URDANETA CITY – Gone are the days when persons with disabilities (PWDs) merely wait for what the government provide to support them. PWDs have since been actively developing and promoting projects for their sector. This was manifested by Jennifer Garcia, president of the Region I Association of Women with Disabilities, actively…
LINGAYEN–Noting the declining number of Pangasinenses speaking the Pangasinan language as gleaned from a recent survey, Gov. Amado Espino III spurred him to create and organize activities that will help strengthen and encourage usage of the Pangasinan language in schools, homes and in workplaces. Speaking Wednesday during the opening of…
FOR REHAB OF DRUG USERS A MEDICAL detoxification package for drug dependents among PhilHealth members will soon be made available. This was announced by Rodolfo del Rosario, PhilHealth vice president for Region 1, during the KBP Forum on the occasion of the 22ndanniversary of the agency. He said PhilHealth shall…
CLUP APPROVAL STILL PENDING DAGUPAN City’s plan to move fast forward in its development continues to be stymied in the absence of an approval of its submitted Comprehensive Land Use Plan (CLUP) by the National Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board (NHLURB). Mayor Belen Fernandez expressed her own frustration at…
BALON DAGUPAN NEWS NEW SCHOOL BUILDING FOR BOQUIG – Mayor Belen T. Fernandez (left) and Schools Division Superintendent Froserfina J. Bravo (inner right) together unveil the marker of the city funded two-storey, eight-classroom school building of the Bonuan Boquig Elementary School during a turn-over and ribbon cutting ceremony on February 23. Looking on are…
BALON DAGUPAN NEWS DAGUPAN CITY – After several months of enduring the inconvenience of conducting classes in the Bonuan Boquig Elementary School’s multi-purpose covered court, the displaced pupils and teachers of the school are now finally given their new school building. This after the newly-built two-storey, eight-classroom school building funded by the…
CAPITOL NEWS Governor Amado “Pogi” I. Espino III is keen on working closely with the academe and the media to design programs and projects that can help promote the use of Pangasinan language among the younger generation of Pangasinan. In an interview during the sidelights of the Training-Workshop on the…
BALON DAGUPAN NEWS DAGUPAN CITY – The City Government of Dagupan in cooperation with the Department of Education in the city will hold a 2nd Children Summit on February 27 to March 1 with the theme “Musika Laban sa Droga”. This year’s theme highlights the city government’s support for President Rodrigo…
ROSALES—Another barangay kapitan is busted. Proceso Ordinario, 59, incumbent barangay captain of Zone 1 here was arrested on Feb. 23 in his barangay for illegal drugs and violation of Comprehensive Firearms and Ammunition Regulation Act. Report from P/Sr. Superintendent Ronald Lee, acting provincial police director, said joint police operatives who swooped…
CALASIAO—A barangay kagawad (councilman) was shot dead by unidentified suspects riding in tandem on a motorcycle in Barangay Banaoang here on Feb. 20. The fatality identified as Wilfredo de Vera, resident of said place, was brought to Trauma Hospital in Dagupan City but died while undergoing treatment. Investigators recovered at…
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