ALAMINOS CITY–The Alaminos Airport Development Project, costing P2.1 billion, finally broke ground on Tuesday in Barangay Sabangan here. The groundbreaking was spearheaded by Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) Assistant Secretary Guillermo Leonardo who represented former DOTC Secretary and now Executive Secretary Leandro Mendoza.
NO fishkill yet but the pressure is taking its toll on the fishes in ponds and pens. The fishes are not growing as fast they should under normal circumstances. This was the observation of Dagupan City Agriculture Officer Emma Molina of the fishes being cultured in ponds and pens locally…
PLEDGE FOR PEACE–Archbishop Socrates Villegas officiates the pledging ceremony by candidates to observe the covenant for peace and cooperation they signed after taking a spiritual recollection at the Lay Formation Center in Dagupan. The candidates include Governor Amado Espino Jr. (second from right), 3rd District Rep. Rachel Arenas, Espino’s running…
ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL–The GAB Team, composed of Gina de Venecia, Dagupan Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr. and Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez, with 4th District Rep. Jose de Venecia Jr. as their campaign manager, leads a motorcade of supporters in the eastern barangays of Dagupan last Friday to kick-off their campaign….
A FEATHER IN DAGUPAN’S CAP THE biggest street party, indeed, says the Department of Tourism (DOT) of the Bangus Festival and it has vowed it’s full support to the annual Dagupan City celebration, scheduled this year from April 15 to April 31. DOT Undersecretary Oscar Palabyab announced DOT’s support to…
SAN MANUEL—Long-term relief for farmers affected by El Nino phenomenon will finally be had but only in 2013 when the irrigation component of the San Roque Multi-Purpose Dam Project (SRMPD) shall have been completed. President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on Tuesday gave the assurance for the project’s completion in 3 years…
LINGAYEN–Former President Fidel V. Ramos, the only Pangasinense so far who became head of the Philippines, will be the guest of honor and speaker during the maiden celebration of the founding anniversary of Pangasinan on April 5. Pangasinan will celebrate its founding day for the first time this year after…
LINGAYEN–It will be the “mother of all Pangasinan events”. The celebration of Agew na Pangasinan on April 5, the first time that the province will mark its founding day, will be grand as it is intends to “strengthen the identity of every Pangasinense”, according to Gov. Amado Espino Jr.
MANGALDAN—In this unusually extremely hot weather, the electric fan is easily becoming the next common deadly cause of fire in the neighborhood. An over-heated electric fan ignited a blaze that gutted a two-storey house in Barangay Bari here at noon of March 16, killing two toddlers left in a room…
KILLING THE RIVERS SLOWLY—After Typhoon Pepeng struck down most of the fish pens in Dagupan City giving the rivers and their tributaries temporary relief, the fish pens are back with a vengeance, leaving only a few meters for a banca’s passage. (Lower photo) Truckloads of feeds are being unloaded for…
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