LINGAYEN – An ordinance providing scholarships for poor but deserving students residing in the municipality is proposed in the Sangguniang Bayan here. Councilor Jay Mark Crisostomo, Committee on Education chairperson, the proponent, said “An Ordinance Establishing a Scholarship Program through Financial Assistance in the Municipality of Lingayen, Pangasinan and Appropriating…
FRIENDS and family threw a bridal shower recently for Ashley Catubig Asiddao preparatory to her forthcoming wedding on Oct 5th. The youngest daughter of Maria Teresa Catubig of Dagupan City and Domingo Asiddao of Novaliches, Quezon City, Ashley is betrothed to Alexander Machado, son of Oscar and Gloria Machado of…
SHOULD I BE A FARMER? – A teenaged son of a rice farmer watches relatives harvest palay from the highway, wondering perhaps if being a farmer is the life for him. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
LINGAYEN – The National Food Authority (NFA) – Western Pangasinan reiterated the offer of NFA to buy farmers’ palay after rice traders refuse to buy them at regular farmgate price Ramon Cuaresma, NFAWP provincial manager, said the agency is set to buy palay at P19 per kilogram without incentives. “The…
PRICE of Dagupan bangus has risen due to the rains brought forth by the Southwest Monsoon (Habagat). Bangus price is sold now at PHP 135 – PHP 140, from PHP 100 per kilo last week. City Agriculturist Emma Molina, in an interview, said the increase is not due to shortage…
LINGAYEN–The provincial government will help the municipal government of San Nicolas develop its upland barangay of Malicu as the second summer capital of the Philippines, after Baguio. This was bared by Luisa A. Elduayan, chief of the Provincial Tourism and Cultural Affairs Office, noting the determination of San Nicolas Mayor Alicia…
LINGAYEN – This capital town of Pangasinan always has something more to offer with its best town product – bagoong! There’s now Lechon-Bagoong! Mang Emilio Mari, a lechon maker from Barangay Libsong West here, and the owner of Emil’s Lechon Haus, said his breakthrough came after a successful experiment combining…
LINGAYEN – Over two thousand job seekers attended the very first jobs fair organized by the Lingayen government in cooperation with the PESO Pangasinan held at the town’s Evacuation Center. Eighteen local and two overseas companies interviewed applicants, namely: AGPM Enterprises, CSI Lingayen RPR Promotions, Farmout Central Intouch Inc., Guanzon…
IN response to the decreasing supply of blood units and high demand for blood by dengue patients, Stronghold Insurance Company, Inc. launched a Blood Drive and a Basic First Aid Training Seminar recently at the CSI City Mall Atrium in Dagupan City. Stronghold’s Northern Luzon Regional Office led the activity,…
STUDENT by morning, singer by night, Arielle Apalis, 18-year-old working student, is doing all to help her family cope with costs of living and is determined to succeed. Arielle, who hails from Bugallon town is one of the 64 finalist vying to win in the second season of GMA 7’s…
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