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VAWC desk officers undergo training

By | Governance, News

BALON DAGUPAN NEWS THE designated 64 barangay desk officers for Violence Against Women and Children (VAWC)  completed a half-day training course on the law protecting women and children, Anti-Violence Against Women and Their Children Act, last week. Gender and Development center chief Marrien Mejia said the participants were also given an overview on…

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VAWC desk officers undergo training

By April 5, 2015Governance, News

Qualification, not birthplace, is the issue

By | Governance, News, Punch Gallery

COJUANGCO UPDATES TAKE it from no less than Alaminos City Mayor Arthur Celeste: Being not from a certain place is a non-issue. It’s the qualifications, experience, dedication and commitment to serve that matter for a candidate to win, like for the gubernatorial post. Celeste, speaking before majority of Pangasinan’s elected…

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Qualification, not birthplace, is the issue

Giant Foreign and Local Firms Set to Invest in Pangasinan

By | Business, Governance, News, Punch Gallery

CAPITOL NEWS Governor Amado T. Espino, Jr. (upper photo, standing at the rostrum) briefs representatives from 24 giant local and international companies who are set to invest in Pangasinan particularly in the construction of the seaport in Sual and other viable projects at the eco-tourism zone in Lingayen during their…

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Giant Foreign and Local Firms Set to Invest in Pangasinan

Dagupan bangus fishpond owners, operators and growers form new group

By | Governance, News, People & Events, Punch Gallery

A NEW group of fishpond owners, operators and growers in Dagupan City decided to form their own group to help the city government maintain, enhance, develop and protect the city’s aquatic resources, including rivers and their tributaries. Now registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission is the  Dagupan Bangus Fishpond…

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Dagupan bangus fishpond owners, operators and growers form new group

Pangasinan Wins Agri Award for 3 years in a row

By | Governance, News, People & Events, Punch Gallery

CAPITOL NEWS GOVERNOR Amado T. Espino, Jr. (3rd from left) receives from Senator Cynthia Villar (4th from left), committee chairman on agriculture and food, and the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) undersecretaries the Rice Achiever’s Award in ceremonies held last March 26 at Resorts World Manila in Pasay City. The DA…

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Pangasinan Wins Agri Award for 3 years in a row

Free Pet Vaccination during Rabies Awareness Month

By | Governance, News

BALON DAGUPAN NEWS THE city local government, through the City Veterinary Office, has been conducting a month-long providing free anti-rabies mass vaccination for pet animals in the different barangays in line with the nationwide celebration of Rabies Awareness Month this March. The campaign kicked off this Friday, March 20, in…

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Free Pet Vaccination during Rabies Awareness Month

By March 29, 2015Governance, News

More Than 1,700 Day Care Center Pupils Graduate

By | Governance, News, Punch Gallery

BALON DAGUPAN NEWS A TOTAL of 1,760 pupils from the city’s 46 day care centers graduated on March 21 during mass recognition rites held at the CSI Stadia. In her speech, Mayor Belen Fernandez recalled how she started helping the day care centers starting in the 1980s when she was…

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More Than 1,700 Day Care Center Pupils Graduate

MBTF Inaugurates Another Covered Court

By | Governance, News

BALON DAGUPAN NEWS STUDENTS of the North Central Elementary School can now use the newly constructed state-of-the-art gymnasium after the local government formally inaugurated it on Tuesday, March 24. Mayor Belen T. Fernandez led the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the P4.8 million multi-purpose covered court, another initiative to improve infrastructure in…

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MBTF Inaugurates Another Covered Court

By March 29, 2015Governance, News

Meet the new BISKEG na PANGASINAN chairman: Mark Cojuangco!

By | Governance, News, Punch Gallery

COJUANGCO UPDATES STO. TOMAS—Biskeg na Pangasinan, a local political party accredited by Commission on Elections (Comelec) and composed of major political leaders, is now chaired by former Fifth District Rep. Mark O. Cojuangco. This, after its founder, Secretary Antonio “Bebot” Villar, Jr. turned over the chairmanship to Cojuangco in a…

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Meet the new BISKEG na PANGASINAN chairman: Mark Cojuangco!