2011 BANGUS FESTIVAL A CULINARY competition dubbed “101 Ways of Cooking Bangus” will be staged on April 22 at the City Museum as one of the highlights of the Bangus Festival which officially opened last April 8. The competition is open to all hotel and restaurant chefs, owners, caterers, amateur…
OARSMEN TO THE FINISH–The competing teams in the Dragon Boat Race to the finish at the Pantal River in Dagupan City. The race held last April 14 was a feature of the Bangus Festival 2011. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao) Back to Homepage
SAN Carlos City–The management of Virgen Milagrosa University Foundation (VMUF) here defended its decision to disqualify some 100 nursing students from joining the graduation rites on Tuesday. Atty. Gerardo Erguiza, legal counsel for VMUF, said the disqualified students, who are protesting the school’s decision, did not pass the ‘revalida’ program…
THE city of Dagupan and the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) have granted temporary jobs this summer to 50 students under the government’s Special Program for Employment of Students (SPES). SPES, mandated under Republic Act No. 7323, is intended to give poor but deserving students an opportunity to earn…
ROSALES–Governor Amado Espino Jr. has sought the completion of the multi-billion Agno and Allied Rivers Urgent Rehabilitation Project (AARURP), whose third and final phase is a possible delay or being abandoned after the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) withdrew its commitment to finance the project.
GREENING ROGRAM–Fourth District Rep. Gina de Venecia is joined by Project Manager Rudy Ramos, former Speaker Joe de Venecia, PENR Officer Wendy S. Co, Dagupan City CENR Officer Raymundo Gayo, Forest Management Chief Mechor Gonzalez and Central Pangasinan Reforestation Chief Marciano Gonzalez at the end of their planning meeting in connection with…
PICTURESQUE PANGASINAN–Governor Amado Espino Jr. unveils the photo exhibits presented by top photographers of Pangasinan led by Master Photographer Raymond Sto. Domingo as a special feature of the Agew na Pangasinan (Pangasinan Day) on April 5 held at the newly inaugurated Pangasinan Training and Development Center at the Provincial Capitol…
SOME 150 kilometers of rivers in north-central Pangasinan have so far been covered by Task Force Kalikasan in its clean-up and restoration campaign. Avenix Arenas, spokesperson of the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (PDRRMC) that supervises the task force, said the rivers that were already cleaned up were those…
SAN Carlos City–The week-long Mango-Bamboo Festival and Trade Fair will be celebrated here beginning April 24 with various activities lined up to highlight the city’s main agricultural product and bamboo craft. The Liga ng mga Barangay Night on the 24th will kick-off the celebration followed the next day by a…
A RAID by operatives of the Optical Media Board (OPB) on shops in Dagupan and street vendors selling pirated digital video discs (DVD) on April 6 almost dampened enthusiasm in the Bangus Festival 2011 as some of those raided were exhibitors of the festival trade fair. The raid netted a total…
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