URDANETA CITY–The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) satellite office here has installed Science and Technology Academic-Research Based Openly Operated Kiosks (Starbooks) in 23 schools in the province. Arnold Santos of DOST-Pangasinan Satellite Office at the Pangasinan State University Urdaneta campus, said the two latest recipient schools last June 30…
BOLINAO – The town police are in a quandary wondering how and who’s claimed rights should they protect over a land dispute between parties that both claim legal rights over the land. P/Sr. Inspector Joseph Mark Sibayan, Bolinao police chief, said, he received a letter from Atty. Lucas Carpio from…
TWO more shopping malls are rising in Dagupan, adding to the six malls already existing and operating in the city. This was revealed by Mayor Belen Fernandez who said construction of The City Mall owned by Golden Dragon Inc. and located in Barangay Mayombo, and SM’s Hypermart located in M.H….
THERE IS MONEY IN GARBAGE — A man rushes to a junk shop with his pedicab full of recyclable materials he bought from households in a village in Lingayen to collect his day’s earnings. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
LINGAYEN–The Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) endorsed the corn and cassava road map of Pangasinan for 2017 – 2022 as a guide for the production of the two commodities in the next five years. Board Member Liberato Villegas, author of the resolution, said it will ensure the increase and sustainability of the…
JUST a month after Dagupan was included as one of the economic zones of the country, a company has already applied with the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) to establish an Information Technology Center in Dagupan City. The AR & Bond Premier Development Corporation, through its president Dr. Armando Bonifacio,…
THE Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) recently launched the Masagana at Malinis na Karagatan (MMK) or the search for outstanding coastal municipality in the whole region. Rosario Segundina Gaerlan, OIC Assistant Regional Director of BFAR Region 1 said the program was launched to motivate stakeholders to help stop…
REALIZING DREAMS THROUGH FISH BALLS — The proud father and fish ball vendor in Villasis, Claro Verzosa, prepares to go out for his regular routine for the past 30 years selling fish balls and other snacks. His shy smile says all there is about his pride in seeing all his daughters…
VILLASIS— Who said selling fish ball cannot possibly amount to anything? It can, and it has. Claro Verzosa, 69, had been selling fish ball for over 30 years and now has four college graduate daughters to show. Twenty-year old Girlie Verzosa, youngest daughter of Claro and his wife Genoveva Verzosa,…
LINGAYEN– The Provincial Board approved the resolution of Bayambang’s Sangguniang Bayan SB Ordinance No. 17, S. of 2017 institutionalizing “SingKapital” as an annual event commemorating an episode in Philippine history when Bayambang became the fifth capital of the Republic of the Philippines on November 12, 1899. SingKapital” (from singko (5) and…
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