MANGALDAN— Poverty is not an excuse for failing in life for this 18-year old who worked as construction worker to sustain his schooling and eventually graduate valedictorian of his senior high school class, the first batch of Gueguesangen Integrated School here on April 3. Michael Español graduated with a 95 percent…
THE integration of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) as an economic community is also pursued in the academe sector through exchange students program with Thailand. The University of Luzon in Dagupan City welcomed last Tuesday the latest batch of students from the Rajabhat Maha Sarakham University in Thailand, along…
FOR ENCROACHING SALVAGE ZONE LESSONS from the Boracay closure have prompted both the San Fabian municipal government and the Community Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) to start assessing boundaries of areas occupied by beach sheds, restaurants, hotels and inns along the town’s coastal area. CENRO chief Celso Salazar said…
WATCH out for the New Generation Currency (NGC) coin series. The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) branch office in Dagupan City that services all banks in Pangasinan has started releasing the new coins here. Ma. Lourdes Manaois, in-charge of BSP Dagupan’s Economic and Financial Learning Center, said their branch office…
BFAR PROJECT THE fisherfolk in Lingayen were made to feel part of the inclusive growth promised by the national government when they received 30 artificial coral reefs and four paraw (sail boat) from the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Regional Office 1. And the turnover itself sent that message….
MOBILE SKILLS TRAINING LINGAYEN—Forty-five residents of Calasiao town have completed the Mobile Skills Training Program (MSTP), courtesy of the Provincial Employment Services Office (PESO). Now on its fourth leg, the MSTP, a pet project of of Gov. Amado Espino III, brings skills training to remote barangays in the province. Held…
HERE’S a chance for Dagupeño workers to get employed in Japan. Andre Abalos, president of the Pangasinan Alliance for Private Technical and Vocational Schools (PATVS) and of the Pangasinan Filipino Chinese Chamber of Commerce, said Japan needs 500 welders a month. Representatives of a Japanese company based in Hokkaido and Nagasaki were…
ISUZU Philippines Corp. (IPC) recently displayed its latest line-up of Blue Power trucks at its 2018 Isuzu Truck Fest during the Manila International Auto Show. Held at the SMX Convention Center Pasay, Isuzu’s annual truck display on April 6-8 aimed to attract truck buyers to its full truck line-up in…
DAGUPAN’S BEST – A young usherette shows off an entry of an almost perfect specimen of Dagupan bangus in the “Heaviest and Longest Bangus” contest during the Bangus Rodeo. (Punchphoto by Jojo Riñoza)
MISS MAGIC’S FACES – Young ladies in search of fame through 2018 Miss Magic gamely go through the routine for the pre-pageant event at MCO Events Hall in Dagupan City. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
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