INFANTA—Two new health centers were inaugurated last week in the remote barangays of Babuyan and Pita in this town primarily to provide immediate healthcare assistance to children and pregnant women. The two barangays are about 40 kilometers away from the town proper and takes about two hours to reach through…
SAN CARLOS CITY—Philippine public and private schools are in need of some 50,000 academic librarians, according to the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Regional Office. Records show that there are only 9,000 registered librarians in the country and about 20 percent of them are working abroad or have migrated.
RE-ELECTED AS MILIPITAS MAYOR DAGUPAN Mayor Benjie S. Lim has commended fellow Dagupeno Jose Esteves for a “job well done” following his re-election for the fourth time as mayor of Milpitas City, California last Tuesday (American time). Lim was elated to learn that Esteves, who is a Republican, defeated his…
LINGAYEN—The ban on plastics and Styrofoam products which is already in place here at the capital town may soon be implemented in the entire province. Proposed Provincial Ordinance 29-2012 titled “Prohibiting the Use of Plastic Bags on Dry Goods and Regulating its Utilization on Wet Goods, and Prohibiting the Use…
LINGAYEN–The Essential Health Care Program (EHCP), initiated in 2009, will soon be implemented in all public elementary schools in the province to reduce instances of absenteeism among students. The Sangguniang Panlalawigan started reviewing at the committee level last week the proposed “Ordinance Adopting the Essential Health Care Program for the…
HONORING THE SEA’S CREATURES—Curious visitors visit the graves of the sea creatures buried at the 40-square meter area fish cemetery located inside the compound of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources in Dagupan City. It is the only known fish cemetery in the country. Some 20 endangered mammals, including…
URDANETA CITY—Groundbreaking rites were held October 29 for a10-classroom building at the Camantiles Elementary School here, a P13.5-million project funded by the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (Pagcor). Pagcor Chairman Cristino Naguiat Jr., together with Urdaneta City Mayor Amadeo Gregory Perez IV and Dr. Ma. Cecilia Fernandez, schools division superintendent,…
PARTS of western Pangasinan will have no power supply for 12 hours from 6 a.m. on November 6 as the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) shuts down some of its transmission facilities for maintenance work. The affected areas are: Labrador, Sual, parts of Lingayen, Alaminos, Mabini, Burgos, Dasol,…
TWO weeks after saying that the Hundred Islands National Park (HINP) is “underdeveloped, marumi at mabaho”, Alaminos City Vice Mayor Cesar Manzano appears to have changed his opinion. On the eve of November 1, the All Saints Day celebration, Manzano made a complete turn-around by saying the HINP is “maganda…
BLOOD COORDINATING COUNCIL—Philippine Red Cross (PRC) Secretary General Gwendolyn Pang receives a plaque of appreciation from new Dagupan PRC Blood Coordinating Council president, Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez, during the induction of newly-elected officers of the council on October 23. Joining Pang and Fernandez are new BCC vice president, Councilor Maybelyn…
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