BEST PHOTO IN AGRICULTURE -– PUNCH photojournalist’s Willie Lomibao receives his trophy for his photograph fishermen harvesting Dagupan Bangus that won the judges as the Agriculture photo of the year in Bright Leaf Agriculture Journalism Awards 2018.
24/7 HIGHER VISIBILITY ORDERED POLICE Regional Director, Chief Supt. Romulo Sapitula has ordered the police in the four provinces to prepare and implement plans that will require full alert 24/7 on the region’s police personnel for the coming holidays leading to the campaign period and elections in May 2019. Sapitula…
STILL facing a blank wall on the motive behind the killing of of former Bayambang councilor Levin Uy last week, Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO) formed special investigation group (SITG)to hasten the investigation, identification and arrest of the perpetrators behind the slaying. At the same time, Bayambang Mayor Cesar Quiambao…
WAR ON DRUGS THE anti-illegal drugs campaign to protect the youth in Pangasinan shifts to high gear. A memorandum of agreement was signed by and between the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in Pangasinan with the National Police Commission, Pangasinan Police Provincial Office and Pangasinan State University for them to…
LINGAYEN–A P4.4-billion worth waste-to-energy facility is set to rise in Laoac town soon after the provincial board endorsed the proposed project of Green Atom Renewable Energy Corporation (GAREC) to undertake the town’s solid waste disposal project in other areas in this province using a state-of-the-art technology. “It’s the first-of-its-kind in…
LEGACY ON FOOTPRINTS — Dr. Michael A. Rice, Initiator of good sanitary quality oyster farming in the Philippines and Atty. Malcolm L. Sarmiento Jr, prime mover and implementor of mariculture parks in the Philippines, are assisted by BFAR-NIFTDC center chief Westly Rosario and Joebert Toledo of Society of Aquaculture Engineers of the Philippines, Inc. at the…
TWO outstanding aquaculturists, one is a Filipino and the other an American, were honored on Nov. 22 at the Asian Fisheries Academy by the Society of Aquaculture Engineers of the Philippines, Inc. and Philippine Aquaculture Society (PAS) for outstanding leadership and service for the advancement of aquaculture in the country….
CHRISTMAS COLORS — A store on Rizal St. in Dagupan City lends to the Christmas holidays by displaying all the colorful Christmas decors one could use at home. (Punchphoto by Jojo Riñoza)
2017 SEAL OF CHILD-FRIENDLY LOCAL GOVERNANCE THE regional Council for the Welfare of Children (CWC) picked Dagupan City as the regional awardee for the 2017 Seal of Child-Friendly Local Governance (SCFLG), the city’s fourth successive citation. The award was presented in a ceremony held on November 12 at the Sison…
DAGUPAN City, although already declared as drug-cleared by the local police, its status is still undergoing validation by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA). “Nakapila po tayo sa validation ng PDEA,” P/Chief Inspector Madonna Cabiles of the Dagupan City Police, told KBP Forum in Dagupan on Nov. 15. She pointed…
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