SENATE Minority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano called on the government and private sector in Pangasinan to push for quality jobs and decent work conditions as the country faces the challenges of a growing number of workers in vulnerable employment, now at 15 million. “Vulnerable workers, as defined by the International…

THE Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) Baguio Regional Office is now accepting first-time applications through the Online Application System (OAS) for the June 30 and July 1, 2012 Nurses Licensure Examination. Applicants can apply through OAS from April 21 to May 17 by going to www.prcbaguio.blogspot.com and click on the link…

LINGAYEN—Provincial scholars from the different campuses of the Pangasinan State University (PSU) took part in the annual youth camp “Doypuay Kalangweran”, Pangasinan for “gathering of the youth”, that coincided with the Pista’s Dayat celebration. Some 382 students under the provincial government’s scholarship fund, camped at the beachfront here from April…

SAN CARLOS CITY–The annual Mango-Bamboo Festival was celebrated here last week with various daytime activities and the evenings packed with special events. The fiesta started April 23 with a Thanksgiving Mass, a parade and an opening program followed by a Farmers and Homemakers Day. In the evening, officers and members…

JUMBO BANGUS—A boy holds up the winning bangus weighing 12.95 kg in the heaviest category owned by Rene Landingin of Barangay, Dagupan City at the Bangus Rodeo. Other winners were owned by Ramil Junatas of Pugaro at 11.37 kg. (2nd place) and Isagani Peronce of Sabangan (3rd place) at 11.22…

BANGUS FESTIVAL ROUND-UP AN almost 13-kilogram bangus owned by Rene Landingin from Bonuan, Dagupan bagged this year’s heaviest bangus category in the Bangus Rodeo held April 26. The longest bangus was title was awarded to Sandrell Bryan Caneng of Pantal, Dagupan with his 83.5- centimeter entry while the prettiest bangus…

TAYUG—Officials and employees of the Pangasinan Electric CooperativeIII have signed a manifesto calling on their general manager to forgo his early retirement that would be effective at the close of office hour on April 30, a move that they consider as untimely and premature. The signatories, led by Romulo Basa, Hubert Te,…

THE Special Program for the Employment of Students (SPES) of the provincial government already has 67 beneficiaries. Provincial Employment Services Office Manager Alex Ferrer said the number of beneficiaries increased by 17 compared to last year’s 50 to provide more opportunities to deserving students.

LANDLOCKED Mangaldan may not have a beach to offer to summertime merrymakers, but a visit to this easily accessible town promises some delectable food and alternative nature resorts. A neighbour of beach destinations Dagupan City and San Fabian and just a few kilometres from popular pilgrimage town Manaoag, a side…

“WE have never been against sex education. Like all teachings, it must be within rules.” This was the declaration of Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas, the chairperson of the Episcopal Commission on Catechetical and Catholic Education (ECCCE), during the launching of the series of books called “Alive to the World”. The…