STUDENTS of International Christian School from Hong Kong arrived in Dagupan to help the teachers, barangay officials, parents and pupils of Caranglaan Elementary School to clean and repair classrooms and chairs as the start of Brigada Eskwela 2014 last week. The foreign students are also in the country for other…
SCUBA DIVING LESSON—-A diving instructor from the Philippine Navy demonstrates basic self-contained underwater breathing apparatus (SCUBA) diving course to personnel of Water Search and Rescue Team and local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council at the Capitol Resort Hotel in Lingayen last May 21. The five-day training is part of…
LINGAYEN– The provincial disaster risk reduction and management council (PDRRMC) further improved its preparedness level by holding a five-day search and recovery training, and basic self-contained underwater breathing apparatus (SCUBA) diving course. Fernando De Guzman, executive officer of the PDRRMC, said the training program was for the benefit of personnel…
STA. MARIA—A municipal councilor here has been slapped with an administrative case before the provincial board of Pangasinan for dereliction of duty and dishonesty having attended only three sessions of the weekly local council meeting since he assumed his post. The case was filed against Councilor Jun-jun Macaraeg of Barangay…
VOTERS in Pangasinan appear to be keen on participating in the 2016 national and local elections judging from the high voter turnout during the first week of registration, according to the Commission on Elections (Comelec). Lawyer Marino Salas, provincial election supervisor, reported that 2,400 new voters registered and 4,343 listed…
THE Bright Leaf Awards, given to the most outstanding and relevant agriculture stories in print, radio, and television, is now accepting entries until September 10, 2014. Bright Leaf held its roadshow last May 23 at Star Plaza, Dagupan City to promote the competition and encourage more entries. Established in 2007,…
THE Dagupan City government’s OFW (overseas Filipino worker) Desk rescued another Dagupeńo working in Qatar after her employer tried to sexually abuse her. The OFW identified as Carmelita Posadas, 37, of barangay Bonuan Binloc narrated to Mayor Belen Fernandez how she managed to escape from her employer when he tried to rape her. She…
MAYOR Belen T. Fernandez has started distributing the second batch of more than 7,000 PhilHealth cards to the city’s 31 barangays last May 20. The activity is in line with the mayor’s health program called “Alagang Balon Dagupan” which she launched to further improve and expand the delivery of health…
GUARANTEED NO BALANCE BILLING GOOD news for Dagupeños who have less in life. The P1.9 million-capitation fund provided by the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) assures them that their healthcare is assured and they will not be burdened by any unpaid bills for medicines and medical fees charged by government…
LINGAYEN– The campaign against criminality in the province gets a much-needed boost with the issuance of short firearms by the Pangasinan Provincial Police Office (PPPO) on Monday (May 12) to over a hundred police officers in the province. Some 171 police personnel received their issued caliber 9-millimeter Glock with complete…
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