THE city’s One-Stop Business Center (OSBC)-Business Permit and Licensing Office received it’s second ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management Certification for the the processing and issuance of business permits and licenses. A jubilant Mayor Belen Fernandez was notified about the second certification last Friday after audit process conducted by the Certification of International…
LINGAYEN–This year’s Pista’y Dayat (sea festival) is packed with various sports activities, with both fun games and serious competitions open to everyone. Modesto Operania, the provincial government’s sports coordinator, said apart from the usual sports activities conducted in previous years, new games have been added such as parasailing and banana…
FOR 2016 ELECTIONS REGISTRATION period for new voters and validation of registered voters’ biometrics will start on May 6 in preparation for the 2016 elections. Atty. Marino Salas, Commission on Elections (Comelec) provincial supervisor, called on the public not to wait “until the last minute” to avoid long queues and…
CALASIAO—The two overseas Filipino workers (OFW) from the Middle East who recently came home here and were suspected to have possibly been afflicted with the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) have been cleared of the disease. Dr. Anna Ma. Teresa de Guzman, provincial health officer, said the two suspected…
BINMALEY—This coastal municipality will celebrate Pista’y Dayat on May 1 with the planting of Palawan cherry around the Poblacion area to give the town center a unique, comely look. Josefina Victorio, consultant to Mayor Simplicio Rosario and in charge of tourism affairs, said JC Buendia, one of the country’s popular…
SWIM, CARABAO, SWIM—Locals riding their carabaos compete in a swimming race during the Balingasay Water Sports Event on April 25, 2014, one of the highlights of Bolinao town’s Mangunguna Festival. According to locals, carabaos served as their main mode of transportation before the construction of the bridge connecting the village…
BOLINAO—This town’s week-long celebration of their Mangunguna (local term for fisherman) Festival in the third week of April highlighted unity among its residents and communal gratitude for their aquaculture industry’s bounty. “Mangunguna was an offspring of the Bolinao town fiesta, to give tribute to our fishermen… eventually it has become…
LINGAYEN-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas told priests in his archdiocese Thursday during the Chrism Mass at the St. John Cathedral in Dagupan City that “priesthood is a spiritual gift from God” as he talked about “joy in loneliness” on their feast day. Attended by all priests in the archdiocese, Villegas, also…
TRAFFIC EXPERIMENT THE traffic experiment launched by the Dagupan City government in March this year has been recommended for adoption permanently with minimal amendment. The recommendation was made by retired Police Inspector Carlito Ocampo, chief of the City Assistance Service Team (CAST), who supervised the traffic experiment along with the…
SHELLFISH and other marine products from all parts of Pangasinan are now safe to eat after the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) declared all coastal waters of the province free from the toxic red tide. BFAR announced in Shellfish Bulletin No. 9 issued last April 10 that Bolinao…
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