THE hermano mayor of Dagupan’s fiesta this year is pushing for the early passage of the City Baratillo Ordinance that will automatically allocate 50 percent of the total revenues earned from the commercial fairs for the management of the city event, whether fiesta or the annual Bangus Festival. “Since it’s…
NEW BCS SUPPORTERS-–Parents of Bayambang Central School students hold a rally on November 25 expressing support to the permanent transfer of their children to the new school compound in Barangay Magsaysay, which they say though relatively distant from the town center compared to the old one in Poblacion, is safer…
BAYAMBANG—Parents in favor of the permanent transfer of their children to the new Bayamband Central School (BCS) campus held a rally November 25 to express their support to the municipal government’s move. Leading the rally was the president of the Parents Teachers Association (PTA), Alex Medrano, who said the new…
LINGAYEN–The Taiwan Association Inc. Philippines (TAP) led by its president, Wayne Chi, in cooperation with Second District Rep. Leopoldo Bataoil, distributed hundreds of bags of rice to the district’s poor. TAP provided 100 bags of rice from Taiwan to each of the eight municipalities in the district, namely: Lingayen, Binmaley,…
A MORE comprehensive orientation-seminar has been prepared by the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) for newly-elected barangay officials who are serving their first term. The Barangay Newly-Elected Officials (BNEO) seminar covers leadership strategies as well as fiscal management.
AGUINALDO IN BRONZE—A 7.2-foot bronze statue of President Emilio Aguinaldo is unveiled by local officials of Bayambang town, Pangasinan, and Kawit, Cavite on Friday in front of the Bayambang municipal hall as part of the town’s activities leading to its quadricentennial celebration. Aguinaldo declared Bayambang as the 5th capital of the Republic during the…
TAYUG–The tiny black bugs that threatened the rice fields here have now invaded homes and shopping malls, sending alarm bells throughout the town. Franklin Nera, municipal agricultural officer, said the black bug about the size of the end of a man’s little finger, initially attacked rice fields in 21 barangays…
FOLLOWING the complaint of several sari-sari store owners of being threatened by a business tax-mapping team from the office of the city treasurer, Mayor Belen Fernandez called on local government employees to be “more courteous” in collecting taxes and make Dagupan a more business-friendly city. The complainants, owners of small-scale…
PRICES of basic commodities should remain at current levels around the country as the Department of Trade and Industry is currently enforcing a price freeze in light of the declaration of State of National Calamity following Typhoon Yolanda that hit central Philippines. DTI Director Peter Mangabat said the price freeze…
CHRIST IS KING—The St. John the Evangelist Cathedral in Dagupan City is overflowing with the Catholic faithful during the Christ the King Celebration of the Lingayen-Dagupan Archdiocese last November 24. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao) Back to Homepage
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