LINGAYEN—Presidential aspirant, Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, said if by God’s grace he would win the May 9 polls, he would take his oath without fanfare in Malacañang and prayed that it would be Sen. Alan Cayetano who will be by his side as his vice president. “You know, honestly…
STO. TOMAS—After being at the helm of the first and only provincial political party in Pangasinan for two decades, the chairman emeritus of Biskeg na Pangasinan has resigned from his post Friday. Former Dangerous Drugs Board chairman Antonio “Bebot” Villar Jr, noted by his peers as Pangasinan’s political kingmaker because of…
SAN NICOLAS—Presidential candidate Sen. Grace Poe said if she is elected in the May 9 polls, she will put up regional offices of Malacanang to make government closer to the people. She made the pledge during her visit to the towns of Sta. Maria, Asingan and San Manuel last week….
LINGAYEN-Dagupan Archbishop and Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) president Socrates Villegas cautioned his fellow priests in his archdiocese whose lifestyles he noticed have changed not to be influenced by citations heaped on them. He told them not “to allow the awards and titles, the position and the experience…
PROMOTION OF PANGASINAN CULTURE FIVE private tertiary schools in the province- University of Luzon, Lyceum Northwestern University, University of Pangasinan, Virgen Milagrosa University Foundation, and Colegio De Dagupan- will sign a memorandum of agreement to support the Pangasinan Studies Center. The establishment of the PSC was an offshoot of a…
GILON-GILON DAY, APRIL 8 THE city’s main thoroughfares will be closed to traffic on April 8 for the grand opening of this year’s Bangus Festival and the popular Gilon-Gilon ed Baley street dancing competition. Traffic rerouting will start at 12:00 o’clock noon before the 3 p.m. parade that will start from Burgos Street to Guilig Street-Perez…
SOME Php20 billion was spent by the Aquino administration in Pangasinan from 2010 to 2015, according to former Finance Undersecretary Jose Vicente Bengzon. In a press conference Thursday at the Philippine Information Agency media center, Mr. Bengzon said that of the amount, at least Php14.8 million was spent by the Department of Public…
TAKING SELFIE PICS CAN BE DANGEROUS BAYAMBANG—Two siblings and their cousin drowned on Agno River in Barangay Carungay here Wednesday afternoon after they fell from a bamboo raft while taking selfie photos. The victims were Kyla Bautista, 16, and her brother Kenneth Bautista, 20, and their cousin Karen San Jose,…
BOLINAO –The Cape Bolinao Sustainable Marine Finfish Hatchery and Eco-Learning Center that will soon rise here, commits to provide 50,000 fish and shrimp fry monthly for local fishpond growers, minimal environmental impacts, if any, and will strongly benefit the economy and the nation’s food security. This was the reaction of…
THE regional office of Department of Labor and Employment has announced the holding of three job fairs in Pangasinan in the next quarter. These will be held on April 14 – Capitol Complex, Lingayen, Pangasinan; May 1 – SM City Rosales; Robinsons Place, Calasiao, and June 12 – Nepo Mall,…
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