LAOAC—The suekos/bakya-making (wooden slippers) industry in the town may be facing its sunset years but some continue to use them in spite of flooding of rubber slippers/sandals in the market. Mayor Silverio Alarcio Jr said there were four barangays that produced suekos during the industry’s heydays. Today, there is only…
THE Provincial Employment and Service Office (PESO) is set to conduct a job fair on February 27 to help the displaced Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW’s) from Kuwait to land a job. Alex Ferrer, PESO provincial manager, said OFWs who availed of the repatriation and amnesty program will have priority in…
NEW PNP HALL BREAKS GROUND — Second District REP. Leopoldo Bataoil and Pangasinan Provincial Police Office (PPPO) Director Ronald Lee lead the groundbreaking and time capsule laying for the new Multi-Purpose Hall of the Camp Gov. Antonio U. Sison in Lingayen town. (PIA photo by Roland Naoe)
THE Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas (KBP)-Pangasinan Chapter, in partnership with the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) Pangasinan Chapter, held a blood donation drive on February 24 at the CSI City Mall in Dagupan City. Mark Gemson Espinosa, KBP-Pangasinan chairman, said the “Brodkaster ka na, Lifesaver ka pa” blood donation activity,…
BALON DAGUPAN NEWS THE city of Dagupan represented by Mayor Belen T. Fernandez entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with the United Pangasinenses of America, Inc. (UPAI) represented by its president Mario C. Panoringan on February 14 in a brief ceremony at the city museum. The agreement, which shall remain valid…
CAPITOL NEWS LINGAYEN, Pangasinan—Governor Amado I. Espino III formally opened the 2nd season of the Pangasinan Inter-LGU Unity Games featuring 20 competing teams for basketball and 16 contingents for volleyball on February 22 at the Narciso Ramos Sports and Civic Center (NRSCC) gymnasium. Gov. Espino formally opens Inter-LGU Unity Games,…
BALON DAGUPAN NEWS IN a bid to conserve, promote and protect the city’s historical and cultural heritage, the city of Dagupan and the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on February 19 for the conduct of a cultural mapping here. In a…
CAPITOL NEWS CHINESE CONSUL VISITS PANGASINAN. Vice Governor Jose Ferdinand Z. Calimlim, Jr., on behalf of Governor Amado I. Espino, III, welcomes Chinese Consul Wang Jianqun (Upper photo), Head of Post of the People’s Republic of China Consulate in Laoag City, on her visit to Pangasinan Capitol on February 19….
BALON DAGUPAN NEWS MAYOR Belen T. Fernandez swore in eight officers of the Balon Tondaligan Credit Cooperative (BATCCOOP). BATCCOOP was officially registered in September last year. Board of directors Chairman Marlo Canoza, Vice Chairman Rolando Reyes, and members Tirso Paras, Catherine Rallos, and Ricky Reyes now lead the organization that engages in giving credit…
TWENTY-eight local elected officials in Pangasinan showed up at the PNP Pangasinan Provincial Office (PPO) Firing Range on February 17 for the 1st Governor’s Cup Inter-LGU Shootfest (for Elected Provincial and City/Municipal Officials) 2018. The mayors, vice mayors, councilors, and provincial officials with gun licenses and permits showcased their skills…
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