“THE right to a healthful ecology – including the right to be protected against the adverse effects of global warning – is a human right and must both be advocated and defended with the determination by which we stand by other human rights.” This was stressed by Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates…
MEET MISS BALON DAGUPAN 2015 — April Ann Ramos Melecio (center) a 20-year old Radiology Technology student of Lyceum Northwestern University, this year’s Miss Balon Dagupan 2015, is flanked by Nikki Marmolejo (right) first runner-up and Dorothy Faye Londonio Centeno, second runner-up. Melecio was adjudged best in gown while Centeno was best in swimsuit….
MEET MISS BALON DAGUPAN 2015
APRIL Ann Melecio of Barangay Tapuac is this year’s Ms. Balon Dagupan. The 20-year old radiology technology student of Lyceum Northwestern University also won in the Best in Long Gown competition during the pageant night held at the city plaza on December 12.
April Ann is 2015 Miss Balon Dagupan
POZORRUBIO—Move over ‘Robo Cop.’ The Pozorrubio Police Station has an improved version with a better mission. Meet ‘Rubio Cop’. Inspired by the popularity of Robo Cop, the movie, and instead of adopting the usual scare tactics on children, the town’s police station found to create ‘Rubio Cop’, to lead the…
Meet Pozorrubio Police’s ‘Rubio Cop’
2016 BUDGET STILL PENDING DAGUPAN City Mayor Belen T. Fernandez has called for a special session of the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) on Monday, December 21 to act and approve the submitted P768 million annual budget of the city for 2016. Noting that the SP is already on recess because of the…
MBTF calls for special session for budget OK
“DOUBLE” OVERTIME PAY SHOULD the city government pay overtime twice to staff for same work rendered? This question became another source of irritation and conflict among the Dagupan City councilors after Minority Leader Redford Erfe-Mejia and Councilor Alfie Fernandez attempted to block the passage of the P29.9 million supplemental budget…
Majority blocks request for SP staff
TWO of the nation’s leading aquaculturists were honored Dec. 17 at the Asian Fisheries Academy (AFA) of the National Integrated Fisheries Technology and Development Center (NIFTDC) for their outstanding leadership and contributions to the country’s fishery sector.
Nation’s top aquaculturists honored
PVB’s HIGHER PENSION LOAN HERE is great news this holiday season for Philippine Veterans Affairs Office pensioners in Pangasinan. The Philippine Veterans Bank (PVB) is making this Christmas merrier for PVAO pensioners, who are comprised mostly of surviving Filipino World War II veterans, their widows, and retired personnel of the…
Christmas treat for veterans
ALAMINOS CITY—The iPlant Movement, an advocacy to plant one million trees in five years launched by the Diocese of Alaminos early this year, seeks to intensify its campaign in 2016. The diocese, composed of 20 parishes and a seminary led by Msgr. Rey Jose Ragudos, initially planted more than 3,750 Acacia…
iPlant Movement set to expand in 2016
LINGAYEN—The provincial government again led the observance of the Filipino Christmas tradition by hosting the celebration of the anticipated Simbang Gabi at the Capitol Plaza every 5 p.m. from December 15 to 23. Midnight mass for Christmas in celebration of the Nativity of the Lord, will be held on December…