WAR VS ILLEGAL DRUGS LINGAYEN—Two elected mayors expressed full support for President-elect Rody Duterte’s hardline campaign against drug syndicates. Re-elected Binmaley Mayor Simplicio Rosario and and newly elected Calasiao Mayor Joseph Arman Bauzon agreed that the “shoot-to-kill” order will be effective in curbing the illegal drug trade. Mr. Rosario, however,…
THE Pangasinan police will put up assistance desks near every school starting the opening of classes on June 13 to support of the “Balik Eskwela” program of the Department of Education (DepEd). P/Supt. Jackie Candelario, deputy police provincial director for operations and also information officer of the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO),…
LINGAYEN-DAGUPAN ARCHDIOCESE DAGUPAN CITY— Pope Francis has appointed Msgr. Elmer Mangalinao as Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan. The Pope made the announcement at 12:00 noon last Tuesday at the Vatican (6:00pm, Manila time), report from the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) news site said. Prior to…
LINGAYEN— The members of the provincial board expressed their support for the inclusion of the Konkreto at Ayos na Lansangan at Daan Tungo sa Pangkalahatang Kaunlaran (KALSADA) program in the 2017 national budget. The KALSADA program, a program of the national government that provides assistance to provinces for funding of…
LINGAYEN— Two public hospitals in the province are set to receive additional medical equipment. Last Monday, the provincial board approved provincial resolution no. 2049-2016 authorizing the Governor Amado Espino Jr. to enter into and sign memoranda of agreement (MOA) with HIMEX Corporation and United Diagnostic Supply (UDS) for the provision…
THE Office of Civil Defense (OCD), in partnership with the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) in the Ilocos Region, rolled out its Disaster Risk Reduction Management (DRRM) Caravan for government information officers and media in Pangasinan. Regional Director Melchito Castro said OCD said “Information is vital during disaster operations. Mahalaga ang mga reports…
DAGUPAN City is prime to be the next information technology hub in the country. This was the observation made by Jonathan De Luzuriaga, trustee of the Information Technology Business Process Association of the Philippines (IBPAP) and president of the Philippine Software Industry Association (PSIA), during the Information Technology Business Process…
HERE’S a piece of good news to parents! Business establishments in Dagupan City and Pangasinan are selling school supplies below the Suggested Retail Price (SRP) posted by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in its website. This was bared by Marjorie Loresco, chief industry development specialist of the DTI…
JOBSEEKERS should be ready for more job fairs in the month of June, the Department of Labor and Employment-Regional Office I today announced. Regional Director Grace Ursua said the DOLE-RO I released the following schedule: June 8 – Provincial PESO, Lingayen; June 10 – CB Mall, Urdaneta City and Don…
THE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) conferred the Bagwis Award to 11 business firms in Pangasinan in recognition of their best trade practices and proper services to their clients last week in Vigan City. Provincial Director Peter Mangabat of DTI-Pangasinan said the Bagwis Program seeks to create an environment…
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