SEAFOOD FOR BREAKFAST — A dog sits patiently by the seawall along the Baywalk in Lingayen while waiting for his master to return with fresh catch from fishermen. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
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THE transport groups in the Dagupan City and the National Center for Commuters Safety and Protection (NCCSP) are standing squarely behind the city government’s campaign against colorum commuter vehicles plying the city’s streets. They manifested their support during a forum on the problems posed by increasing presence of the colorum…
City firm on campaign vs. colorum vehicles
PANGASINAN-ZAMBALES ROUTE MANGATAREM—The P1.13-billion worth Daang Kalikasan project, an estimated 54-kilometer (km) road link that will link Pangasinan through this town and Sta. Cruz, Zambales had its groundbreaking ceremony on May 15. The Mangatarem-Sta. Cruz Road (Pangasinan side) involves improvement of 13.05 km existing road and acquisition of 17.43 km…
Construction of Daang Kalikasan starts
RESHUFFLING is inevitable. This policy, according to P/Chief Inspector Norman Florentino, is true particularly in explaining the unexpected reshuffling of the chiefs of police in the towns of Binmaley and Sto. Tomas. But this time, the reason of reshuffling is because the two police chiefs have to undergo schooling as…
Binmaley, Sto. Tomas have new police chiefs
STA. MARIA–Personnel of the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (MDRRMO) of Sta. Maria town are still combing the Agno River in search of a man who dived there at 3:00 p.m. Tuesday and failed to surface. The police identified the still missing person as one Roberto Dacasin, 51,…
Drunk man swam in Agno River, still missing
LINGAYEN– A team from the provincial government led by Gov. Amado Espino, III enplaned for Japan on May 18 for a 7-day training on Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DRRM). The 2nd Knowledge Co-Creation Program (Private Partnership) training is being held at Informatix Inc. in Kawasaki City, Kanagawa, seeks to…
Prov’l team trains in Japan on DRRM
LINGAYEN– The Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP), in its special session held on May 16 here approved the appropriation of P4,000 as financial assistance for each job order (contractual) employee and consultant in the provincial government. Resolution author Board Member Angel M. Baniqued, Jr. said the fund was appropriated to help the…
Contractuals in Capitol get P4k aid
THE Department of Science and Technology (DOST)-Pangasinan satellite has introduced an eco-friendly septic system in the province to address the growing garbage and wastewater problem. Arnold Santos, officer-in-charge at the DOST-Pangasinan satellite office, said the newly-developed septic system enhanced with organo-minerals is meant to reduce health and environment risks and…
DOST introduces techno-eco-friendly septic system
GADGET CANDYMAN — Gone are the days when cotton candies are made by vendors out of a machine in front of children to fascinate and entertain the children. Today, a vendor foes fast food with set of earphones plugged on his ears, pushes his customized tower on wheels that displays…
GADGET CANDYMAN
FOOD-FOR-WORK A FOOD-for-work program will be launched by the Dagupan City government in partnership with the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). City Administrator Farah Decano said the program is a national government initiative to be implemented by the city…
