SOME 1,014 inmates who are registered voters in the province will be allowed to vote inside and outside the five Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) facilities on May 9. The five BJMP facilities are in Burgos, Balungao, Dagupan City, San Carlos City and Urdaneta City. Atty. Kenneth Bid-ing,…
PILOT TEST FOR PHILIPPINES LINGAYEN—Pangasinenses stand to benefit the most once the integrated geographic information system (GIS) of Japan are fully operational because it will help residents to be more prepared and, therefore, more resilient as the Japanese people are to disasters. The launching of the Japan International Cooperation Agency…
REGION 1 Medical Center (R1MC) is not in the business of endorsing food or drug supplements, especially those not approved by Food and drug Administration. This was stressed by the management of the R1MC amid reports that a certain hospital personnel has been visiting out-patients prescribing the use of a…
THE Dagupan City Police Station (DCPS) has assured that security measures are in place to ensure the peaceful celebration of the forthcoming Bangus (Milkfish) Festival. P/Sr. Insp. Joseph Sibayan, deputy chief of police, said a 200-strong force of police personnel from DCPS, provincial and regional public safety units will be…
THE regional offices of the Departments of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and Science and Technology (DOST) in the Ilocos have forged an agreement on Tuesday to collaborate closely for the rehabilitation, preservation and protection of the Agno River Basin (ARB) in Pangasinan. The memorandum of cooperation tasks DOST to…
THE Pangasinan State University (PSU)-Lingayen campus will lead the advocacy for planting of mangroves for environmental preservation and protection for the community it serves on April 27. Dr. Armando Junio, campus executive director of PSU-Lingayen, said the initiative is part of the university’s mandate to adhere to its extension function…
ALAMINOS CITY— Soon this city will be not be a stranger to influx of foreign tourists debarking from luxury cruise ships. At the rate cruise ships are docking for an eight-hour stopover, this city is on to becoming a major cruise ship destination in Southeast Asia. The most recent visitor…
LINGAYEN— Compared to farmers in other provinces, farmers in Pangasinan are faring better in surviving the adverse effects of the dry season aggravated by the El Niño phenomenon. This was the observation of Dalisay Moya, officer-in-charge as provincial agriculturist, and said, Pangasinan has been more fortunate. “In Pangasinan, malawak pa…
THE Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)-Dagupan Field Office hired students and out-of-school youth (OSY) for a summer work program that started April 4. Labor and Employment Office II Panfilo Dioquino Jr. of DOLE-Dagupan said 23 private companies, local government units and other sponsor-institutions in Pangasinan pledged their commitment to…
KURIT PALUNGGARING LINGAYEN— More youths are beginning to write in Pangasinense or the Pangasinan language as evidenced by the growing number of participants in the Kurit Panlunggaring literary writing contest each year. Santiago Villafania, Pangasinan poet and a judge of the contest, noted this during the Kurit Panlunggaring Awarding Ceremony held on…
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