A REUNION OF LONG TIME FRIENDS – Jose (Joe) Estrada (standing 1st from left) beside Ben Arcalas of Scarborough, Ontario, Canada hosted recently a reunion of long time friends of former Pangasinan Gov. Tito Primicias. Also shown in photo, (L-R) Former Gov.Primicias, Frank Maralag, Retired Editor-In Chief of Pilipino Star…
TO HELL AND BACK – Former domestic helpers who were recently repatriated from Lebanon turned out for the Reintegration Fair sponsored by the Department of Labor and Employment last Thursday at Leisure Coast Resort in Dagupan City. The region 1-based OFWs were offered options for their redeployment overseas or re-integration…
Some one hundred forty seven overseas Filipino workers from Pangasinan have already been repatriated as of Wednesday last week. But they, together with 77 from Ilocos Sur, 38 from Ilocos Norte, and 64 from La Union have complained that most of them left their employers without being paid their salaries….
SOME 269 children with disabilities are now undergoing therapy at the city government-supported Stimulation and Therapeutic Activity Center 9 (STAC9). STAC9 which renders free assistance and treatment to children with disabilities (CWDs) has identified 115 of these have physical disabilities, 49 have sensory disabilities and 29 are for medical and…
THE Bureau of Internal Revenue District Office No. 5 based in Alaminos City bagged the BIR Achievement Award for surpassing its revenue collection target for the second semester of 2005 and first semester of 2006. OIC Revenue District Officer Merlyn DV. Vicente, OIC Asst. RDO Ma. Bernadette Mangaoang and their…
the development of North Luzon as an agribusiness quadrangle has been launched during the First North Luzon Agribusiness Quadrangle in Dagupan City last Thursday, August 17. Sec. Arthur Yap, presidential management staff (PMS) director general and designated champion for the North Luzon Super Region, presided over the meeting. Yap, whose…
Dagupan City Civil Registry was among those recently cited by the National Statistics Office for efficient performance and delivery of service to Dagupeños and non-Dagupeños. The City Civil Registry placed sixth, under the extra large category, “in the performance and delivery of its civil registration programs, activities and services” during…
PRESIDENT President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo recently appointed a Dagupeña as assistant Solicitor General. Atty Sarah Jane Fernandez graduated with a degree of B.S. Legal Management from the Ateneo de Manila University. She was conferred a Juris Doctor Degree (Second Honors) by the Ateneo de Manila School of Law in 1994. ASG…
HARVARD CLASSMATES — Rachel Arenas and her mother-philanthropist Rose Marie “Baby”Arenas recently honored Nileema Noble (right), UNDP resident representative at a reception held at Captain’s Bar of Mandarin Oriental, Manila. Noble, a classmate of Rachel at the Fletcher School of Management in Harvard is concurrently the United Nations Resident Coordinator….
ROLL out the carpet, sound the trumpets! Make way for the oldest living “Miss Dagupan”! Miss Dagupan Luisa Legaspi Maramba, will turn 100 years old on August 25 this year. She was chosen Miss Dagupan in 1930 when she was 24 years old. “Metring”, as she is fondly called by…
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