EIGHT days before voters troop to their polling places, peace appears to be holding in the province that has several towns and cities classified as “hot spots”. According to the Commission on Election’s provincial officer Reddy Balarbar, the zero-violence card was confirmed by the provincial police at a briefing by…
ISO 9001 certificate earned MAYOR Alipio Fernandez Jr. announced today that Dagupan City has earned the seal of the world’s best known management systems standard ISO 9001. He said the city counts itself today as one of the first local government units in the country to bag the international seal…
THE city’s homegrown talents prevailed this time in the Festivals of the North competition. Dagupan Bangus Festival, represented by Barangay Lucao, was adjudged the winner of the prestigious street dancing contest among the region’s best by board of judges composed of prominent national personalities in arts, culture and music circles.
LINGAYEN—Backed by documents, it was the turn of Rep. Victor Agbayani to mount a counter-offensive against his detractors. Agbayani, thru his spokesman Ruel Camba, took a swipe at Malayo Barangay Captain Carlito Doria of Urbiztondo whom he accused of not being truthful when he claimed that he (Agbayani) had no hand…
CHAMPION OF THE NORTH— Street dancers of Barangay Lucao representing Dagupan Festival in the Festival of the North regale the crowd with their choreographed stunts during the street parade of the participants. Later in the evening, the local troupe was adjudged the best among the best in the northern region.(Punchphoto…
FOR MISSING P29 MILLION SAN CARLOS CITY–A case for malversation of public funds was filed on April 15 before the Ombudsman against Mayor Julier C. Resuello and his disbursing officer, Leny D. Fermin. This came as a surprise to Resuello who is seeking a second term of office under the…
LINGAYEN–Avoid eating, gathering, collecting, harvesting and marketing shellfish, shrimp and crabs from the coastal waters of Barangay Wawa in Bani. The warning came from the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in an advisory issued on Friday. But fish from the area, on the other hand, remain safe for…
TRAFFIC came to a standstill in Dagupan City when 32 dance groups took to the city’s streets in the afternoon of April 23 to reenact a unique dance step simulating movements of fishermen when harvesting bangus, the city’s premier product. The event was the “Gilon Gilon Ed Baley Street Dancing Parade…
LINGAYEN–The 3rd Pangasinan Tourism and Trade Expo dubbed “Aliguas ed Turismo Tan Ekonomya” kicked off April 23 and will be open until May 10 as a major attraction in this year’s Pista’y Dayat celebration. Maria Luisa Elduayan, chief of the Tourism Division, said 94 exhibitors, including 13 One-Town-One-Product (OTOP) participants,…
PANGASINAN maintains its position as the country’s biggest producer of milkfish (bangus), besting the combined yield of two other major producers. “If you combine the production of Central Luzon and Western Visayas (particularly Iloilo), the province of Pangasinan has even more,” said Dr. Westly Rosario, chief of the National Integrated…
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