THIS year’s annual Bangus Festival (April 13-May 1) kicked off with the launching of the “Ilog Ko, Bilay Ko, Dapat Mahalin Ko,” a food for work program , to underscore the importance of a clean environment in order to effectively promote ‘Dagupan Bangus’, the city’s primary agricultural product. Councilor Marcelino Fernandez,…
PANGASINE, a three-day film festival (April 6-8) of the Pangasinan provincial government launched with the theme ‘Pangasinan through the lens of the Pangasinense’ was a success. A brainchild of Pangasinan First Lady Maan Tuazon Guico, the event became the precursor of Pangasinan filmmaking, aimed at enriching and highlighting the tapestry…
LOCAL and amateur bands in Pangasinan will again take centerstage through the ‘PangasiRock’ Battle of the Bands, one of the most-awaited events of the Sea Festival (Pista’y Dayat). The Battle of the Bands, which will be staged this year in partnership with Star FM and Bombo Radyo Dagupan, had three…
THE Wado Ryu Karatedo Dagupan was a stand-out in the 2nd Kyodai Karate Championships and took home the 1st Runner Up trophy with 15 gold, 5 silver, and 10 bronze medals last April 7, 2024 held at the Greenhills in San Juan, Metro Manila. Members of the team who succeeded in the campaign were Shane…
FOOTBRIDGE IS IMPORTANT – Personnel of the City Engineering Office rush the work to raise the height of the footbridge on Arellano Street after the Dagupan city government decided to keep it instead of dismantling it after the elevation of the road and drainage system an adjustment in the area was…
TWO ABANDONED PROJECTS THE Dagupan City government wants the performance bonds of a contractor for two out of four unfinished and abandoned projects of the past Lim administration be confiscated. This was gleaned in a letter to the Sangguniang Panlungsod dated April 1. 2024 by Atty. Aurora Valle in her…
THE Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in Region 1 clarified on Friday that there were no recent fish kill incidents in Western Pangasinan, contrary to a recent report in a national newspaper. Mary Ann Salomon, provincial fishery officer of BFAR-Pangasinan, said the agency’s latest monitoring of aquaculture zones…
PANGASINAN recorded a 209.25N percent rice sufficiency level, despite the El Niño phenomenon persisting in the country. The rice sufficiency level equates to a rice production of 830,062.18 metric tons (MT). It means that the farmers in the province produced a surplus production of 433,382.54 MT, which is the average…
A TRICYCLE driver died, while another was in critical condition after the tricycle was rammed by an SUV in Barangay Bued, Calasiao, on Wednesday afternoon, April 10. P/Lt Col. Ferdinand Lopez, officer-in-charge at the Calasiao Police Station, identified the victim as Adrian Landingin, a resident of Sitio Sabangan in Barangay…
By Ahikam Pasion 2 Dagupeños nabbed in Lingayen drug ops TWO Dagupan City residents were arrested in a drug-bust operation by authorities in Lingayen town. Arrested are identified as Jayson Disu Cayabyab, 38, a resident of Barangay Bonuan Gueset, and Wilson Jorda Paras, 28, a resident of Barangay Bonuan…
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