Upgrade city's Tapuac Road upgrade is 60% complete
Posted on April 13, 2008 - Filed Under Inside News, News | Leave a Comment
THE upgrading of a portion of the Dagupan-Lingayen road in barangay Tapuac, Dagupan City is now 60% complete and ahead of schedule, according to Second Highway District Engineer Rodolfo Dion.
Funded by the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) of former Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr., the P20 million project is being worked on by the contractor [...]
GMA benefits from jueteng, says Archbishop Oscar Cruz
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It is not true that he has turned his back on his crusade against jueteng and is now focused on the current GMA resign movement.
Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Oscar Cruz said his active participation in the calls for President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to resign is very much a part of his anti-jueteng campaign.
"The present administration tolerates and [...]
WANTED: A beautiful and articulate Pangasinense
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LIMGAS NA PANGASINAN
LINGAYEN–Beauty and brains no less, please.
These are the two qualities that will weigh in equally in this year's search for Limgas na Pangasinan, the winner of which will represent the province in next year's Binibining Pilipinas pageant.
Leo Urmaza, head of this year's competition, said stricter screening process has been undertaken to test [...]
4 towns get new police patrol cars
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CAMP OSCAR FLORENDO, La Union– The fight against criminality in the province received a boost with the assignment of brand new patrol vehicles to the police stations of Alcala , Malasiqui, Umingan and Bolinao.
Chief Superintendent Romeo Hilomen, the newly installed regional police director, said the procurement of new cars and motorcycles is part of [...]
ABS-CBN 32 helps save Sinocalan River
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ABS-CBN Channel 32 gathered 11 municipal mayors and a city mayor on April 3 to lead the "Kapamilya, Lakad Para Sa Kalikasan" in Rosales.
The walk, participated in by an estimated crowd of two thousand from different agencies and local government units, is part of the project to save Sinocalan River.
ABS-CBN earlier expressed its commitment [...]
112 water pumps distributed to 4th district farmers
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Farmers in the 4th District received 112 ( 5 hp.) water pumps from the National Irrigation Administration, courtesy of the Priority Development Assistance Fund of 4th District Rep. Jose de Venecia Jr.
The release of the water pumps, costing P70,000 each, will boost agricultural production in the district since one pump can irrigate five [...]
New boat tour around Lingayen Gulf launched
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SUAL–Now there's a new way to explore the Lingayen Gulf.
The "Angel of the Gulf", a twin hull or Catamaran type of boat that can accommodate up to 30 people, has been launched by a private operator for foreign and domestic tourists.
It is programmed to sail from the Sual Port then around the Lingayen Gulf [...]
Coming soon: Pangasinan-Zambales super hi-way
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LINGAYEN—A road normally taken by trucks of illegal loggers passing through mountain slopes is now being eyed for expansion as a new super highway that will connect Pangasinan to Zambales.
This was revealed by Second Highway District Engineer Rodolfo Dion who said the proposed new highway, with a length of 85 kilometers and a 20-meter right [...]
International sea cucumber seminar on April 14-16
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Scientists from Australia, Indonesia, Thailand, and Malaysia are expected to arrive to attend an international training-seminar on sea cucumber set at the Asian Fisheries Academy in Dagupan from April 14 to 16.
Dr. Westly Rosario, interim executive director of the National Fisheries Research and Development Institute (NFRDI) based at the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic [...]
Dagupan's Councilor Fernandez elected PCL head
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FOR the first time, a Pangasinense will lead the Philippine Councilors League (PCL), the organization of councilors nationwide with more than 16,000 members.
Dagupan City Councilor Michael Fernandez, elected during the PCL's recent 7th National Congress in Manila, is also the youngest to hold the position.
NEW PCL CHAIR—Dagupan City Councilor Michael Fernandez,
newly-elected national chairman of the [...]
