QUIZ bee contests abound each month for various national celebrations and this is one area of competition where a school in Pangasinan excels, emerging victorious in past international tilts. Let’s talk South East Asia-wide. ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nations) holds a quiz bee tilt every two years with each…
DANCE CULTURE & HERITAGE – Educators and performing arts students from schools divisions of Department of Education, and tertiary education institutions perform during the Regional Seminar on Philippine Folk Dance hosted by the provincial government. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
LINGAYEN – A presentation by educators depicting Philippine Cultural Heritage presented folkdances highlighted this year’s regional seminar on Philippine folkdances hosted by the province government. The presentation of folk dances by the delegates held on August 20 at the Provincial Training and Development Center here capped the ‘echo seminar’ mounted…
CAMP BGEN OSCAR M FLORENDO – The Police Regional Office 1 (PRO1) in San Fernando City, La Union was adjudged the Best Police Regional Office. It scored the highest in the nationwide search in celebration of the 116th Police Service Anniversary. P/Chief Superintendent Charlo Collado, regional director, who recently received the award…
THE Dagupan City government is eyeing to make the city the arts and cultural hub of the Ilocos Region. Councilor Jeslito Seen sees the opportunity with the passage of the draft ordinance seeking to adopt Republic Act No. 1006 as among the laws of the city. R.A. 1006 seeks to…
THE Philippines was represented by two Filipinos in the recently concluded International Conference on Policies of Productivity Growth held in Colombo, Sri Lanka. One of them was a Dagupeña. Marlyn Almonte-De Guzman, the Chief Budget and Management Specialist of the Systems and Productivity Improvement Bureau of the Department of Budget…
ASEAN’S TRADITIONAL COSTUMES – Teachers and students garbed in traditional national costumes await their part in the cultural presentation held at the city plaza in Dagupan City. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao)
LINGAYEN – Twenty emergency responders of the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) recently took the Advanced Underwater Search and Rescue (AUSAR) training to further prepare them for higher-level disaster response. PDRRMO Spokesperson Avenix Arenas said the two-week rigid training, supervised by Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) – Special…
DAGUPAN City residents can look forward to an expanded e-library hub at the city library. A Digital Library will soon be installed at the e-library after the Sangguniang Panlungsod passed City Ordinance No. 0611 authored by Councilor Maybelyn de la Cruz-Fernandez on Wednesday, August 9. Fernandez said P4 million was…
GATHERING OF RIZAL’S KNIGHTS – Former Supreme Court Chief Justice Reynato S. Puno (4th from left), supreme commander of the Knights of Rizal, is flanked by Pangasinan Chapter commander Mariano Verzosa (extreme left) and Dagupan City chapter commander Juanito Velasco (2nd from left) in front of the monument of Dr….
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