2ND AND 4TH DISTRICTS LINGAYEN—A P340 million fund has been allocated for 2014 from the national budget for infrastructure projects under the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) covering the 2nd and 4th Districts of Pangasinan “Our projects are mainly asset preservation and preventive maintenance of roads and bridges,”…
SENIOR CITIZENS’ DAY––Dagupan City Administrator Farah Marie G. Decano (right) brings good tidings to the city’s elders during the 2013 City Fiesta’s Senior Citizens Day at the People’s Astrodome held December 16 as she addresses them in behalf of Mayor Belen T. Fernandez. (CIO photo by Mitz Cresencio) Back to…
AGUILAR—The community of Indigenous Peoples (IPs) in Sitio Mapita, Barangay Laoag here gave a cheer as they welcomed the coming, finally, of electricity in their remote area. “This is the best Christmas gift we ever received,” said Gregorio Litaoen, one of the community leaders. Some 800 people live in Mapita,…
MORE DONATIONS FOR “YOLANDA” VICTIMS PEOPLE spent less this Christmas for grocery items and other gift packs with sales going down by 20 percent compared with the previous year, according to one supermarket chain operating in Pangasinan and other parts of Luzon. However, the chair of the CSI group of…
DREAMS OF A NEW YEAR’S BLAST—A group of young boys check out the firecrackers lined up for sale along Burgos Street in Dagupan City, the Firecraker Zone in West Central Area, four days before the New Year’s Eve celebration. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao) Back to Homepage
CALASIAO–The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has extended livelihood assistance to at some 25 families from different barangays here with children who are at risk as child laborers. The support comes from the Kabuhayan para sa Magulang ng Batang Manggagawa or KASAMA project, that provides economic activities to parents…
PLEDGES FOR HEALTHY LIVING—Dagupan City Mayor Belen T. Fernandez (standing) receives the pledge from barangay nutrition scholars and parent leaders to help the adminstration promote an active and healthy lifestyle among families in their communities in support of the city government’s advocacy – “Wastong Nutrisyon, Alamin, Gawin at Palaganapin para…
TWENTY FIVE out of 33 examinees passed the accreditation exam for the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas (KBP) held last month. The accreditation exam is aimed at raising the standards of professionalism in the broadcast industry, according to Chairman Jay Mendoza of KBP-Pangasinan chapter.
FIL-AM SOCIETY—Mayor Joe Esteves of Milipitas, California, a sister city of Dagupan, receives a plaque of appreciation from the Filipino American Society Inc. of North California from couple Ric and Mary Avelino, the group’s president and secretary, respectively, as the organization’s guest of honor and installation officer. Back to Homepage
BINALONAN—Three army soldiers were arrested by the police here on December 26 after one of them reportedly fired his gun and hit a tricycle driver on Christmas Eve in Barangay Mangkasuy. Chief Inspector June Galingan, officer-in-charge police chief here, said they will file cases of frustrated murder and obstruction of…
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