BINMALEY—Due to the scarcity of public utility vehicles (PUVs) plying Lingayen-Binmaley-Dagupan City route following the crackdown of smoke belching and dilapidated jeepneys and buses by Inter-Agency Council for Traffic, stranded passengers in this town have been enjoying free ride since June 6. Mayor Simplicio Rosario said while traveling on his…
THE regional office of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) warned the fish pen and fish cage owners in the fish kill affected area in Anda and Bolinao that they face another fish kill if they will continue to ignore prescribed rules in aquatic farming. Regional Director Nestor…
BFAR warns fish pen, cage operators of another fish kill
LA UNION – The Police Regional Office 1 (PRO1) has intensified the conduct of anti-illegal drugs activities in the region to prevent the resurgence of drugs after the Barangay Anti-Drug Abuse Councils (BADAC) cleared almost 99.93% of the drug affected barangays. Regional Director P/ Chief Superintendent Romulo E. Sapitula ordered on Friday, June 8, the conduct of more frequent and…
PNP: Region’s barangays 99.93% drug-cleared
FREE SCHOOL SUPPLIES – Schoolchildren in West Central Elementary School in Dagupan City line up to claim their school supplies provided by the Dagupan City government. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
FREE SCHOOL SUPPLIES
PROPER HANDLING OF FLAG – A teacher (2nd from right) gives instructions to pupils of a school in Lingayen on the proper handling and raising of the flag for the weekly flag-raising ceremony. at a school in a village in Lingayen town during the June 4 formal opening of the school year. (Punchphoto…
PROPER HANDLING OF FLAG
MANAOAG –-While public schools in the province were busy welcoming pupils to their classrooms, the pupils of Pao Elementary School were not as lucky. Six of their classrooms, their Library and Guidance Counsel rooms were gutted by fire Monday late afternoon. Cristina Camba, school principal who assumed her post on…
Manaoag school hit by fire during school opening
THE provincial government has named 151 new scholars under the “academically highly competent group” of the Provincial Scholarship Program. The new set includes 24 automatic qualifiers valedictorians and salutatorians of senior high schools and 127 who made the cut of scholarship grant entitlement via topping the PSP qualifying examination. Chief…
Capitol names 2018 scholars
THE Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) has authorized Mayor Fernandez to enter into a contract of usufruct for 50 years with the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) for the use of a lot in Mayombo as its station. Mayor Fernandez will sign the contract for the lot measuring 3,812 square meters with Dagupan City Fire Chief…
Dagupan offers new location for BFP fire station
LINGAYEN– The provincial government received another commendation for ‘uplifting the general welfare of the Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) and their families.’ Vice Governor Jose Ferdinand Z. Calimlim, Jr., led several Sangguniang Panlalawigan members and department heads, received the “Most Outstanding Migrant Desk Office” from the region’s Overseas Workers Welfare Administration…
P’sinan is ‘Most Outstanding Migrant Desk Office”
LINGAYEN – Medical doctors and staff of Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital (OLLH) provided free-of-charge surgical services to indigent patients last June 1-3 at the new Operating Room – Delivery Room Bolinao Community Hospital (BCH). Held in partnership with the provincial government, the surgical mission headed by the Holy Spirit Sisters…