VILLASIS–Rodrigo “Ding” Galletes, publisher of the local weekly The Observer (formerly The Ilocano Observer) based in Eastern Pangasinan passed away Saturday night due to kidney problem. His body lies in state at their residence in Zone 4 of this town. Interment is set on June 14 at the municipal cemetery….
YOUTH OFFICIALS— Mayor Benjamin Lim addresses high school students comprising would-be youth officials in a program called “Ogogaw ya Manlinkor 2007” during an orientation on May 30 held at the City Museum. The program aims to develop the leadership potentials of Dagupan youth who will someday take over the reins…
THE University of Pangasinan hosted a regional three-day seminar for international basketball referees with the country’s foremost international referee authority Anthony Sulit as main lecturer and facilitator last May 25 to 27. Sulit is also recognized by the Federation of International Basketball, the world governing body of amateur basketball and…
THE House of Representatives will convene a special plenary session on June 7 to launch the centennial celebration of the first popularly elected parliament in Southeast Asia, Speaker Jose de Venecia announced. Before the session, a series of key events will take place, including the unveiling of a historical marker,…
Grade 6 student Sara Jane Cua of the Pangasinan Universal Institute emerged as third place winner in the recently-concluded National Finals of the 2007 Metrobank-MTAP-DepEd Math Challenge held at the Metrobank Plaza, Makati City. Cua won in the Grade 6 Individual category together with Carmela Antoinette Lao of St. Jude…
Noelle Angeli D. Arcinue, 21, daughter of businessman and former Dagupan Jaycees president Oscar Arcinue and the late lawyer Anita Dimalanta of Lingayen has been elected as the new student council president of the De La Salle University. ARCINUE Noelle is a Liberal Arts Commerce (Liacom) senior who is an…
DAGUPAN City’s Mayor-elect Alipio Fernandez Jr. urged the new officers of the United Families of Tocok Island (UFTI) in Barangay Lucao, Dagupan City headed by former Dagupan City Association of Barangay Captains president Alfredo Dawana to remain united and promote peace and the bayanihan spirit to enhance growth and development…
TIGHT HUG FOR WINNER—Congresswoman-elect Rachel Arenas gets a tight hug from her mother, philanthropist Rosemary ‘Baby’ Arenas, shortly after she was proclaimed winner of the tight congressional Election in the Third District. (Punchphoto by CSR)
GOLDEN SEEDS–A rice farmer from Dagupan City receives his sacks of certified palay seeds from Rudy Fernandez (right) and lawyer Teofilo Gallang of the City Mayor’s Office on May 25 at the city agriculture office. Twenty farmers from barangays Mangin, Tebeng and Salisay availed of the certified seeds, which were…
THE Securities and Exchange Commission, through its Baguio Extension Office, has issued the certificate of incorporation of the Pangasinan PNP Press Corps Inc. headed by its incumbent president Violeta Ferrer. The certificate, signed by Director Annie Gonzales-Tesoro, grants juridical personality to the corporation but does not authorize it to undertake…
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