URDANETA CITY–The National Irrigation Administration (NIA) has agreed to improve the existing communal irrigation system here at its own expense initially but the farmers benefiting from it will eventually have to pay for the service. Mayor Amadeo Perez Jr., who is ending his nine-year term of office on June 30…
POZORRUBIO–About 60,000 tilapia fingerlings from the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist arrived here last week for dispersal in open fresh waters in the municipality. The target areas are along the communal irrigation systems of Amagbagan, Bobonan and Banding; the Bued River passing through Manaol, Malokiat, Tulnac, and Malasin; Talogtog Creek, and;…
“MELTING POT OF THE NORTH” DAGUPAN City derives its name from the Pangasinan word Pandaragupan, which means melting pot. The city has reinforced that status with the introduction of the ‘Festivals of the North’ street dancing competition in 2007 as part of the annual Bangus Festival, according Vice Mayor Belen…
A GROUP of 23 junior and senior high school students from the International Christian School in Hong Kong were in Dagupan City from May 15 to 21 to undertake community service projects under their program “Week Without Wall”. Together with their elder Steven Ross and two other school officials, they…
FUTURE OF BANGUS FARMING—Fourth District Congressman Jose de Venecia Jr. (second from right) pores over a sketch plan of the coastline of the Lingayen Gulf showing the locations of fishponds, pens and cages during a meeting with Director Westly Rosario of the National Integrated Fisheries Technology Development Center, Bill Cobo, a Japanese-American…
HONG KONG STUDES’ COMMUNITY SERVICE—One of 23 students from the International Christian School (ICS) in Hong Kong plants a calamansi tree with a naval cadet inside the Naval Reserve Center Northern Luzon in Bonuan Gueset as part of her school’s “Week without Wall” program undertaken in Dagupan City from May…
AFTER almost four decades in public service, Dagupan Mayor Al Fernandez has graciously accepted his defeat in the 2010 polls, his first loss in an election. Despite his loss in the last election, Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr. thanked God, his family and his wife Mina who tirelessly helped him in…
LINGAYEN–Former Armed Forces of the Philippines chief of staff Hermogenes Esperon Jr., who ran against Vice Gov. Marlyn Primicias-Agabas for the 6th District congressional seat, has conceded but says his battle is not over. Esperon said he is calling for an audit of the tobacco excise tax, which he claims…
MANAOAG–Catholic devotees led by Fr. Jerry Orbos, joined by police and military men, took a 13-kilometer walk last week from Urdaneta City to this town known as a pilgrimage site to pray for peaceful and orderly elections on May 10. “We dedicate this walk to God, as a sacrifice and…
THE Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has warned the public against fixers and fake documents for budgetary release that are being circulated by unscrupulous individuals and groups. In a letter to heads of agencies and local government units in the Ilocos region, Director Janet Abuel said DBM Secretary Joaquin Lagonera has…
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