AN ALERT has been raised in Region 1 by the Regional Peace and Order Council (RPOC) over reports that some criminal/terrorist groups from Mindanao have sought haven in Northern Luzon to escape the police and military dragnet targeting them. Intelligence reports bared during the RPOC first-quarter meeting indicated that around…
LUCKY NUMBER 8 NUMBER 8, considered a lucky number among Filipino and Chinese numerologists, drove candidates vying for elective posts in the coming Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) to file their certificates of candidacy (COC) on Aril 18, 2018, the fifth day of filing period, across Pangasinan. Data gathered…
BOLINAO—If you are looking for something worthwhile to adopt, visit the University of the Philippines-Marine Science Institute (UPMSI) Bolinao Marine Laboratory and say you want to adopt a baby giant… a baby giant clam! The university launched on April 20 its Adopt-A-Clam project, an extension project of the UPMSI Bolinao…
THERE is no misuse of the funds allocated for the training of members of the Barangay Anti-Drug Abuse Council (BADAC), according to DILG provincial director Agnes de Leon. De Leon vehemently denied a charge being circulated through text messages that she was “spending only P500 of the P721 budget” for…
“I AM PREGNANT” VOLUNTARY and self-employed expectant mothers can now use the Text-SSS facility in submitting maternity notifications to the Social Security System. SSS President and Chief Executive Emmanuel F. Dooc has described the Text-SSS facility for individually-paying members is an option open to them to notify SSS about their pregnancy aside…
A TOWN WITHIN A TOWN LINGAYEN—The head of the Philippine Export Zone Authority (PEZA) has called on Pangasinan officials led by Governor Amado Espino III to set up at least two economic zones in every town and city to perk up their respective economies and wean themselves off their dependency on…
SUAL – A recent study confirmed that air quality in Sual remains at normal level despite the presence of the 1,218 megawatt Sual Coal-fired power plant and will maintain that status if another coal-fired plant planned by a South Korean Investors is constructed. The study conducted by AECOM PHILIPPINES, Inc., an established international…
VICTORY Liner Inc. (VLI), one of the biggest bus companies in Northern Luzon, has launched its Premium Point-to-Point (P2P) bus services from Clark International Airport (CIA) to Subic Bay in Olongapo City and Dagupan City. The new service will provide travelers, including overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), the convenience to get…
WOMEN’S COOPERATIVE IS NO. 1 MAPANDAN—Seven housewives whose aim was simply to augment their husbands’ income for their families have found themselves making a difference in the lives of not only 32 women at first but subsequently hundreds more. Their journey started when the group they initially joined that promised…
MANGUNGUNA FESTIVAL – Paddlers race their balsa (bamboo rafts) along the Balingasay River leading to the mouth of West Philippine Sea during the 11thMangunguna Festival of Bolinao on Friday. (Punchphoto by Jojo Riñoza)
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