THREE Chinese companies have qualified to bid for the construction of the P4.5-billion re-regulating pond of the San Roque Multi-purpose Dam project in San Manuel town. The project, which will irrigate an additional 70,000 hectares of rice farms in the provinces of Pangasinan, Tarlac and Nueva Ecija, will be financed…
STA. BARBARA–The police in this largely agricultural town is going ‘hi-tech’ by offering e-mail service for reporting crimes. Superintendent Eric Noble, town police chief, said this is particularly useful for the youth who nowadays get a lot of exposure to computer applications. “Most people these days, especially the youth, are…
BARANGAY Lucao’s street dancers topped the Gilon! Gilon! Ed Baley Street Dancing Competition, the opening day highlight of the 2009 Bangus Festival on April 15. The Lucao contingent received the P80,000 first prize from the Bangus Festival Committee headed by Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez.
Finally, a drug suspect nabbed, charged Another suspected illegal drug dealer was arrested by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and this time, he was promptly turned over to the City Prosecutors Office for inquest. The suspect, Abdul Rashid Ismael of Bonuan Tondaligan, is now in jail facing charges for…
HONORARY SON—Fernando La Sama De Araojo, President of the National Parliament of Timor Leste, receives a commemorative plaque from Dagupan City Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr. and Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez recognizing him as an honorary son of Dagupan City. Araojo’s wife, Dr. Jacqueline Aquino Siapno Araojo, a native of Dagupan,…
GILON-GILON CHAMPION—Street dancers from Barangay Lucao show their well-rehearsed presentation before a mammoth crowd at the city plaza en route to bagging the top prize of P80,000 in the Gilon-Gilon Street Dancing Competition that highlighted the opening of the Dagupan Bangus Festival 2009 on April 15. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)…
REMINISCENT OF ALABANG BOYS’ CASE REMINISCENT of the case of the celebrated Alabang Boys in Metro Manila, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in Region 1 has found itself in a major conflict with the Prosecutor’s Office in Dagupan City. The bad blood between the two government agencies today stems…
SHE could have brought nannies, household staff, security detail and a host of orderlies befitting her stature but the interim First Lady of Timor Leste preferred to keep a low profile when she visited her hometown Dagupan for a vacation. The wife of Fernando Lasama de Araujo, president of the…
ILLEGAL drugs, akyat-bahay gangs, and environment offenders. The three are now at the top of the provincial police’s order of battle. Governor Amado Espino Jr. has ordered the PNP to marshal its forces in fighting against these menaces after expressing satisfaction over the successful operation of the police on cattle…
OPLAN Paglalakbay was launched by the Land Transportation Office (LTO) in Dagupan on Tuesday when LTO Chief Arturo Lomibao started making the rounds of bus terminals in the city to make sure that drivers and operators are fit to commute passengers. The project, a road safety awareness program of the…
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