BINALONAN – While Alaminos City and Sta. Barbara town are still competing with each other in a bid to host the first and possibly only international airport in the province, a privately-owned airfield here was inaugurated on February 16. The airfield, inaugurated by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, is owned by…
SAN FABIAN-The Pangasinan Mayors’ League are standing by embattled President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo who is facing a strong and growing call for her resignation. Meeting on Wednesday in this 4th District town represented by former House Speaker Jose de Venecia, the group confirmed that they continue to support Arroyo.
If other urban cities can have their own “Chinatown”, why not in Dagupan? This is the proposition put forward by the Filipino-Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Dagupan to recognize and honor the contributions of Filipino-Chinese businessmen to the city’s economy. Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez, herself of Chinese descent,…
THE Bangus Festival, already established as a permanent summer spectacle in Dagupan, will go regional this year, according to Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez, chair of 2008 festival executive committee. “Unlike in the past when the festival was confined only in Dagupan and Pangasinan, it will become an affair to remember…
COLEGIO de Dagupan (CdD) has registered the highest passing percentage among nursing schools in Pangasinan for the second time in row. This was gleaned from the results of the Nursing Licensure Examination last December 2007. With a 56% passing percentage of its remaining first-batch nursing graduates, CdD maintained its prestige…
BINALONAN–Five to six “mega” projects, aimed at supporting the province’s agriculture and tourism sectors, are expected to be completed before the end of the term of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in 2010. Speaking during the formal inauguration of the Binalonan airfield, President Arroyo said the projects will boost opportunities in…
GUICO AIRFIELD INAUGURATION—President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, seemingly unperturbed by growing calls for her ouster, greets her kailian on her arrival in Binalonan the hometown of her mother, on February 16 for the inauguration of a local airfield owned by the Guico family. Joining the President are Governor Amado Espino Jr….
2008 BANGUS FESTIVAL—Dagupan City Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez, this year’s Bangus Festival executive committee chairperson, shares with newsmen her initial plans for the annual fiesta slated from April 16 to May 1.
LINGAYEN GULF TRANSPORT LINK Mayors confident that project will be viable ALAMINOS CITY–The first tri-ferry service across the Lingayen Gulf will soon be a reality following the slated signing of the memorandum of agreement for the project by the three Local Government Units (LGUs) that joined hands for the project….
STO. TOMAS–Local folks here gave high fives, thumbs-up signs, wide smiles and cheers to each other following the successful staging of their 4,938-meter corn grill on February 10 in celebration of the town’s Corn Festival and centennial anniversary. Officials and residents expressed optimism that their corn grill will make set…
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