ALAMINOS CITY–Three Sudanese students vacationing at the Governor’s Island in the Hundred Islands group last week were arrested and booked by the police for smoking marijuana. Of the three, only two were identified in a police report as Ali Mohamed Salah Dafalla and Mohamed Nesriden Mohamed, both 21 and students…
LINGAYEN–The provincial capitol complex here continues to wow visitors, the latest of whom was a Lakbay-Aral team of barangay officials from Davao city who came last week. Members of the barangay council of Talomo, Davao City headed by Barangay Captain Alex Vidal said the beauty and grandeur of the capitol “is a…
DEFENSE AGAINST A(H1N1)—Frontline government employees and workers, including Gov. Amado Espino, Jr. (center), get their shots of anti-influenza A(H1N1) vaccine as part of the Department of Health and Provincial Health Office’s campaign against flu virus. Administering the vaccine is Dr. Athena Marie Merrera, chief of the Lingayen District Hospital in Lingayen….
VM BELEN IN SAN DIEGO–Dagupan City Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez is welcomed by Dagupenos in San Diego, California, U.S.A. as their guest during the celebration of Dagupan Day and the 20th Anniversary and Induction Ball of the Greater Dagupan City Association of California headed by Milagros Maramba, as incoming president….
‘NATURE’ STORIES FOR KIDS–Grade III SPED pupils of Central I Elementary School in Lingayen listen intently to stories and legends about nature and the environment narrated by a guide during their visit at the photo exhibit located at the Veterans Park in the Capitol Compound. The activity is a program…
BIRD WATCHING–Gov. Amado Espino Jr. (front), with Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Officer Wendy Co and Provincial Administrator Rafael Baraan, views the variety of bird species thriving in the province during the opening of the month-long photo exhibit featuring the rich natural resources of Pangasinan at the Veteran’s Park at…
DR. Gonzalo Duque, president of the Lyceum-Northwestern University, has urged the incoming Aquino administration to integrate the government agencies supervising the educational systems in the country to prevent what he calls “turfing.” Speaking at a media forum last week, Duque said the three government agencies in charge of education –Department…
ENVIRONMENT MONTH LINGAYEN–Governor Amado Espino Jr. called on the provincial government employees to serve as role models for the rest of Pangasinenses in protecting the environment, starting with keeping the Capitol grounds as a show window of orderliness and cleanliness. In last week’s launching of the national environment month, the…
THERE is nothing wrong with congressional fund initiatives as long as they are used and managed properly, the congressman-elect of the 2nd District told a media forum Friday. Retired police Director Leopoldo Bataoil, speaking at the weekly Engkwentro forum of the Pangasinan Press Club, assured that congressional funds allocated for…
CONSUMER education, a new elective subject in first year high school, will be tested by the Department of Education (DepEd ) and the Department of Trade Industry (DTI) in two pilot schools in Pangasinan beginning this school year. Marjorie Loresco, chief of the consumer welfare division of the DTI provincial…
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