THE scheduled reshuffle of all the 48 election officers in Pangasinan is set to be implemented as soon as final preparations for the May 13 elections are finalized. Lawyer Alipio Alonzo Castillo III, the new provincial election supervisor of Pangasinan, said this re-assignment is a regular process that happens, similar…
BANI’S PAKWAN TO THE WORLD – Barangay residents perform a choreographed number for the street dance competition during last year’s Pakwan Festival. This year’s festival promises to be the grandest ever. (File photo contributed by Philstar Wire Service)
PAKWAN CAPITAL OF THE NORTH BANI– This town, home of the sweetest, reddest and juiciest watermelon in the country, will stage its biggest Pakwan Festival on Jan. 26 since its inception six years ago to further boost the town’s agriculture and tourism. Municipal Tourism Officer Romel Dulay said Mayor Gwen…
THE Dagupan City government is set to enter into a memorandum of agreement with the different senior high schools, colleges and universities in the city for the implementation of the On-the-Job Training (OJT) and the high school immersion program. The Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) passed a resolution proposed by Councilor Jose…
LINGAYEN – Thirty-three cooperatives and four micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) were the latest beneficiaries of a P5.6 million in financial assistance from the provincial government. Gov. Amado Espino III led the awarding of the financial assistance the Narciso Ramos Sports and Civic Center (NRSCC) on January 9 and…
COMMEMORATIVE STAMPS — Dr. Vivencio Villaflor, Jr. turns over his personal collection of General Douglas MacArthur’s commemorative stamps to the city government through Mayor Belen Fernandez on the occasion of the 74th MacArthur Landing Anniversary Celebration held at Virgen Milagros Compound in Bonuan Gueset on January 9. At the turnover are…
VILLASIS—Watch out for this town’s unique town fiesta this year. Villasis, known as the Vegetable Bowl of Pangasinan, will gather all the “town queens” from 2002-2018 in an event dubbed as “Tribute to the Queens’ on Jan. 19 at the town auditorium. Mayor Nonato Abrenica said it was time to…
BALON DAGUPAN NEWS ON the 74th anniversary of the historic landing of General Douglas MacArthur, the memory of his return is as clear as the day he uttered the words “I shall return.” In Dagupan, this victory is as memorable as the day he waded through the waters of the Blue…
BALON DAGUPAN NEWS LEARNING FROM THE EXPERTS – A group of students from the University of Rhode Island studying the city’s fisheries trade experiences pay a courtesy call on Mayor Belen T. Fernandez (2nd from right) The American students are accompanied by Dr. Michael Rice (3rd from right), a professor of the university, who…
CAPITOL NEWS Lingayen, Pangasinan — Pangasinan under the helm of the Espino administration paid tribute anew to the World War II (WW-II) veterans of the province via a commemorative program held annually since 2008 at the hallowed Veterans Memorial Park, Capitol Complex, here. The surviving WW-II veterans — dwindling in…
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