MODERN LOLOS AND LOLAS WHO else will make good surrogate parents to day care center kids but the city’s senior citizens. This is the mantra adopted by the Dagupan City government when it chose to tap good storytellers among the senior citizens in the city to teach the children basic…
FOR PUBLIC SECURITY ON NOV. 1 THERE was a day of UNLI texts and calls provided by the Dagupan City Police Station in partnership Globe Telecom last Nov. 1 for “Libreng Tawag, Libreng Text Alay ng Pulis Dagupan sa Undas” in all six cemeteries in the city. Supt. Christopher Abrahano,…
COASTAL CLEAN UP—Some 3,000 volunteers pitch in to help clean the Lingayen beachfront (at the back of the Capitol Building) during the Simultaneous Coastal Clean-up (Save the Lingayen Gulf – Shore it Up). The activity highlighted the need to preserve the natural beauty of the Gulf and the primary source of…
LINGAYEN—Protecting and preserving the environment is not only about planting trees but nurturing the life beneath the sea. This was exactly what 35 volunteer divers from Manila and Alaminos City did by plunging into the waters of Quezon Island in the Hundred Islands National Park (HINP), Alaminos City last October 25 to…
REMEMBERING THE DEAD—Workers of BFAR-NIFTDC spruce up the fish cemetery anticipating the usual visit of tourists in the area every All Souls Day. The fish cemetery is the first such cemetery in the country and one of the most visited areas in the center. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao) Back to Homepage
RESPECT FOR THE ENDANGERED DAGUPAN CITY—As the Christian world prepares to remember their dead, the personnel of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in Barangay Bonuan Binloc have started to spruce up a sprawling compound where some 18 dolphins and other endangered species are buried. The Fish Cemetery,…
DAGUPAN CITY, Oct. 29 (PIA) – There is now an easy and inexpensive way to correct errors in one’s civil registry entries. Dante Pescador, provincial statistics officer of NSO Pangasinan, said petitioners can now simply file a verified petition with the local civil registry office where the record sought to…
FIRST TO VOTE—A drop of indelible ink is applied on Governor Amado T. Espino, Jr.’s after casting his vote for the 2013 Barangay Elections at Portic Integrated School in Bugallon last October 29. The governor arrived at the polling precinct at 7:00 o’ clock in the morning and was the first voter who…
THERE is one inexpensive and sure way to win an election – run unopposed! It was a walk in the park for 146 candidates for barangay captain in Pangasinan who ran unopposed in Monday’s election. Lawyer Marino Salas, provincial election supervisor, said they were the lucky ones from among hotly contested…
2013 MEGA JOBS FAIRs LINGAYEN— Here’s a tip for high school graduates seeking higher education so that they can plan on careers that will pay off quickly. There were 3,000 job opportunities made available to Pangasinanenses during the mega jobs fair organized by the Provincial Employment and Services Office (PESO)…
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