WILL dolphins soon be regular ‘visitors’ around the Lingayen Gulf? This question came to mind among environmentalists when some 20 dolphins were sighted anew in Alaminos City last week. Dr. Westly Rosario, National Integrated Fisheries Technology Development Center (NIFTDC) chief, said based on descriptions made by members of Alaminos City’s…
BARANGAY chairman Guillermo Vallejos of Poblacion Oeste, who is now on his third and last term, has been elected president of the Liga ng mga Barangay – Dagupan City Chapter. Beating his lone opponent, Luis Santiago Samson III of Barangay Pogo Chico, by one vote, Vallejos was proclaimed president by…
DAGUPAN City wants a new corporate seal and has launched a design contest with as much as P100,000 in prizes at stake. Mayor Benjamin Lim approved the launching of the contest upon the recommendation of City Secretary Jorge Estrada who noted that the city’s corporate seal designed by the late…
BAYAMBANG–Watch out for your children. Three kids drowned Thursday while playing in a fishpond in Barangay Nalsian here, according to the police. The fatalities were identified as Niko Bughaw, 5; Analiza Sariento, 5; and Alexander Liego, 4. All were found lifeless in the fishpond owned by Rolly Rodriguez.
MANAY GINA IN CAMBODIA–Fourth District Rep. Gina de Venecia take a break with (from left) the wife of Cambodia’s Deputy Prime Minister Sok An, Philippine Speaker Feliciano Belmonte, and former Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri during the International Conference of Asian Political Parties held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia held last December 1-5,…
CALASIAO–A plan to install solar panels on top of the new municipal hall here to generate energy has been shelved after the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) backed out of its earlier commitment reportedly to bankroll the project. Municipal Administrator Vivencio Vallo said under the original plan, JICA was supposed to finance the installation…
WITH the New Year celebration just around the corner, the Provincial Police Office (PPO) has issued a directive to all police chiefs to check the legitimacy of operations of manufacturers of firecrackers. Community Relations Officer Geraldo Roxas of the Pangasinan Police office said firecracker manufacturers must have both a business…
CHILDREN ADVOCATES–Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez greets fellow child-wellness advocate Tim Jerrish at the national symposium “Ako Para Sa Bata” on December 2 at the SM Mall of Asia Convention Center. The symposium was attended by leaders of government and non-government organizations that advocating programs and projects that ensure the well…
ASINGAN–The remains of two overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who died in a hotel fire in Dubai last November 6 and brought back home were buried before noon Thursday at the municipal cemetery here. Buried after a weeklong wake in their homes were the charred remains of Ariel Soberano and Renalyn Luna, both…
ALARM bells have been sounded in Pangasinan as the province registered the most number of cases of human immuno deficiency virus (HIV) within Region 1. Dt. Jocelyn Tongson, coordinator for STI/HIV-AIDS of the social hygiene clinic in Dagupan City, said 63 out of the 139 reported cases in Region I…
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