THE BEACH BECKONS—As the dry, hot season kicks in, Dang Velasco is among the many who start trooping to the Tondaligan Beach in Dagupan City and other coastal towns of Pangasinan to enjoy watersports like skim boarding, or simply frolic in the sun and sea. (PUNCHphoto by Willie Lomibao) Back to Homepage
SUMMER – or the “dry season” if you want to be more weather science-correct – is here! And while it means a long break from school for students and holiday trips, it also brings the threat of what health officials call the “6S”. Provincial health officer Dr. Anna Maria Teresa de Guzman advised the…
THE DAGUPAN City government has released P6.2 million as subsidy to the 31 barangays, at P200,000 per barangay, for various developmental projects and programs. A transparency accountability report released by City Budget Officer Luz de Guzman during the mayor’s executive meeting with her department heads last Monday showed that checks of P200,000 each was…
DAGUPAN voters with incomplete biometric data can complete their registration information on May 6 to ensure that they can vote in the 2016 elections. Ericson Oganiza, Dagupan City election officer, said some 26,000 of the more than 100,000 voters in the city have not completed their biometric records and are…
SOME 110 indigent families in Dagupan will receive galvanized iron sheets and marine plywood as part of the P550,000 material assistance project of the National Housing Authority (NHA). Mayor Belen Fernandez received the check for the project from City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWDO) officer-in-charge Lea Aquino during last Monday’s…
THE Dagupan City Police Station (DCPS) launched last week its new community program, the ‘K-Pulis Dagupan’ to encourage residents to be pro-active in helping maintain peace and order in the city, P/Supt. Christopher Abrahano, police chief, said “K- Pulis Dagupan” stands for Kaibigan ng Pulis Dagupan, representing community groups.
KOREAN STUDENTS VOLUNTEER TO TEACH WASTE MANAGEMENT-–-Student volunteers from Korea under the program RaonAtti Friends of Asia are received by City Administrator Farah Marie G. Decano (center) at the Dagupan city hall during the group’s courtesy call. The students are in Dagupan for a month to teach proper waste management…
LINGAYEN— Ten students will benefit annually from the Gintong Binhi ng Karunungan scholarship program for engineering and technology courses under its expanded program. The program, which has been ongoing in the past three academic years, is a collaboration among Team Sual Corporation (TSC), operator of the power plant in Sual…
THE Provincial Health Office (PHO) has stepped up its program for maternal health improvement with its new campaign dubbed “Anak ko, Buhay ko, Mahal ko“. Anna Velasco of the PHO, speaking during the weekly KBP forum on March 27, said they new campaign will be launched the Buntis Congress on…
HELP FOR SARI-SARI STORE OWNERS—-Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano urges sari-sari store owners in Dagupan City to organize in order to avail of his PTKK (Presyo-Trabaho-Kita at Kaayusan) program, his advocacy to help small entrepreneurs in the country. He turned over a P100,000 fund to Mayor Belen Fernandez that the group…
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