ABOUT 900 pupils at Lucao Elementary School in Dagupan City were given the privilege to experience automated voting system when they elected their officers for the Supreme Pupil Government (SPG) for the school year 2020-2021 on Feb. 14. Gary Desoloc, school principal, said it was part of a nationwide simultaneous…
AFTER 4 DAYS A fisherman from Agno town who was reported missing since Feb.13 was sighted and rescued on Monday, February 16, at about 30 nautical miles west of Balingasay, Bolinao town. According to Naval Forces Northern Luzon (NFNL) information officer Capt. Jojit Ofiaza, NFNL Commander Commodore Caesar Bernard Valencia…
WHAT TRICYCLE BAN? — Two tricycles overloaded with passengers traverse the Binmaley-Dagupan highway not only in complete disregard of passengers’ safety but of the national law banning tricycles in the middle of highways. They obviously knew there were no police or barangay tanod to enforce the law on the highway. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
FIVE coastal areas in Western Pangasinan have been declared red tide-free and all types of shellfish, including Acetes sp. or alamang gathered in the area, are fit for human consumption. The declaration was based on the latest laboratory analyses conducted by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in…
THE request of the market stallholders who’ve long complained about the water leaking from the rooftop of the Magsaysay Fish Market stallholders for a freeze in their annual five percent stall rental escalation was denied. This was reached during a committee hearing conducted by Councilor Teresa Coquia, chairman of the…
IT was a vision in 2011 inspired by a father that led a son to produce Cacao Federico, a quality tablea product made from organic cacao plants. This is the story behind Cacao Federico that’s fast-gaining preference among restaurants, hotels and supermarkets in the province. It was Federico Soriano who…
THE San Miguel Corporation (SMC) is set to open 700 jobs initially to residents in the Fourth District, for its multi-billion peso agro-industrial and tourism industry-related projects in San Fabian that are set to start soon. This was announced by Fourth District Rep. Christopher de Venecia who said while SMC…
THE WEDDING LIKE NO OTHER — Couples in Lingayen arrive at the Presidential Hotel for the Kasalang Bayan hosted and presided by Mayor Leopoldo Bataoil, clearly with the Covid-19 global crisis in mind. They wore face masks throughout until they left the venue, washed and used sanitizers on their hands before they…
AMID COVID-19 THREAT IT was not your typical wedding setting and there was nothing that could stop 143 couples in Lingayen town to exchange “I dos” last Feb 14, not even the threat posed by COVID-19. As a precaution, a protocol was adopted that required couples to wear surgical face…
DARAPILAN, the first arts exhibition featuring the works of local artists in Dagupan City, was opened to the public on February 16, Sunday at the repurposed Old City Hall building inside the Dagupan City National High School campus in Tapuac District in exotic folk ceremony performed by the UL Theater…
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