THE attempt of the Dagupan City Council to illustrate the involvement of Dr. Jose P. Rizal in the life of Leonor Rivera suffered an initial setback. The National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) has found no historical account corroborating that national hero Dr. Jose Rizal traveled to Dagupan where…
LINGAYEN–Shellfishes collected from the coastal waters of Anda and Bolinao are still not fit for human consumption. This was contained in Shellfish Bulletin No. 15, Series of 2017 dated April 26, 2017 of the Bureau if Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) signed by BFAR Director Eduardo Gongona. The BFAR bulletin confirmed…
Shellfish from Anda, Bolinao still banned
LINGAYEN –Tragedy struck a family from San Carlos City when the father and his two daughters drowned in the Lingayen Beach at 1:00 p.m. last April 24. The police identified the victims as Lorenzo Reyes, 44; and his two daughters Kim Alya, 16; and Pia, 12. A nephew of Reyes,…
Dad, 2 daughters drown in Lingayen Beach
IF you wan to earn P100,000 cold cash, take the challenge of the Binalatongan Historical and Cultural Association (BHCA) in San Carlos City. Marilou Reyes, president of BHCA, said a P100,000 cash reward is being offered by BHCA to anyone who can help locate the missing 300-year old bell. According to…
The search for missing Binalatongan bell is on!
THIS year’s Labor Day celebration in Region 1 will be highlighted by job and business fairs, the Department of Labor and Employment-Regional Office No. I (DOLE-RO1) said. Regional Director Nathaniel Lacambra said the labor agency will adopt the Trabaho, Negosyo, Kabuhayan (TNK), a collaboration with the Department of Trade and…
Three job fairs mark Labor Day celebration
SENATOR Grace Poe was in town to grace the opening of the 2017 Mango and Bamboo Festival in San Carlos City last week. Poe together with Mayor Bogs Resuello officially opened the weeklong festival through the ribbon cutting of the agri-livestock exhibit and plaza fiesta village exhibit. The senator said…
Poe: Let’s have more agri-preneurs
“AS MOST CITIZEN-FRIENDLY TOWN” VILLASIS—Even before the Department of Trade’s officially launched a micro-lending program this month to counter the “5-6” underground lending scheme that victimizes lowly vendors, this town has already launched its own program by offering loans to market vendors at zero interest. Mayor Nonato Abrenica launched his…
Villasis launches program to eliminate ‘5-6’ lending
BALON DAGUPAN NEWS FOODKARTS FOR LIFE — The first 25 of the 100 foodkarts from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in partnership with the city government were formally turned-over to 4Ps beneficiaries in the city who underwent training on food processing with simple accounting during the flag…
FOODKARTS FOR LIFE
BALON DAGUPAN NEWS DAGUPAN CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in partnership with the city government is giving at least 100 foodkarts to 4Ps beneficiaries under the Sustainable Livelihood Program of the government for beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program. The first 25 of the…
DSWD, Dagupan give 100 foodkarts to beneficiaries of 4Ps
TRADE and commerce as well as travel between Pangasinan and Cagayan Valley will be boosted further with the establishment of Road Master Transport terminal on Barangay Mayombo. The city council, in its draft resolution No. R-5466, authored by Councilor Alvin Coquia, interposed no objection to the application of Road Master…