Good luck!
Posted on January 20, 2008 - Filed Under Punch Forum | Leave a Comment
Jose Ceralde
20 Jan 2008
Mr. Chip,
Reservations as we may have on the Ferry project, we all know it will come about with taxpayers’ money.
We just hope the politicians, TWG along with their supporters don’t stand in the pier to just christen the boat. We all hope that they all go with the qualified MARINA officer [...]
Managing your arthritis
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Franco Munoz
19 Jan 2008
Everybody will get arthritis. It is part of the aging process. But there are several things you can do:
1. Manage your weight. Joint degeneration would be faster if you overload your joints.
2. Avoid stairs and deep squats. Every time you climb a step, you are applying 3-5 times your body weight on [...]
Sta. Barbara not giving up on international airport
Posted on January 20, 2008 - Filed Under Headlines, News | Leave a Comment
MAY THE BEST TOWN WIN
Mayor Velasco seeks foreign investors
STA. BARBARA–This town is not giving up on its bid to be the site of an international airport in the province as promised by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
Mayor Reynaldo Velasco, bent on making Sta. Barbara the airport site, said he will look for funding outside the country to [...]
City Hall moves cautiously vs. shoreline squatters
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WAS it all a bluster and mere chutzpah?
This was asked by many when not a single illegal structure was demolished one week after a task force from the Dagupan City government moved in what appeared to be a firm action against illegal claims over public land in the beach front.
A giant billboard [...]
City wants ownership of Tondaligan Park
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A TASK force of the city government will soon ask the city council to pass a resolution requesting President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to amend Proclamation No. 98 and name the city government as the owner, and not merely as an administrator, of the former National Children's Park in Bonuan.
The Task Force on Housing and Urban [...]
Baraan says crosswind in airfield not true
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LINGAYEN-Provincial Administrator Rafael Baraan belied claims that the Lingayen airfield is affected by crosswind from the Lingayen Gulf which is bad for aviation.
Defending the need for the expansion of the Lingayen airfield, Baraan said there are up to 10 trainer planes landing there daily, which would not be there if the area is buffeted by [...]
Sister Evelina wants to earn her ticket to heaven
Posted on January 20, 2008 - Filed Under Headlines, News, People & Events | Leave a Comment
(Special contribution by Eva Visperas)
Old age and illness are not enough to stop this 76-year old Dominican nun who has already spent 50 golden years in her perpetual profession.
Sr. Evelina Enerva, O.P., who belongs to the Congregation of Religious Missionaries of St. Dominic, and pastoral committee coordinator of Dominican School in Dagupan [...]
Schools to teach students Pangasinan history soon?
Posted on January 20, 2008 - Filed Under Inside News, News | Leave a Comment
LINGAYEN–It's time to learn Pangasinan history.
The provincial board passed a resolution this week asking the different schools divisions in the province under the Department of Education to incorporate Pangasinan history in the primary and secondary school curriculum.
The resolution has been referred to the Committee on Education of the provincial board for further discussion on Monday. [...]
Illinois Fil-Am doctors conduct medical mission
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ALL is set for a four-day medical, surgical and dental mission to be conducted in Dagupan on January 21-24 by thirty Michigan, USA-based Filipino-American doctors.
City Health Dr. Leonard Carbonell said about 4,000 indigent patients are expected to benefit from the mission.
The doctors, Carbonell said, will conduct major and minor surgeries for free.
He also said the [...]
Mobile day care center to serve 31 barangays
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A MOBILE day care center will soon be put into operation by the city government as part of its continuing effort to make Dagupan a most child-friendly city.
Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez said the mobile day care center is among the priority projects planned by Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr. for 2008 to reinforce his ongoing program [...]
