IT’S official. Dagupan City has a new seal corporate seal replacing the more than 50-year old design. Mayor Benjamin Lim, together with the Sangguniang Panlungsod, unveiled to the public Monday the new corporate seal designed by Dr. Carmelo John E. Vidal.
DESPITE the onslaught of the summer heat, dengue, a disease carried by mosquitoes, continues to rage in the province. Dr. Michael Canto, director for external affairs of the Region 1 Medical Center, said the hospital admitted 37 persons suffering from dengue since the start of April, one of whom, a…
LINGAYEN–The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) hailed the OFW Help Desk set up by the provincial government at the capitol here as a model that should be replicated in other provinces. OWWA Administrator Carmelita Dimzon visited Pangasinan on April 27 to sign a memorandum of agreement with Governor Amado Espino…
SEE YOU IN COURT–Abono founding chairman Rosendo So (right) announces his group’s firm intent to file a case against the provincial government for enacting an ordinance that increased real property tax assessment during a Meet the Press Forum of the Pangasinan Tri-Media Association last week. Others present during the forum…
PARTYLIST Abono is determined to go to court to question the general revision of real property tax assessment schedule in Pangasinan which took effect this year. Rosendo So, founding chairman of Abono, said all avenues for a dialogue with the provincial government has been exhausted leaving his group no other…
JOIN THE FUN—Beauteous contestants for the Limgas na Pangasinan beauty tilt of the Pista’y Dayat celebration in Lingayen gamely pose to invite visitors to join the ultimate summer fun in the capital town on May 1. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao) * * * * * 19…
LINGAYEN–Gov. Amado Espino Jr. has clarified that the provincial government did not issue any permit or franchise that has given way to the reported proliferation of online jai-alai betting stations in almost every town and city of Pangasinan. Speaking to newsmen last week, Espino said the capitol did not give…
THE Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) has unanimously passed an ordinance on Monday appropriating P7.75 million to fund some needs of all 31 barangays in Dagupan City. The request for a supplemental budget was initially made by the Liga ng mga Barangay and later endorsed by the Office of Mayor Benjamin Lim.
ARTISTS EXHIBIT–Dagupan Mayor Benjamin Lim and Karen Ocampo-Flores of the Cultural Center of the Philippines, do the honors to officially open the art exhibit of the Dagupan Artist’s Circle’s SIRKO, a special event of the Bangus Festival at the Nepo Mall last April 16, to the public. They are joined by…
THE first Bangus Festival in 2003 was conceptualized by Dagupenos. This was the contention of Dagupan City Mayor Benjamin Lim who downplayed his role as the initiator of the festival. “The true “father of the Bangus Festival” are the people of Dagupan,” he said during the opening program.
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