LINGAYEN—The Cash for Training Program (C4TP) of the Technical Skills Education Development Agency (TESDA) in now in full swing in Pangasinan with 87 percent of the slots for beneficiaries already filled up. “As of now, 1,510 of the 1,734 Cash for Training Program or 87% of the recipients are now…
WHILE the country as a whole posted a slim 1.1 percent decline in poverty incidence rate from 23.4 percent in 2006 to 22.3 percent in 2012, Pangasinan registered a sharp drop of 9.5 percent from 26.5 to 17 percent for the same comparative years. The report was recently released by…
PHL posts slim decline but Pangasinan takes sharp drop in poverty rate
TO STOP “5-6” LOAN SHARKS LINGAYEN—Provincial government employees will soon have access to a provident fund for their pressing financial requirements, an alternative to the popular “5-6” loan sharks who have been operating and preying on needy workers for almost 50 years.
Capitol launches provident fund for employees
THREE Sudanese nationals and their Filipino companion were arrested by joint elements of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the Dagupan police Thursday afternoon while having a pot session inside an apartment in Amado St., Barangay Tapuac. Arrested were Mohammad Almad Mustafa, 23, Mohamed Emubarak Ali, 21, El Mustafa…
3 Sudanese, 1 Filipino nabbed for drug use
POZORRUBIO—Nine people were arrested in a house being used as a drug den in Barangay Dilan here during a raid conducted by the police in coordination with the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) on May 30. First to be arrested was Reynaldo Palma, 43, tagged as a notorious drug dealer,…
9 arrested for drugs in Pozorrubio
ASINGAN—Two minors are being eyed as suspects in a robbery committed in a house in Barangay Poblacion West here last May 30 where close to P100,000 worth of electronic items were carted away.
1 adult and minor companion eyed suspects in heist
URDANETA CITY—Two businesswomen here complained to the police that they were swindled by four persons whom they accused of delivering fake premium rice that were also grossly underweight. The complaint was lodged by Rofel Caoile, 40, a businesswoman of Barangay Pinmaludpud, and Alona Obando 47, of Dona Olympia Subdivision in…
4 arrested in Urdaneta for rice swindling
LINGAYEN—Pangasinan athletes of Jev Karatedo (Falcon) team bagged the overall championship in the 4th Okinawa Shorin-Ryu Karate-Do Association (OSKA) Shikodan Philippines National Tournament held at the Narciso Ramos Sports and Civic Center (NRSCC) here on May 24-25.
Pangasinan Karate-Do team rules nat’l tournament
Edwin T 1 June 2013 To the editor: If I have been misinformed blame ABS/CBN Channel 37. They reported the rebuilding of the illegal fishponds a day or two after the official election results were announced. If I was misinformed, so be it. On the other hand if the…
Expecting a cover-up
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