TO REOPEN TOURISM THE provincial government and the Department of Tourism Region 1 launched the online visitors registration system (OVRS) to support the reopening of tourism destinations to tourists in the province. The online registration will upload tourists’ information for visitor management and contact tracing simplifying the entry and travel…
MORE local government units (LGUs) in Pangasinan have made it to the Top 20 ranking nationwide in the 2020 Cities and Municipalities Competitiveness Index (CMCI) of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). Regional Director Grace Falgui-Baluyan said the LGUs in Pangasinan excelled in four competitiveness pillars – economic dynamism, government efficiency,…
THE 140-strong members of the Technical-Vocational Institutions (TVIs-Pangasinan) are adamant in saying the Technical Education Skills Development Authority (TESDA) “has lost its mandate – to train Filipino workers, especially those who were retrenched and repatriated, for national development”. In an open letter to President Duterte, signed by Andrei Abalos, TVI…
KIDS IN FACE-TO-FACE/ONLINE STUDY – Four kids work together to provide the right answer using one cellphone to a question posed by a lesson. Left to fend for themselves, without elders supervising them, they happily work without face masks and face shields. (Punchphoto by Burtch Uka)
MARIA Camille Calimlim-Touton, a Dagupeña, is the first Filipino-American appointed by US government to the United States of America’s Bureau of Reclamation as deputy commissioner. US President Joe Biden Biden announced her appointment last Wednesday. She is the first Filipino woman engineer to serve in the White House. Touton is the daughter…
CAPITOL NEWS GOVERNOR Amado I. Espino III led the memorandum of agreement signing and turn-over of two curing barns in Sitio Silsilay, Sto. Domingo in San Manuel and Barangay Poblacion in Balungao on January 28. In his message, Gov. Espino expressed his firm resolve to assist farmers, particularly tobacco farmers,…
CAPITOL NEWS ABIG PANGASINAN IN MALASIQUI. Governor Amado I. Espino III (2nd from right) commends Pangasinenses for their discipline and sacrifices in the fight against COVID-19 as he leads the staging of the Abig Pangasinan Karaban of the provincial government in Malasiqui on January 23. Gov. Espino assures the locals…
TO improve police officers’ handling of guns and their marksmanship in the campaign against crime in the province, the 1st Provincial Director’s Cup was held at the Pangasinan Police Provincial Office’s shooting range last week. Provincial Director P/Colonel Ronald Gayo said PNP issued firearms were used in the marksmanship proficiency…
THE suspect behind the slay of a city health office (CHO) employee in Alaminos City last week is already in police custody. The suspect, Allan Ravena, a resident of barangay Pandan in Alaminos City, surrendered to the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group last Sunday. Barangay Kapitan Timoteo Giron ordered Ravena…
WHAT should have been a peaceful arrest warrant implementation turned awry when the suspect decided to shoot it out with police officers serving his arrest warrant in Barangay Pagal, San Carlos City early Wednesday morning. Dante de Guzman aka ‘Boy de Guzman’, who refused to be arrested, fired at the…
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