LINGAYEN—The Department of Public Works and Highways has started work on the P1-billion Binmaley-Lingayen bypass road, amid resistance from landowners and farmers who stand to be affected. A third public consultation dialogue was held on May 10, with the attendance of Pangasinan Second District Rep. Leopoldo Bataoil, DPWH officials and…
URDANETA CITY—The new by-pass road in this city is expected to be completed in 2019 by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to give local residents and tourists “a faster and seamless travel in and through Pangasinan,” DPWH Region I Director Ronnel Tan has disclosed. The project, which has…
BOODLE SA DULANG — Gov. Amado Espino III, flanked by Mrs. Espino and Vice Gov. Jose Ferdinand Calimlim, takes their share of the seafood laid out on the dulang while Limgas beauties take small bites of seafoods. “Dulang” is a Pangasinan word for “hapag-kainan” or dining table. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
FORMER Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. has called for the expansion of Dagupan’s Bangus Festival into a “South China Sea Festival” that will also have China and Vietnam as active participants. Speaking to newsmen on the sidelines of the Dagupan Street Party or “Kalutan ed Dalan”, De Venecia said if…
A REVIVAL of happy childhood play is what’s good for today’s gadget-conscious generation of young children. This is the goal of a resolution passed by the Dagupan City council requesting the Department of Education (DepEd) to include the playing of various traditional Filipino games in the Physical Education (PE) classes of kindergarten and elementary…
THE provincial office of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) is in a quandary about two different lists of incumbent barangay officials alleged to be involved in the illegal drug trade: one from the provincial office of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the other from the…
DAGUPAN City councilors are one in asking the administration of Mayor Belen Fernandez to call for a summit on traffic management in the city to address emerging traffic problems in many parts of the city. The Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) last week passed a resolution requesting Fernandez to call an “urgent…
STUDENTS and out-of-school youths in Pangasinan now have more reasons to continue their studies in the coming academic year. Three universities and one college will implement soon the free college education law. Senator Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara, one of the principal sponsors of the free college law, said students and out-of-school…
LIMGAS BEAUTIES SHINE – Rose Lyn Reyes (Miss Manaoag) and Marikit Manaois (Miss Sison), are this year’s Best in Festival Costume and Best in Talent respectively, in Limga na Pangasinan search. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
LINGAYEN—Candidates for positions in the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections have until May 2 this year to voluntarily take tests for illegal drug use, the Lingayen Police has pointed out. P/Chief Inspector Wilmar Pagaduan, town police chief, said he was encouraging all candidates to take the drug test to ensure…
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