SOME 300 jobseekers earnestly sought employment at the Kalayaan Job Fair sponsored by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Region I, in partnership with the Calasiao Public Employment Service Office, in celebration of 126thIndependence Day on June 12, 2024 at the Robinsons Place in Calasiao. Open to job seekers were 7,257 vacancies 23 by local…
FINALLY, Manaoag town will soon have a new public market with parking space after a groundbreaking ceremony on June 13, 2024. Mayor Jeremy Agerico Rosario said the two-storey public market, funded by a P239.6-million loan from the Land Bank of the Philippines, will feature modern amenities including an escalator and…
THE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has partnered with Google to provide free digital training and re-skilling initiatives to create new pathways for Filipinos to get high-paying jobs. DTI-Pangasinan Provincial Director Natalia Dalaten said the free training’s goal is to boost e-commerce by providing digital training and opportunities for…
THE Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO) was asked to prioritize anti-drugs operations in Dagupan City’s three barangays: Pantal, Bonuan Binloc and Mayombo. This was sought by Mayor Belen Fernandez during the 4th District Enhanced Managing Police Operations forum at the PPPO in Lingayen last week hosted by P/Colonel Jeff Fanged,…
TWO men were arrested after being caught with illegal drugs during a buy-bust operation in the town of Sta. Maria. The operation was conducted by operatives from the Provincial Drug Enforcement Units, PIU Pang PPO, RID-PRO1, RPDEU-PRO1, PDEG SOU 1, and Sta. Maria Police Station, in coordination with PDEA-RO1, at…
Filed by Ahikam Pasion Woman shot dead in San Carlos City A 62-year-old female farmworker was fatally shot by a still unidentified assailant in San Carlos City. Elisa Vinluan Ragas, a resident of Purok 5, Barangay Doyong, was walking home when the assailant suddenly fired at her using a .45…
INDEPENDENCE DAY SPEECH IN a speech during the 126th observance of Philippine Independence Day at the Dagupan City Plaza, on June 12, Mayor Belen Fernandez did not hold back her punches and minced no word against “enemies of the people within our ranks.” Without naming names and the group, she…
By Gonzalo Duque WE just celebrated our 126th Independence Day last June 12. Every year since we were under Martial Law, our government leaders were always barking the same line that before we became independent “we need to work for it and if necessary, die for it.” Such a…
By Leonardo Micua IT is now less than one year before the 2025 election. It is about time, Mayor Belen Fernandez and the 180,000 Dagupenos stop hoping that eventually, the seven majority councilors will eventually change their mind and endorse the construction of the P150-million Mother and Child Hospital….
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo NO matter how you will it, there will always be something you can no longer avoid. Times have changed, but practices are ingrained over a long period of time, and the bureaucracy refuses to budge. It reminds me of Sisyphus. Sisyphus, according to Greek mythology,…
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