013 Electronics Engineering board examination with an average of 92.80% as released by the Professionals’ Regulation Commission (PRC).
BNHS alumnus tops EE board
VOTES cast for disqualified partylist groups will not be counted by the Commission on Elections (Comelec), the agency’s top official reminded voters as the final list of approved and cancelled groups were released. Comelec Chairman Sixto Brilliantes said the basis used for the final list is the Supreme Court (SC)’s new…