SUSPENSION STARTS APRIL 16 LINGAYEN—Dr. Dexter Buted last week bade goodbye to the staff and students of Pangasinan State University (PSU) as president. Buted signed off at a forum he called in anticipation of the PSU Board of Regents decision on April 16 to implement the Ombudsman decision suspending him…
REFORMED DRUG PERSONALITIES LINGAYEN— The Pangasinan Reformation Center (PRC), in San Vicente, Burgos town, was officially launched on April 10 with the completion of the training of the first batch of drug personalities under community-based rehabilitation programs (CBRP) or drug treatment. Twenty-eight drug personalities from Burgos town who surrendered and…
FISHERMAN’S KIDS’ SUMMER BREAK -– Unlike other children on summer school break frolicking everywhere, the children of one fisherman help pull in his fishing net, a fishing method locally known as ‘Kulokor’ along Lingayen Gulf in Lingayen. (Punchphoto by Jojo Riñoza)
BEAT THE SUMMER HEAT — Residents and visitors find respite from the hot summer sun at the clear beach water on Tondaligan Beach in Dagupan City. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
LINGAYEN—Pangasinan recorded 18 measles cases in the year to April 9, a substantial decline of 71 percent from last year’s 62 cases, according to newly released data from the Provincial Health Office’s Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit. The rate of decline is better than the national average of about 60 percent…
LINGAYEN—Four persons drowned in separate incidents last week. According to the Pangasinan police, Salvador de Asis, 52, drowned in the Angalacan River in Mangaldan on April 8. His body was recovered only the following day. The police said the victim left home at 1:00 a.m. with his wife to report for work…
TWO persons involved in rain-soaked preparations for the Kalutan ed Bayambang celebration April 10 died from electrocution after accidentally touching live wires. SPO2 Simeon Dela Cruz, chief investigator at the Bayambang police station, said that Philip Aquino, 21, from Mangaldan, was electrocuted at around 4 p.m. while connecting a cable…
MANGALDAN— Poverty is not an excuse for failing in life for this 18-year old who worked as construction worker to sustain his schooling and eventually graduate valedictorian of his senior high school class, the first batch of Gueguesangen Integrated School here on April 3. Michael Español graduated with a 95 percent…
THE integration of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) as an economic community is also pursued in the academe sector through exchange students program with Thailand. The University of Luzon in Dagupan City welcomed last Tuesday the latest batch of students from the Rajabhat Maha Sarakham University in Thailand, along…
FOR ENCROACHING SALVAGE ZONE LESSONS from the Boracay closure have prompted both the San Fabian municipal government and the Community Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) to start assessing boundaries of areas occupied by beach sheds, restaurants, hotels and inns along the town’s coastal area. CENRO chief Celso Salazar said…
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