LINGAYEN–It’s all systems go for the first-ever celebration of Agew na Pangasinan on April 5 to commemorate the 430th Foundation Anniversary of the province. Sixth District Provincial Board Member Alfonso Bince credited Gov. Amado Espino Jr. for his strong sense of history and helped establish Pangasinan’s founding day.

LINGAYEN–April 5 has been officially declared a special non-working day in Pangasinan by the Office of the President through Proclamation No. 2033, for the celebration of the province’s 430th Founding Anniversary. Signed by Executive Secretary Leandro R. Mendoza on March 31, the proclamation will enable the people of Pangasinan the…

THE Dagupan City government is poised to take legal action against owners of 310 of the 796 registered fish pens in the rivers of Dagupan City for their refusal to demolish and or renew their Aquaculture Lease Agreement (ALA). According to City Agriculture Officer Emma Molina, she gave her recommendation to…

LINGAYEN–Eleven Pangasinenses will receive the 1st ASNA awards in recognition of their outstanding achievements on April 5 during the first-ever celebration of the Agew na Pangasinan. The establishment of the annual ASNA Award is a recommendation of the special research group commissioned to establish the founding date of the province.

WHAT better way to call attention to the Dagupan City’s future than to declare the first day of the Bangus Festival 2010 as Children’s Day? Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez, who chairs the festival for the third consecutive year, announced that unlike previous festivals, the city’s children will take center stage…

OUT WITH THE POSTERS–A volunteer of GAB (Gina de Venecia-Alipio Fernandez Jr.- Belen Fernandez) team climbs a post in front of Jollibee in Dagupan to remove posters of De Venecia and Mayor Fernandez in compliance with the rules set by the Commission on Elections to set an example to all…

TESTING THE PCOS—Police Chief Inspector Gaspar Dacpano inserts a ‘ballot’ in a Precinct Count Optical Scan (PCOS) during a demonstration conducted by the Commission on Elections at the Police Provincial Office to test the efficacy of the machines that will be used in the first computerized election on May 10….

TO ENSURE PEACEFUL POLLS LOCAL candidates led by Governor Amado Espino Jr. and his running mate Ferdinand Calimlim swore before Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas on Tuesday to uphold both the laws of God and man to ensure a peaceful election on May 10. With their right hands on their chests, the candidates…

FOLLOWING the start of the campaign period for local candidates last Friday, two towns and one city have been tagged by the Provincial Election Office as possible “flash points” given threats to the peace and order situation. Provincial Elections Officer Reddy Balarbar announced that San Manuel and Balungao towns in…

THE GAB team – acronym for Gina de Venecia, Alipio Fernandez Jr., and Belen Fernandez — launched its campaign early Friday morning with a feeding program in Barangay Salisay in Dagupan City. Mrs. Venecia is running for the position that her husband will vacate while the two Fernandezes are both…