LINGAYEN—Re-elected Governor Amado Espino Jr. and Vice Governor Jose Ferdinand Calimlim Jr. along with the elected members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan will take their respective oath of office on June 28, 2013 at the Sison Auditorium here. “It will be a very simple affair… A mass will be officiated by…
RESPECTING ELDERS AT West Central Elementary School (WCES) in Dagupan, the children are reminded to keep the Filipino tradition of pagmamano, the touching of an elder’s hand on the forehead as a sign of respect. Dr. Reynardo Barrozo, the embattled school principal, said aside from including the lesson in the…
“Mano po” habit lives on in city school
NO FARE HIKE THE Association of United Alliance Transport Organization Province-wide (AUTOPRO) in Pangasinan is not joining its mother organization’s call for a fare increase in the face of impending oil price hikes this month. Instead, AUTOPRO is adopting the use of biofuel, which is cheaper than regular diesel oil.
Transport group adopts biofuel products
AGEW NA DAGUPAN FOOD FESTIVAL—Mayor Belen Fernandez, City Schools Superintendent Gloria Torresand youth officials of Dagupan led by Young Mayor Juliane Go enjoy sampling the goodies at the food fair inside the Dagupan People’s Astrodome, one feature of the 66th Agew na Dagupan celebration last Thursday. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao) …
AGEW NA DAGUPAN FOOD FESTIVAL
DESPITE ECC CLEARANCE LINGAYEN—All construction work at the planned ecotourism site located in Barangays Sabangan, Estanza and Malimpuec here in the capital town have been put on hold until the resolution of the case involving black sand mining allegations against the provincial government. Provincial Administrator Rafael Baraan said there is currently…
Ecotourism project still on hold
THE Bankers Assurance Corporation (BAC) recently rolled-out a weather-based insurance product to help ease loan defaults by borrowers whenever natural calamities occur. Called the Weather Index Insurance-Credit Asenso, this product will help rural banks, nongovernment organizations (NGOs) and micro-insurance financial institutions (MFIs) to cope with the effects of typhoons or…
Weather-based insurance for product launched
THE Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) in Region 1 held a seminar on bookkeeping and accounting for the benefit of Pangasinan Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) and their dependents. The “Capability Building Training-Seminar on Financial Management and Strategic Planning for Key Officers” held June 10-11 in Lingayen was attended by 41…
OWWA holds accounting seminars for OFWs
LINGAYEN–“There is food for everybody if only we exercise responsibility, restrain, and we think before we eat so we could save our planet and we could save our children.” This was the message sent out by Provincial Administrator Rafael Baraan during the World Environment Day 2013 celebration on June 17…
Wasteful eating habits bad for environment, say
LESSON IN GOVERNANCE—Student leaders from public and private schools in Dagupan, joined by city officials led by Acting Mayor Belen Fernandez on June 20, celebrate their participation in the annual Manlingkor Na Kalangweran, a program to give the youth hands-on training in governance held as part of the Agew na…
LESSON IN GOVERNANCE
DAGUPAN City officials led by Acting Mayor Belen Fernandez stepped aside for a week to give way to 52 students from public and private schools who took charge of the city from June 17 to 25 for the annual Manlingkor Na Kalangweran program, which is part of the Agew na Dagupan celebration. Led by Juliane…