GROUNDBREAKING for a new bridge that will cross the wide Calmay River in Dagupan City is set on December 20, according to Pangasinan Fourth District Rep. Christopher de Venecia who worked for the project’s funding. The bridge will replace the Franklin Bridge that used to connect the island barangay of…
FOR STUDENTS FROM FOUR UNIVERSITIES, COLLEGES EIGHTY students will benefit from a scholarship grant from South Korea’s Lotte Scholarship Foundation (LSF) following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between LSF and four educational institutions in Pangasinan on March 8. The MOU was signed by Gov. Ramon Guico III…
Lotte Scholarship Foundation grants 80 scholarships
AMID reports of an outbreak of the ebola virus in West Africa, Dra. Ceilo Almoite of the Provincial Health Office assured the public that the government is on a high alert and is closely coordinating with the Department of Health in its ebola-watch. The DOH had alerted local governments about…
Capitol on alert vs Ebola virus
LINGAYEN– Pangasinan will soon establish a partnership with the province of Oriental Mindoro in areas of trade and investments, tourism, arts, culture, education, agriculture, environment, disaster preparedness and health care. The provincial board in its August 18-regular session authorized the provincial government through Gov. Amado Espino Jr. to sign a…
Pangasinan, Oriental Mindoro to ink sisterhood ties
ENGRACIO Bailon, head of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)-Central Pangasinan said that overseas Filipino workers who were repatriated from strife-torn Libya will receive a one-time P10,000 cash assistance. The cash assistance is being implemented under the Financial Relief Assistance Program (FRAP) of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration. (PIA-Pangasinan) …
Financial aid for repatriated OFWS
MANGALDAN—Some 30 police office personnel of the Mangaldan police station will undergo computer literacy refresher course under the tutelage of the Colegio De Dagupan (CDD). P/Supt. Jackie Candelario, chief of Mangaldan police, said updating the police personnel on computer technology and processing will help the staff to become more efficient…
Cops take refresher course on computer technology
THE city school board is considering the replacement next year of all old and dilapidated school buildings in all public schools in Dagupan with two-storey buildings that can also be used as evacuation centers during typhoons and floods. This was the understanding reached among Mayor Belen T. Fernandez and Schools Division Superintendent Dr….
New two-storey school buildings for city schools in 2015
LINGAYEN—To improve the capabilities of the Pangasinan Provincial Police Office (PPPO) in its anti-crime operations, the Philippine National Police (PNP) Regional Office 1 (PRO1) provided PPPO 50 handheld radios.
Provincial PNP gets handheld radios
SHOPPERS at SM Rosales can now enjoy shopping thru rewards points and getting insured. The recent tie up between the American Insurance Group (AIG) and the SM Advantage enables shoppers to opt- in to avail themselves of an AIG Personal Accident Insurance plan. SM Prestige Cardholders who have accumulated 100…
SM Advantage and AIG Tie Up
THE Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)-Regional Office 1 will hold three special recruitment activities in Pangasinan for employment in Japan’s agriculture and construction industry. DOLE 1 Regional Director Grace Ursua said the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration has approved a local recruitment agency’s job orders for various agricultural and construction…