BASISTA– It may be only a matter of time before businesswoman Jocelyn Perez officially assumes the mayorship of Basista. Perez, a businesswoman, cited a “certificate of no” filing secured by her lawyer from the Comelec central office showing that the disqualified mayor, Manolo de Leon, did not file his motion for reconsideration who was given until February 16 to…
PRESIDENTIAL AWARDEE DAGUPAN City has been adjudged the “most child-friendly city “ in Region 1. That makes the city a national contender for the 2014 Presidential Award for Most Child-Friendly City. Mayor Belen T. Fernandez, accompanied by City Social Welfare and Development officer Leah Aquino and City Engineer Virginia Rosario,…
ASSISTANCE FOR FALLEN 44 BEREAVED family members of the two of the Fallen 44, PO2 Omar Nacionales and PO2 Ephraim Mejia, whose roots were in Region 1 received financial assistance and critical incident stress debriefing (CISD) sessions during the visit of Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Mar…
TO further boost its preparations for natural calamities, the Dagupan City government recently acquired a state-of-the-art earthquake intensity meter capable of reading tremors during or after an earthquake. The device, provided by Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs), in partnership with the government of Japan, through a memorandum of…
ALL eyes will be in Dagupan when the Dagupan Treatment and Rehab Center (DTRC) located in Barangay Bonuan Binloc, will be opened on Feb. 26 this year. The inauguration of the edifice will be led by Department of Health Secretary Elmer Punzalan, Secretary Antonio Villar Jr., chairman of the Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB), former Speaker Jose de Venecia…
LENTEN SEASON THE Lenten Season is a time for a change of heart, to say no to indifference, to make sacrifices. This was stressed by Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas during a Holy Mass at the Metropolitan Cathedral of St. John The Evangelist to mark the Ash Wednesday that signals the start…
UNDERSTANDING BIODIVERSITY CALASIAO—More pupils in this town are certified to know how to plant and grow vegetable crops. Thanks to the School Children Field School (SCFS). Last week, 182 pupils from Ambuetel Elementary School, Nagsaing Elementary School, and Lumbang Elementary School received their completion certificates of SCFS program, a joint…
WITH FOREIGN INVESTORS SUAL—All is not lost with the inability of the national government to complete the construction of a planned international seaport because a group of foreign investors appear set to complete the project. This was announced by town Mayor Roberto Arcinue who said in an interview that the…
LINGAYEN—If ongoing negotiations with a multi-national company, the province may become a major player in the information technology (IT) and business processing outsource (BPO) industry in the country. This was revealed by Gov. Amado Espino Jr. in his State of the Province Address (SOPA) on February 16, 2015 when he…
THE city populace joined the Chinese-Filipino community in Dagupan City in welcoming the year of the Wooden Sheep with a theme and float parade highlighted by a bright red color – clothes, trucks and balloons – led by the traditional lion and dragon dances performed by the students of the…
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