EIGHT private higher educational institutions in Pangasinan were granted by the Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) the authority to increase tuition fees by at least 11.99 percent starting this school year. The eight are: St. Columban’s College in Lingayen; San Carlos College and Palaris College in San Carlos City, Lyceum…
THE Social Security System (SSS) office in Dagupan, along with other branches nationwide, will be open for business on Saturdays this June to enable household employers and domestic workers or kasambahay to register with the agency. Under the Kasambahay Law and the Social Security Law, SSS membership for domestic workers…
LINGAYEN—Employees of the provincial government are making full use of the newly opened Employees Health and Wellness Center located at the second floor of the Alley Building, Narciso Ramos Sports and Civic Center here. “We are happy that the employees patronize health and wellness,” said Janette Asis, head of the Human…
SAFE FROM A TSUNAMI?—Acting Mayor Belen Fernandez joins city engineering officials in the inspection of the ongoing construction of the Tsunami Hill in Barangay Pugaro on May 21, a project initiated by Mayor Benjamin Lim supposedly intended to protect residents of the island community from a tsunami disaster. During the visit,…
THE first phase of the P20 million tsunami hill reportedly costing P7 million appears almost complete and the second phase is scheduled to start soon but Acting Mayor Belen Fernandez is reconsidering whether to pursue the project initiated by Mayor Benjamin Lim. Fernandez doubts the wisdom of the project, which…
US CITIZENSHIP ISSUE BASISTA—Mayor Manolito de Leon, who won his re-election bid last May 13 by a measly 67-vote majority, is facing a disqualification case filed by his closest rival who is accusing him of being a naturalized American citizen when he filed his Certificate of Candidacy for the May…
BACK TO SCHOOL SOON—Student from the International Christian School in Hong Kong help paint the concrete fence of West Central Elementary School in Dagupan City as they participate in this year’s Brigada Eskwela, an annual nationwide voluntary effort that brings together teachers, parents and the community to clean up and…
LINGAYEN—One of the overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) attacked by Taiwanese nationals in Taiwan is a native of Barangay Bantayan here, according to Provincial Employment Services Office (PESO) Chief Alex Ferrer. Ferrer said PESO Desk Officer Elizardo Laureta was able to talk to the parents of the victim, identified as Joey…
SAN FABIAN—The newly built Mary Help of Christians Theology Seminary (MHCTS) in Barangay Palapad here will welcome its first batch of freshmen students at the start of this year’s academic year in June. Rev. Oliver Mendoza, rector/procurator of MHCTS, said they are expecting an initial batch of 13 theology seminarians…
A LESSON IN VOTING—An elderly woman casts her vote on May 13 at the Alaminos Central School with a little help from her granddaughter who is still too young to vote. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao) Back to Homepage
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