City launches singing contest
Posted on October 28, 2007 - Filed Under News, People & Events | Leave a Comment
SAN CARLOS CITY–The Cansionan ed Plaza, the city’s yearly singing contest open to participants from all over Pangasinan, has started the weekly audition.
According to Lourdes Garcia, in charge of the audition, auditions are held every Wednesday at 2:00 p.m at the Bulwagan of the city hall.
A grand launching program will be held on Nov. [...]
Espino: No P500,000 for me
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'BRIBERY' AT THE PALACE
LINGAYEN — Governor Amado Espino Jr., a neophyte governor, swore that he was not among the recipients of the controversial P500,000 supposedly distributed to new governors after a meeting with President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in Malacañang.
The League of Provinces of the Philippines, of which Espino is a member, claimed that the P500,000 [...]
San Carlos, San Fabian listed as 'hotspots'
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DUE TO PAST VIOLENCE
San Carlos City and the municipality of San Fabian have been declared by the Commission on Election (Comelec) as areas of immediate concern during the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections on October 29
Lawyer Reddy Balarbar, provincial election supervisor, clarified, however, that the declaration does not mean placing the areas under Comelec [...]
CdD tops region in CPA exam performance
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Colegio de Dagupan (CdD) registered a 63% passing percentage in the October 2007 Certified Public Accountant (CPA) Licensure Exams, the highest among schools offering accountancy course in Region 1.
CdD’s CPA board performance places the institution among the top 20 accountancy
Guv romances media after 100-day 'honeymoon'
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LINGAYEN–Gov. Amado Espino Jr. is finally coming out of his shell.
The new governor, who just recently reported on his first 100 days in office, has promised to be more accessible to the media by holding a press conference at least twice a month.
In a press conference Friday, his first ever since assuming office on [...]
City council to probe JLD towing operations
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TIME to get to the bottom of the issue.
The Dagupan city council is set to probe the illegal collection of fees for towing and clamping services by the San Jacinto-based JLD Motorworks and General Services, during the past city administration.
Councilor and Presiding Pro Tempore Jesus Canto has referred the investigation to the committee on laws [...]
Blaze wipes out 'Aling'
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SITIO Aling on Arellano Street in barangay Pantal, Dagupan City may cease to be a slum area after it was razed to the ground.
A fire on October 21, ignited by an overturned lamp, burned down about 85 per cent of the sitio gutting 105 houses occupied by 209 households.
The blaze, which lasted for about [...]
Pangasinan to collect P44.7 million from SRPC
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SAN CARLOS CITY– First it was P160 million. This time it's another P44.7 million.
The Pangasinan government under the administration of Governor Amado Espino Jr., which actively pursued unpaid dues from power generation facilities operating in the province, is set to collect an overdue P44.7 million from the San Roque Power Corporation (SRPC) for its [...]
Sta. Barbara VM picked VMLP Region 1 chairman
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ALAMINOS CITY—Vice Mayor Ruben Jose of Sta. Barbara was unanimously elected chairman of the 125-man Vice Mayors League of the Philippines chapter in Region 1.
The election, held last week at Vistas de las Islas here, was attended by vice mayors from Pangasinan, La Union, Ilocos Sur and Ilocos Norte.
NGO, Comelec, PNP appeal for clean, peaceful polls
Posted on October 28, 2007 - Filed Under Inside News, News | Leave a Comment
The Advocacy for Community Lives Improvement Philippines Inc., a non-profit organization founded and headed by Alex De Venecia, a former councilor of Dagupan renewed its call to voters and candidates to keep the barangay election clean and peaceful.
The campaign is being supported by Atty. Remarque Rabanzo, head of the Commission on Election (COMELEC) office [...]
