ORGANIC FARMING—Displaced fisherfolks from various barangays in Dagupan City get help from Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez who sponsored an organic farming education for them at CSI Stadia last May 31 so that they can harvest and earn more from an alternative livelihood. (Photo by MItz Cresencio) Back to Homepage
THE governor’s son, Mayor Amado Espino III of Bautista town, cannot run as a congressional representative as rumored because he failed to beat the one-year residency requirement for a candidate where he seeks to run for an elective post prior for the next polls. Lawyer Jenifer Balarbar, officer-in-charge provincial election…
PANGASINAN has remained free of malaria cases in the last 18 months, but the Provincial Health Office (PHO) continues to closely monitor areas that are under risks of incidence. Dr. Anna Ma. Teresa de Guzman, provincial health officer, said eight towns in the province, namely: Infanta, Mabini, Agno, Dasol, Sual,…
LINGAYEN—Dengue cases in Pangasinan have increased by 10 per cent at 547 suspected cases from January to end-May this year compared to 494 in the same period last year. One related death was reported this year, lower than the two last year. This capital town recorded the highest number of…
THE Dagupan City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (CDRRMC) has installed earthquake evacuation maps in the city’s public schools in time for the opening of classes on June 4. Aside from the three billeting schools during the Palarong Pambansa held in early May – the Dagupan City National High…
INFORMAL settlers living along the riverbanks have been awarded houses and lots in a resettlement site in Sitio Korea in Bonuan Binloc, Dagupan. Mayor Benjamin S. Lim presented to 105 families in a turnover ceremony last May 29 copies of the memorandum of agreement proclaiming each one of them as…
JOSE de Venecia III, son of former House Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr., has filed a civil case before the Regional Trial Court in Quezon City seeking to compel the National Telecommunication Commission (NTC) to implement its memorandum circular ordering telecommunication companies to lower the cost of text messaging by 20…
BRIGADA ESKWELA–Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez and officials of the Department of Education (DepEd) observe delegates of the 20th National Youth Congress on Drug Abuse Prevention and Education from various parts of the country as they help repaint the walls of the Lucao Elementary School when they joined Brigada Eskwela 2012 on May 24 as…
THE Brigada Eskwela, a nationwide program enjoining community participation in preparing schools for the opening of the new academic year, started last week as classes in preparation for the start of classes on June 4. In Dagupan, the City Schools Division said the first day of the weeklong Brigada Eskwela on…
DESPITE the heavy rains being experienced in the province almost every afternoon, the rainy season is not yet officially here, according to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA). Greg De Vera, bureau chief of the in PAGASA office in Pangasinan, said the basis for declaring the rainy season,…
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