City to build 9 new computer buildings

Alaminos - To fully implement the city’s Wireless Internet-based Governance System (WINGS) Project, the city is set to construct nine more computer buildings in nine elementary schools here.

Edilberto Peralta Jr., Executive Assistant V said the modern computer buildings are expected to rise starting this year.

Peralta, who is in-charge on the implementation of the city’s flagship projects, said the city government has already invited prospective bidders for the construction of said buildings.

According to city budget officer Rowena F. Ruiz, the city had earmarked P 6M pesos in this year’s annual budget for the realization of said project.

She said the construction of a computer building cost P992, 177. 68 which will be taken from the city’s Special Education Fund (SEF).

Among the schools that will soon have a new computer buildings include Balayang Elementary School (ES), Dulacac ES, Landoc ES, Lucap ES, Maawi ES, Cayucay ES, Pangapisan ES, Tanaytay ES and Sta. Maria ES.

The computer buildings, once completed, will enable the city to finally connect all the public elementary and high schools here to the city’s WINGS program, said Engr. Roel Añonuevo, city planning and development coordinator.

“This will soon provide our school children and our teachers better access on wide range of information via the internet which was never before experienced in the city,” he added.

The out-of-school youths, Overseas Filipino Workers, farmers, fisherfolks and barangay folks will also benefit from the program.

WINGS Project is one of the major components of the Braganza administration’s “Bright Child Program”.

The project seeks to improve the quality of education and the delivery of services to the cityfolks and at the same time enhances the level of governance of the city.

All of the city’s 43 public elementary and high school are covered by the WINGS Project.

Other components of this very noble initiative include the City Expanded Scholarship Program, the City Expanded Feeding Cum Livelihood Assistance Program, Computer Literacy Assistance Program for the city’s out-of school youth, the Inter-School Learning Activity Challenge, the City Comprehensive Sports and Youth Development Program, Health & Nutrition Development, Social Welfare Development, and Civil Registration.

To date, all public high schools in the city namely Alaminos City National High School, Alos NHS, Polo NHS, Cayucay NHS, San Vicente NHS, Inerangan NHS, and Telbang NHS now enjoy free broadband internet access.

The city government has also purchased and received computer donations from benevolent entities here and abroad and started training teachers on basic computer course and internet use. (CIO)

http://www.alaminoscity.gov.ph/news/newsdetails.aspx?newsid=545

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Photos from Sunday Punch (http://sundaypunch.prepys.com/archives/2009/07/09/mangaldan-today/)


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House of the famous Romana Peanut Brittle

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http://sundaypunch.prepys.com/archives/2009/07/09/mangaldan-today/

^^ wow thanks for the photos, i really miss mangaldan...:D

abasak imay article about the airport, itay budget dan P90million-runway ni labat.... marakep sirin...:D

Urdaneta launches backyard gardening tilt

August 31, 2009

URDANETA CITY–Cash prizes are up for grabs for homes and barangays here with the best backyard vegetable gardens.

http://sundaypunch.prepys.com/archives/2009/08/31/urdaneta-launches-backyard-gardening-tilt/

Seems Urdaneta City is winning with their "money making politics". Though at any rate, AT LEAST the community is moving.

Saying that however, matagal na rin akong nagtimpi sa apat na taon na road widening na yan.... at nagtitimpi pa ng galit kasi patuloy pa rin ang butas, gawa, butas, gawa, butas, gawa ng road widening.

Manisya kayod siyak, taga Urdaneta ak met. Pero no nengneng yo yay baley mi, maguloy traffic. Pasensya kila ed siyak pero dapat i-publish ko met yaran pictures.

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Naku!! Hukay dito pero hindi pa rin matapos tapos.

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Ayan na naman!

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Alam po natin, tapos na road widening ng Tarlac (San Manuel, Tarlac, Sta. Barbara, etc.). Itong Urdaneta... 4 years in the making!!

Kung sa pelikula ito, EPIC MOVIE na ito. Talo pa niya ang Ten Commandments sa haba ng film shooting productions. Grabe talaga.

Sabi ang project ay sa DPWH, sabi sa Local Govt Unit, sabi sa kung sinong Congressman at Presidente and project. Pero kailan matatapos kaya ito. Ay naku, malaki na ang pasensiya po namin ditong mga taga-Urdaneta.

Aside from these, another problem in Urdaneta City.... which is indefinitely a practice, si PANELCO. Mabetbet so erep toy silew!! So much to say that sometimes there are fires... so practically papatayin mo ang ilaw BUT THEN kung practice naman na nilang patay patayin ang ilaw on weekends, usually it will last for 2-3 hours.... NAKU!!!!!

I suppose that PANELCO Board is composed of mostly politicians. :bash:

When can we have a proper remedy on these?? You why I DO NOT VOTE? Because as a sign of protest in Urdaneta..... I do not believe politics will solve the problem. I do not even believe in government (unless it will change from the higher office).

Naniniwala ako na sisimulan ko sa sarili ko, pamilya ko, ka-pamilya namin na maging totoo at tapat sa 'values' na pinapangaral ng Diyos at maging patas kahit sino mang tao. We live in a community and we live for the "COMMON GOOD" and not for personal achievements.

Concerned citizen lang po.

All municipal and city councilors in Pangasinan are in Regency Hotel Boracay today for a provincial convention.

^^ wow thanks for the photos, i really miss mangaldan...:D Siyak balet a miss la ko may Mangaldan Tapa. Masamisamit man a!

abasak imay article about the airport, itay budget dan P90million-runway ni labat.... marakep sirin...:D Hopefully amay runway about 2km in length para nayarin gamiten na regional jets.

Manisya kayod siyak, taga Urdaneta ak met. Pero no nengneng yo yay baley mi, maguloy traffic. Pasensya kila ed siyak pero dapat i-publish ko met yaran pictures.

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http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/6474/urdpic01.jpg Yay! Nen saman ni tan anggad natan aga ni asumpal. :ohno:


Aside from these, another problem in Urdaneta City.... which is indefinitely a practice, si PANELCO. Mabetbet so erep toy silew!! So much to say that sometimes there are fires... so practically papatayin mo ang ilaw BUT THEN kung practice naman na nilang patay patayin ang ilaw on weekends, usually it will last for 2-3 hours.... NAKU!!!!!
Angano ed sikami dyan CENPELCO. Gagawen da kuno may transmission line. :ohno:


When can we have a proper remedy on these?? You why I DO NOT VOTE? Because as a sign of protest in Urdaneta..... I do not believe politics will solve the problem. I do not even believe in government (unless it will change from the higher office).

I highly suggest that you vote. It's our responsibility as a Filipino. :)

"The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not president senators and congressmen and government officials, but the voters of this country"
-Franklin D. Roosevelt

"The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all."
-John F. Kennedy

"Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost."
- John Quincy Adams

Pangasinan eyes Chinese farm methods

By JUN VELASCO, ORLY GUIRAO

LINGAYEN, Pangasinan — A group of Chinese investors has committed to transfer a package of new farm technologies in a bid to spur agricultural production in this province.

The commitment was made during the recent signing of a sisterhood pact between the provincial government led by Gov. Amado T. Espino Jr. and China’s Sichuan Province headed by Executive Vice Governor Wei Hong. The signing rites took place in the capital city of Chengdu.

Apart from the expected entry of investments, the sisterhood agreement also calls for the strengthening of cultural ties, mutual cooperation and friendly relations, and more exchange of commerce and trade, especially agriculture, Governor Espino said in a press briefing held shortly his arrival from China.

The governor led a 10-member delegation that the Filipino-Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Pangasinan headed by Allan Apaga, Abono party-list chairman Engineer Rosendo So, Provincial Board Members Danilo Uy and Amadeo Espino, Pozzurubio (Pangasinan) Mayor Emma Zosima Chan, Espino’s executive assistant Ramon Modern and Pangasinan First Lady Priscilla Espino.

The visited Sichuan’s farms where most of China’s rice crops are grown.

The delegation was also treated to a guided tour of Sichuan’s financial district which hosts 20 world-renowned banks that include Hongkong-Shanghai Banking Corp. (HSBC), Standard Chartered, Citigroup, Paris, and Groupama.

http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/219001/pangasinan-eyes-chinese-farm-methods

Alaminos City government to fully implement WINGS project

ALAMINOS CITY - The city government here will build nine computer buildings in as many elementary schools here to fully implement the city’s Wireless Internet-based Governance System (WINGS) project.

Edilberto Peralta Jr., Executive Assistant V, said the city has already invited prospective bidders to construct these buildings starting this year.

Budget officer Rowena F. Ruiz said the city earmarked P6 million from this year’s annual budget for the construction of the buildings, each one costs P992,177. The fund will come from the city’s Special Education Fund (SEF).

The schools that will soon have new computer buildings include the elementary schools in Balayang, Dulacac, Landoc, Lucap, Maawi, Cayucay, Pangapisan, Tanaytay and Sta. Maria.

Once completed, the computer buildings will enable the city to finally connect all the public elementary and high schools here to the city’s WINGS program, said City Planning and Development Coordinator Roel Añonuevo.

“This will soon provide our school children and our teachers better access on wide range of information via the internet which was never before experienced in the city,” he added.

Out-of-school youth, overseas Filipino workers, farmers, fisherfolk and barangay folk will also benefit from this flagship program of Mayor Hernani Braganza.

WINGS project is one of the major components of the Braganza administration’s “Bright Child Program.”

The project seeks to improve the quality of education and the delivery of services to the cityfolk and at the same time enhance the level of governance of the city.

All of the city’s 43 public elementary and high school are covered by the WINGS Project.

Other components of the program are the City Expanded Scholarship Program, the City Expanded Feeding Cum Livelihood Assistance Program, Computer Literacy Assistance Program for the city’s out-of school youth, the Inter-School Learning Activity Challenge, the City Comprehensive Sports and Youth Development Program, Health and Nutrition Development, Social Welfare Development, and Civil Registration.

All public high schools in the city namely Alaminos City National High School and those in Alos, Polo, Cayucay, San Vicente, Inerangan, and Telbang now enjoy free broadband internet access.

The city government has also purchased and received computer donations from benevolent entities here and abroad and started training teachers on basic computer course and internet use. (PNA)

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=0&nid=2&rid=227345

RP community in Hawaii fetes ‘true Filipino champ’ Viloria

International Boxing Federation light flyweight titlist Brian Viloria was hailed as a “true Filipino champion" by Filipinos in Hawaii when they feted the “Hawaiian Punch" for successfully defending his crown against Mexican Jesus Iribe.

“Brian’s a true champion, a Filipino champion," Philippine Consul General to Hawaii Leoncio Cardenas said during the party.

The Philippine consulate and the Filipino community in Hawaii led the celebrations for the Waipahu-based Ilocano’s unanimous decision over tough challenger Iribe in their “Island Assault" card, the first title fight in the islands in 33 years.

Joining in the well-attended celebrations, according to a report by the Department of Foreign Affairs, were Pangasinan Gov. Amado Espino, Hawaii Rep. John Mizuno, Kapuso star Jolina Magdangal, who sang the Lupang Hinirang on fight night, and Fil-Am singer Jordan Segundo. Amelia Casamina Cabatu, a well-known personality in Honolulu, emceed the program.

Viloria, born in the Filipino enclave of Waipahu, Honolulu and whose parents hailed from Narvacan, Ilocos Sur, said he makes it a point to pay tribute to his roots everytime he enters the ring.

"I always try to do well because I want to represent my culture and heritage the best I can," the 28-year-old Viloria told the crowd, beaming with pride as the theme from “Hawaii Five-O" play on.

It was Viloria’s first defense of the IBF 108-lb belt that he won by stopping erstwhile champ Ulises “Archie" Solis in a “Philippine homecoming" fight at the Araneta Coliseum last April.

Viloria currently belongs to an elite list of Pinoy boxing champions, along with pound-for-pound king and IBO light-welterweight boss Manny Pacquiao, WBA interim super flyweight holder Nonito Donaire, Jr. and WBO minimumweight titlist Donnie Nietes. - GMANews.TV

http://www.gmanews.tv/story/171385/rp-community-in-hawaii-fetes-true-filipino-champ-viloria

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^^ There are unconfirmed reports stating that Pangasinan Gov. Amado Espino signed a MOU with Hawaii State Govt to accommodate Pangasinenses in the vast agricultural plantations of the state. :cheers:

30 Mindanao folk undergo aquaculture training in Dagupan in the name of peace

By Leonardo V. Micua

DAGUPAN CITY - Thirty people from Mindanao, composed of teachers and students, completed their 10-day live-in training course on AquaCulture Technologies at the Asian Fishery Academy (AFA) in Dagupan City recently.

The training course, called Harvest of Hope, was bankrolled by the Global Peace Festival Foundation (GPFF) to help reduce and eliminate poverty by providing residents of certain areas in Mindanao with the learning tools so that they can earn a living back home.

Rep. Jose de Venecia, Jr. of the Fourth District of Pangasinan, who initiated the training program as part of his initiative to find out solution to the constant fighting in Mindanao, said the group was only the first batch of trainees to undergo the short course.

There are 240 people to be trained, all of whom will be divided into six classes and which will comprise 10 training days each.

The trainees will train other people in Mindanao on how to engage in aquaculture, said De Venecia who was the guest of honor and speaker during the graduation rites.

The training course is part of the GPFF’s contribution to bring about peace and reconciliation between Christians and Muslims in Mindanao, according to De Venecia.

He added that he initiated the training to help bring about lasting peace in that part of the country by mobilizing people to embark on aquaculture so that they can make full use of the bodies of water near them.

The GPFF bankrolled all the training expenses of the group, including their plane tickets from their places of origin to Manila, including the cost of fare from Manila to Dagupan and vice versa.

There are 240 persons to be trained under the program, divided into six batches, each batch of which will undergo the short course for 10 days. The first batch of trainees, he said, came from Christian Mindanao.

The next succeeding batches, said Dr. Michael Sablan, president of the Universal Peace Federation, will be comprised mostly of Muslim trainees who failed to join the initial batch as they are still observing Ramadan.

The trainees, who came from different towns and cities in Mindanao, were trained on how to culture bangus, oyster, sea urchins, sea cucumber, saline tilapia, ulang, hito and suati, so that they can apply the technology they acquire from AFA in their respective places.

De Venecia identified GPFF as the non-government organization that will assemble from 300,000 to 500,000 people at the Rizal Park in Manila on December 9-14 for a grand meeting that will be attended by several Presidents and Prime Ministers from around the world to speak on the need for peace and reconciliation for Christians and Muslims in Mindanao.

The speakers will talk on the need for peace and reconciliation in Mindanao as well as in the Christian-Muslim countries all over the world, like Palestine, Kashmir, Somalia and others.

Aya Goto, the Japanese executive director of GPF International, said his organization addresses global issues such as poverty and hunger which are the reason why many people, especially from Africa, are dying.

He said the Mindanao issue is not isolated case as this is also felt in some parts of the world. (PNA)

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=0&nid=2&rid=227345

Milo Little Olympics up

Thousands of young athletes from across the country will see action when the Milo Little Olympics kicks off today in Manila and Cebu and on Sept. 11-13 in Cagayan de Oro and Pangasinan.

Now on its 22nd year, the event is aligned with the efforts of Milo to build champions in sports and in life.

Last year, some 22,000 student athletes from close to 800 schools took part in the event which features 11 sports disciplines.

Medals will be contested in athletics, badminton, chess, football gymnastics, lawn tennis, swimming, sepak takraw, table tennis. taekwondo, and volleyball.

The Milo Little Olympics caters to schools that are not affiliated with major sports groups.

The first-ever National Milo Little Olympics is slated Oct. 23 in Cebu City.

http://www.tempo.com.ph/news.php?aid=49880

Dagupan asks PNR to donate property for new business hub

By Leonardo V. Micua

DAGUPAN CITY, Sept. 4 (PNA)-- The city government has asked the Philippine National Railways (PNR) to donate one of its properties here which they want to develop as a new business center that can help propel the growth of the city’s economy.

City Legal Officer George Mejia said the City Task Force on Housing and Urban Poor Resettlement headed by City Engineer Virginia Rosario met on Thursday to map out plans seeking the donation to the city of the PNR property.

Mejia said the task force is pursuing the initiative upon the instruction of Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr.

The task force invited two representatives of the PNR in its meeting where both confirmed that a substantial portion of railway property is now occupied by business establishments and residential houses.

They said the business establishments and owners of residential houses signed lease contracts with the PNR management, which contracts are renewable every year.

"We should rather ask a donation of these lots to the city so that the people of Dagupan will substantially benefit from these," Mejia told newsmen.

He said while the city is in dire need of land that it can harness to spur its economic activities, there is a substantial prime PNR property within the downtown area that can be tapped to good use.

According to Mejia, the city engineer’s office is now conducting a survey on the PNP property, the result of which will be the basis of the city government in requesting the donation of these lands to the city.

“We will show the survey to the PNR management in Manila to support our request for the donation of this property in favor of the city,” Mejia said.

The past city administration of Mayor Benjamin Lim also made an initiative to seek the donation to the city of the PNR property but it did not complete the process because its effort was overtaken by the 2007 election.

Mejia said the past administration had a plan to build an alternate road that will connect the city proper to the eastern barangays, through an alternate road that would pass through the PNR property.

An alternate road is a component of a commercial center that the city intends to develop within the PNR property, hoping that the management of PNR will agree to the donation.

Mejia was informed that the PNR property includes all the land extending to M.H. del Pilar Street up to Arellano Street now occupied by several business establishments reportedly paying their yearly rental to the PNR.

The two PNR representatives who appeared during the meeting of the task force at city hall said owners of business establishments and residential houses located on PNR property are holders of lease contracts that are renewable every year.

“The suggestion given to us by the representatives of the PNR is that we conduct an actual survey, then present this to the PNR management and the board of directors which will approve the donation," Mejia said. (PNA)

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=0&nid=2&rid=227904

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Winning the Maisan top prize ‘bittersweet,’ village head says

ALCALA -– It was a bittersweet victory for San Vicente barangay captain Merly Cuaresma whose village won the top prize of the Maisan sa Barangay contest.

Cuaresma’s son Jude, 33, one of the forces behind the successful bid, died four days after the list of winners was released.

Cuaresma said she received a call from town Mayor Manuel Collado on July 4 when Jude was at the hospital in Quezon City .

“He informed me that our entry to the Maisan sa Barangay contest won the provincial level prize. I whispered to Jude that we won, and he was very happy,” she said.

“My son said, ‘Salamat naman at may naitulong ako sa barangay mommy,’” Cuaresma recalled. On July 9, Jude passed away.

The late young man suffered from acute myelogenous leukemia, a type of blood cancer. He was diagnosed of the disease in April 2008 but was still able to help in the contest activities.

“He loved farming, and he and my husband Bienvenido, who worked in a farm in the United States for 22 years, were determined that our barangay will win the contest in the provincial level,” Cuaresma said.

“They told me that we will get all the prizes,” she said.

While most of the members of the barangay council are farmers, they were “experts” at planting yellow corn and had not experience with cultivating white corn.

“It was a new crop for them, so my husband and my son researched on corn farming in the Internet and they were at the helm of the activities,” Cuaresma said.

The father and son worked with barangay council members in preparing the 250 square meter land for planting, sowing the seeds, taking care of the corn plants and harvesting the corn ears.

“We planted in January so it was really difficult because the land was dry. We carried buckets of water to the field,” Cuaresma said.

Even when Jude was already at the hospital, they consulted him about problems in the corn plantation. “When we saw there were pests in the plants, we asked him what to do, and he told us to go to the provincial agricultural office and ask for trichograma, an insect used as bio-control agent against corn borers,” she added.

Cuaresma said that she was so sad that her son, whom she described as a “farmer at heart,” was no longer around during the awarding ceremonies.

“But I’m sure that he was happy that before he died, he learned that the efforts of the village to win the top prize so that we can bring home the projects, had paid off,” Cuaresma said. (Yolanda Z. Sotelo)

http://northernwatchonline.com/2009/09/04/winning-the-maisan-top-prize-%E2%80%98bittersweet%E2%80%99-village-head-says/

Youth gather to raise development awareness

By Brando Cortez

ROSALES — A gathering of youth leaders from the interfaith sector and from the political sector was held here to come up with series of activities to highlight the achievements and goals of Presidential Management Staff Director General Hermogenes Esperon.

The activities are youth oriented projects to raise the level of awareness of the youth with regard to the coming elections in 2010.

The youth is concerned with the level of development that the district has attained and is more concerned about its progress 2010 and beyond.

Former Pangasinan Vice Governor Ranjit Ramos Shanahi said that it is a vision of former President Fidel Ramos to develop District 6 of Pangasinan as the premier district north of Manila.

Shahani said that what the district six needs in congress is someone who is development oriented and the most qualified person is PMS head Hermogenes Esperon.

He went on further to state that the people of the sixth district does not need somebody who is good in singing and dancing.. The people do not need plastic chairs and waiting sheds. What the people need are long-term sources of livelihood specially for the farmers.

“Saan tayo nga masapul itti nalaing ng kumansyon ken agsala…saan tayu nga masapol itti monobloc chairs ken waiting shed,” Shahani said. “Iti kasapulan tayu ket diyay pang bayagan nga kasapulan lalu dagitoy mannalon,” Shahani said.

As of date, Sec. Hermogenes Esperon and Vice Governor Marlyn Primicias-Agabas are reported to be aspiring for the House of Representatives seat to be vacated by three-term congressman Conrado Estrella III in 2010.

Shahani encouraged the youth to participate by saying that there is still hope and the youth should actively participate in the 2010 elections as they guard against all forms of electoral fraud like vote buying.

Shahani on their way to Bangkok, Thailand also said that former President Ramos has temporarily rejected the offer of the merged Lakas CMD KAMPI to be its Chairman Emeritus.

At the same time, Pangasinan 4th District Rep. Jose de Venecia Jr. has sought the nullification of the alleged illegal merger of Lakas-CMD-Kampi through a petition they have submitted before the COMELEC.

“We, along with President Fidel Ramos, founded this party (Lakas) and practically made it what it is now. We want to save our political party from its looming extinction,” De Venecia stated.

http://northernwatchonline.com/2009/09/04/youth-gather-to-raise-development-awareness/

Mobile Passport Service in Alaminos on October 10

Around 800 applicants from first district of the province could obtain or renew their passports as the Department of Foreign Affairs brings its Mobile Passport Service (MPS) here on October 10.

The said event will be held anew at the Don Leopoldo Sison Auditorium (DLSA), according to city councilor Carolyn Dizon-Sison, over-all passport coordinator.

“Unlike in the previous MPS conducted in our city, the DFA Regional Consular Office will do its best to double the number of passports processed in just a single day,” said Sison.

The up coming MPS is again sponsored by Senior Provincial Board Member Danilo B. Dizon to reach out and assist people who can not make it to the DFA regional office.

In response to the clamor of his districtmates and following the successful mobile passport processing last May, Dizon requested anew the services of Regional Consular Office to bring their MPS to the city.

The said project is also partnership with Mayor Hernani A. Braganza in coordination with the Office of Gov. Amado T. Espino Jr., Vice Mayor Teofilo G. Humilde Jr., all members of the Sangguniang Panlungsod of Alaminos, all LGUs and Barangay Councils and the DFA Regional Consular Office.

Dizon, who is now on his third and final term as provincial solon, urged his districtmates to avail of the second mobile passport processing conducted in the city this year.

“We are again looking forward on this very noble outreach program of DFA to bring government service closer to our districtmates,” added former the three termer Alaminos city alderman.

Passport application forms are available at the office of Senior Board Member Danilo B. Dizon, office of city councilor Sison and at the city information office.

The mobile passport fee is still P 750.00 but applicants are required to pay another P 100 for the delivery of their processed passport through LBC so they will no longer be visiting the regional consular office in San Fernando City, La Union.

Deadline for the submission of all passport application forms for pre-encoding and verification will be on Sept. 28. The said forms should be submitted to the office of BM Dizon or office of city councilor Sison.

DFA authorized photographers will be taking pictures of passport applicants at the DLSA on Sept. 12-13 from 8 am till 5pm.

For more information or inquiries, call (075)-551-2020 or 551-2249. (CIO)

http://www.alaminoscity.gov.ph/news/newsdetails.aspx?newsid=547

Lingayen central school to be relocated

LINGAYEN — Mayor Ernesto Castaňeda said Lingayen Central School – located along a busy highway — will be transferred to a 5,000 sq-meter lot at the back of the Lingayen Fire Station and beside the community hospital here.

Castañeda said the Department of Education has already given P10 million for the project that has estimated construction cost of P20 million. As counterpart, the municipal government donated the lot plus the cost of land filling. The provincial government has also extended assistance for the said project.

A total of 35 classrooms will be constructed at the new school site. .

“The parents, students, and the school officials are very happy with this development. The present central school is located on a 3,000 square meter lot. The buildings are already old and dilapidated and the area is flooded when it rains. Aside from the noise pollution, there is great danger of vehicular accident to the students. It is about time that our youngsters studying at the said school will have better classrooms and facilities,” the mayor remarked.

Castaňeda said the local officials and other sectors will still decide on what to do with the lot (which is also owned by the municipal government) to be vacated by the central school.

Meanwhile, the 33 multicabs procured by the municipal government through the loan they secured from the Land Bank will soon arrive.

All the 32 barangays will be issued one unit while one will be issued to the Lingayen Police Station. (Liway C. Manantan- Yparraguirre)

http://northernwatchonline.com/2009/09/05/lingayen-central-school-to-be-relocated/

Sta. Barbara resident loses land to ’scammers’

DAGUPAN CITY -– If you own a piece of land legally, can you still lose it?

This is a story of a native of a woman from Sta. Barbara whose family has migrated to the United States, leaving behind the piece of land where they were born and lived, to caretakers.

Thelma Padilla Tolete accused officials of the Register of Deeds for Pangasinan of conspiring with “land scammers” and titled her family’s land in Minien East, Sta. Barbara town, in the name of the scammers.

Tolete arrived from the United States last year and found that the “very land which has always been our ancestral and family residence had been titled and used as a collateral for a loan by another person.”

In her complaint filed with the court, Tolete said Genaro de Vera, Macario Jose and his wife Aida submitted falsified documents to the Provincial Environment and Natural Resources (Penro) in Dagupan City and to the Register of Deeds in Lingayen.

“Relying on the falsified documents, the Penro issued a Free Patent in the name of de Vera,” an octogenarian from Malasiqui town and said to be illiterate. He thumbmarked the documents instead of signing them.

“Through the machinations of (the Joses), the free patent was cancelled by the Registrar of Deeds and a Transfer Certificate of Title (TCT) was issued in the name of Aida Jose,” Tolete complained.

She said the conversion of the Free Patent into TCT in the name of Aida Jose was effected either because of the criminal negligence or direct criminal complicity of three officials of the Register of Deeds, who lent their official cooperation in order for (the Joses),the real masterminds in the ‘title grab,’ to achieve their evil objective.

The DENR issues free patents for unoccupied lands, but Tolete said the family house still stands on the land in question and is occupied by caretakers. A cadastral survey in 1991 showed that it is owned by Tolete’s mother Justina Cacho Padilla.

“How could a Free Patent be issued to someone from Malasiqui and who contradicts his claim that he is residing and actual possessor of our land?,” Tolete said.

She said she will also file a complaint against DENR employees with the Ombudsman.

Tolete also wondered how the Registry of Deeds easily converted the Free Patent issued to Genaro into TCT in the name of Jose, when the Free Patent was only a year old. Free Patents, according to law, can only be transferred after five years, and only to a family member.

“Clearly, this could happen only with the connivance of some people in the Office of the Registrar,” she said.

Tolete petitioned the court to cancel the TCT.

But Tolete said the Joses were clearly not interested in occupying the land as they never asserted ownership over the land.

“The scam involves merely the fake acquisition of a public document which they used as a collateral for a loan. I am reliably informed that she delivered the title to a lender for a loan of P400,000,”she said.

http://northernwatchonline.com/2009/09/05/sta-barbara-resident-loses-land-to-scammers/

Urdaneta next to Bolinao to have sanitary landfill

URDANETA CITY -– If Urdaneta City succeeds in establishing a sanitary landfill in December, it will be the second local government unit to have the facility.

Mayor Amadeo Perez Jr. said the city is securing a bank loan of P220 million to finance sanitary landfill which is required by the Republic Act 9003 or the solid waste management law.

Perez said P10 million to P15 million will be used to purchase a 10-hectare lot, right of way for the access road and other improvements, while the rest of the money will be for the establishment of the landfill system.

If the plan pushes through, the city would be the second local government unit in Pangasinan to have a sanitary landfill, the first being Bolinao.

Brunner Caranza, municipal planning and development coordinator of Bolinao, patterned the design of the town’s landfill from Fukuoka method, a technology in Japan .
The technology local materials like used tires, bamboos, waste drums and sand.

“It is really expensive to put up a sanitary landfill, which is why we had to use local materials to fit our budget,” he said.

The structure of the Fukuoka Method is very simple, low cost and low maintenance, the decomposition is fast and sanitary and leachate treatment is easier.

While other LGUs are having difficulty in establishing sanitary landfill in their areas because of opposition from residents, Bolinao did not go through such problem.

“Maybe because the residents did not know what a sanitary landfill is,” Caranza said.

A sanitary landfill is a method of solid waste disposal in which refuse is buried between layers of dirt so as to fill in or reclaim low-lying ground.

One of the problems encountered by LGUs who wanted to put up their own facility is the “not-in-mybackyard mentality” with villages refusing to host landfills. Most towns also refused to offer sites for landfills that could cater to several towns.

Perez said the city is decided on establishing a facility because he did not want Urdaneta to suffer the experience of Baguio City.

He said Baguio dumps its solid waste in Capas City in Tarlac and has to spend P180 million yearly to transport the wastes, excluding handling expenses.

Perez said the proposed facility in Urdaneta, which could also accept wastes from neighboring towns for a fee, could last up to 30 years.

The city has bought a machine and signed a memorandum of agreement with the Department of Science and Technology for the manufacture of tiles out of plastic.

It also signed a MOA with the Department of Agriculture for the manufacture of organic fertilizer out of biodegradable wastes.

The fee collected from other towns and proceeds from the tile and organic fertilizer production would be used for the loan amortization, he said.

Everyday, Urdaneta collects 75-80 tons of solid wastes from eight barangays and the market sites. The other villages can still maintain their own garbage pits, he said.

http://northernwatchonline.com/2009/09/05/urdaneta-next-to-bolinao-to-have-sanitary-landfill/

First 'Harvest of Hope' trainees return to Mindanao

THE first batch of beneficiaries of the Harvest of Hope project, a training course on aquaculture technologies for people from Mindanao hosted by the Asian Fishery Academy (AFA) in Dagupan City, are going home to apply their newly acquired knowledge and skills.

The initial group of 30 from Central Mindanao was the first of 240 people chosen to train on aquaculture technologies as part of the Mindanao Peace Initiative of the Global Peace Festival Foundation (GPFF), a United Nations non-government organization.

Backed up by its partner Universal Peace Foundation (UPF), the training involves the transfer of technologies in the culture of bangus, sea urchins, sea cucumber, saline tilapia, ulang, shrimps, Suati and other fish for adoption in Mindanao.

Fourth District Rep. Jose de Venecia Jr., chairman emeritus of UPF, was the guest of honor and speaker during the graduation rites of the first batch of trainees.

Along with Dr. Westly Rosario, interim, executive director of the National Fisheries Research Institute, De Venecia initiated the training program as part of his initiative to help solve the peace and order problem in Mindanao.

The GPFF, which is bankrolling the training cost, will assemble from 300,000 to 500,000 people at the Rizal Park in Manila on December 9-14 for a grand meeting that will be attended by several Presidents and Prime Ministers from around the world who will speak on the need for peace and reconciliation for Christians and Muslims. —LM

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Drug rehab center opens in October

THE first drug treatment and rehabilitation center in Northern Luzon is set to open in Dagupan City next month to cater to drug patients from Pangasinan and the adjacent provinces.

Dr. Elmer Punzalan, assistant secretary for special concerns of the Department of Health, announced this when he visited the facility on Saturday.

Construction work is now in the final stages.

The facility, a drug treatment and rehabilitation hospital, will be an extension of the Region 1 Medical Center headed by Dr. Roland Mejia and under the supervision of Regional Health Director Eduardo Janairo.

Punzalan said the center will be a big boon to the region as drug rehabilitation patients no longer have to be brought all the way to Manila for treatment.

The center, occupying a four-hectare area at the abandoned Dona Teodora Manaois Hospital, will treat both outpatients and in-patients.

The construction of the facility's P40 million administrative building is being bankrolled by the Priority Development Assistant Fund (PDAF) of Rep. Jose de Venecia Jr.

Another P40 million is underway to finance the construction of the center's dormitories and recreational facilities.–LM

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Dagupeña wins a bronze in international karate tilt

A STUDENT of La Marea Academy, Ma. Raniella Isabel Gutierrez, won a bronze medal in the 7th World WADO RHU Karate Championships held August 20 to 24 at Tokyo Budokan, Ayase Adachi-Ku, Japan.

Raniella was the only girl in Team Filipinas, which included Jeramiel Gutierrez, John Enrico Vasquez, Christian Judge Decano, Jayson Ramil Macaalay, and Jaime Macatbag.

Raniella, twice RP National Kumite Medalist, earned the respect of Japanese coaches with her fast jabs and timely reverse punch to stay on top on Bracket A and finished top three among thirty one entries in the 10 to 11 Girls KUMITE category.

Raniella is the only non-Japanese that earned medals in the children category.

Meanwhile, JohnEnrico Vasques, Jayson Ramil Macaalay, and Jeramiel Gutierrez lost to unfamiliarity with the New International revised KATA Rules.

Dr. Enrico Vasquez, Phil WADO Shihan said that Team Filipinas Wado Ryu is now preparing for the Asian KOI Karate Championships in Malaysia in December. The team will be under the Banner of the Philippine Karate-Do Federation (PKF).

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New fountain in Manaoag named after KC de Venecia

MANAOAG–A new fountain named after the late KC de Venecia, daughter of Rep. and Mrs. Jose de Venecia Jr., was inaugurated on Tuesday in front of the municipal hall here.

The De Venecia couple and Manaoag Mayor Napoleon Sales led the inauguration of the fountain which complements a newly-built municipal park for the public.

KC died in a fire that gutted the De Venecia home on Magnolia Street in Dasmarinas Village, Makati City.

Mrs. de Venecia, speaking in behalf of her family, thanked the municipal government of Manaoag for honoring the memory of her daughter by naming the fountain after her, which is just a few steps away from the Miraculous Lady of Manaoag.

For his part, the mayor thanked Rep. De Venecia for funding the construction of the municipal hall park.–LM

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NOYPI launches signature campaign in Pangasinan

BINMALEY–The Noynoy for President Initiative or NOYPI has started its signature campaign in Pangasinan.

NOYPI, a group pushing Sen. Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III, son of former President Corazon Aquino and the slain former Senator Benigno Aquino, to run for president in 2010, was launched last week even as Noynoy has said he still has to take a spiritual discernment before making a decision.

"The signature campaign in Pangasinan starts here in our humble town of Binmaley and then the neighboring towns will follow," Amado Aquino, coordinator of NOYPI Pangasinan, told local newsmen.

Cesar Cortes of NOYPI in Manila arrived for the launching of the signature drive held at the Binmalenia Cafe.

"It's like Cory fever allover again," Cortes said.

Cortes is optimistic that it will not be difficult gathering one million signatures nationwide so the challenge is to double the figure to add more pressure on the senator to heed the public clamor.

Aquino said the convenors of the NOYPI in Pangasinan are the original "bunch of boys" that took the lead in the Cory Aquino for President Movement (CAPM) in 1985-86.

"No one dared to challenge the (Marcos) administration then but these "bunch of boys" did it", he said.

Aquino said his group is that "bold step" again, but this time no longer as a "bunch of boys" but an oldies group as they are now in their 50s.

"People see new hope of politics in Noynoy," Cortes said.

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Malunggay ice cream, anyone?

MANAOAG–A non-government organization from Barangay Nalsian here is set to embark on the commercial production of malunggay ice cream as part of its advocacy to promote good nutrition.

This new product, ice cream made from fresh carabao milk blended with nutritious malunggay (Moringa) leaves, was earlier introduced by Victoria Padilla.

Padilla said the preparation of the malunggay ice cream was part of a study undertaken at the Don Mariano Marcos State University in Batac, Ilocos Norte but since the school is limited to research work, she decided to try it out for commercial scale.

She said she now sells it in parts of the province as well as in Baguio City and the prospects appear positive but financial constraints have kept her from expanding the production from her house.

But through Agro Technical Assistance Livelihood Opportunities in the North (AGTALON), a private initiative she founded, she now plans to turn the malunggay ice cream production into a livelihood project for women in the community.

AGTALON in Ilocano means "to farm", will be used as the brand name for the malunggay ice cream.

Padilla said 4th District Rep. Jose de Venecia Jr. has committed to provide financial assistance for the project.

Aside from malunggay ice cream, Padilla also produces malunggay tupig and polvoron with malunggay.

Part of her plan is to put up a store near the Our Lady of Manaoag Church, a popular pilgrimage site for Catholic devotees.

Padilla, an agriculturist, is a member of SLOW Foods International based in Italy, an advocate for healthy and nutritious foods, that taught her about the benefits of basic foods and the use of locally-abundant ingredients. —LM

http://sundaypunch.prepys.com/archives/2009/09/06/malunggay-ice-cream-anyone/

Pangasinan mayors vow support for Aquino

By Yolanda Sotelo, Gabriel Cardinoza
Inquirer Northern Luzon

DAGUPAN CITY, Philippines—At least 15 Pangasinan mayors have committed to support the tandem of Senator Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III, if he decides to run for President, with Makati Mayor Jejomar Binay as his running mate, a local official said.

Binmaley Mayor Simplicio Rosario, a member of the August Twenty-One Movement (Atom) and a long-time Binay supporter, said the Pangasinan mayors had told him they were supporting Aquino because of his good name and reputation.

"They told me that Noynoy has not been involved in corruption and Mayor Binay will make a good vice president because he is a performer and will certainly complement Noynoy as President," said Rosario, a member of the administration Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats.

He said Binay, a supporter of Aquino's mother, the late former president Corazon Aquino, and who has led Makati since the late 1980s, has vast experience in local governance.

Rosario, however, declined to identify the mayors supporting the proposed Aquino-Binay tandem but said they will come out soon.

Binay, in his recent visits to Pangasinan, signed Makati sisterhood agreements with the local governments of Binmaley, Bayambang, San Quintin, Mangaldan, Manaoag, Rosales and San Fabian, and the city governments of Alaminos, Urdaneta and San Carlos.

Calls for Aquino to run for President have snowballed since former president Aquino died on August 1.

On Tuesday, Senator Manuel Roxas II, Liberal Party president and the party's leading presidential aspirant, announced he was dropping his presidential bid to support Aquino as the Liberal Party’s standard bearer in 2010.

Aquino has yet to declare if he is seeking the presidency, saying he will announce his decision after a spiritual retreat.

Former governor Rafael Colet, convener of the Noynoy Aquino for President Movement in Pangasinan, called the proposed team-up of Aquino and Binay as a "welcome development."

"This is how it will evolve. There will be other candidates from other parties who will want to carry Noynoy," Colet said.

But former Vice Governor Gonzalo Duque, a local LP member, said if Binay's group, the United Opposition, will support Aquino, "it will be to their own lookout."

"Noynoy, as LP member, will definitely be supporting an LP candidate," Duque said.

He said the proposed Aquino-Binay tandem indicates that "everybody is gravitating towards Aquino."

"And this is good eventually for all of those who want to join the cause for democracy based on justice and clean government," Duque said.

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/regions/view/20090905-223721/Pangasinan-mayors-vow-support-for-Aquino

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Pangasinan leaders condole with INC

September 6, 2009

LINGAYEN–Pangasinan leaders were one in expressing their personal sense of grief over the demise of Executive Minister Eraño "Ka Erdy" Manalo, supreme leader of the Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC) who died on August 31 at age 84.

Governor Amado Espino Jr. led provincial officials in condoling with the Manalo family and the INC for Ka Erdy's demise.

Espino said that Ka Erdy was a powerful spiritual figure whose leadership could not perhaps be equaled by any other Church leaders of the world.

Fourth District Rep. Jose de Venecia Jr., his wife Gina and son Joey III sent their condolences to the family of the late INC leader, extolling Ka Erdy as someone who lifted millions of Filipinos from poverty to join the ranks of the middle class.

The De Venecia couple personally condoled with the bereaved family and other leaders of INC during the wake in Quezon City.

Assistant Secretary Arturo Lomibao of the Department of Transportation and Communication and chief of the Land Transportation Office said the country has lost not only a spiritual leader but also a role model for Filipinos.

In Dagupan, Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr. said the teachings imparted by Ka Erdy to the Filipinos, which are the fruits of his dedication in the service of God, should serve as inspiration to all Filipinos of present and succeeding generations.

Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez, for her part, said that in spreading the word of God in the Philippines and various parts of the world, Ka Erdy strongly emphasized love, unity and understanding, virtues that Filipinos had imbibed over the years so that they can attain peace and improve their life.

The INC is an influential religious group whose members vote make a unified vote during election. —LM

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Chinese investors keen on Pangasinan mangoes

LINGAYEN, Pangasinan- Business leaders and technicians from Sichuan province in China will visit Pangasinan within this year to look into investment opportunities in agriculture, particularly the mango industry.

Governor Amado Espino Jr., who headed an 18-man delegation to China from August 19 to 26 and signed a memorandum of understanding between Pangasinan and Sichuan with his counterpart in that province, said the Chinese enjoyed the dried mangoes they brought as gifts and expressed interest in the product.

Sichuan is one of the most progressive and biggest provinces in China comprising of 87 million people, which is almost the same as the entire population of the Philippines.

Espino hailed the forthcoming visit of the businessmen and technicians from Sichuan, which relies heavily in agriculture and technology.

The governor said the Chinese might invest in the development of mango plantations and the harvest will be exported to China, or the development of mango processing plants for the manufacture of dried mangoes and even puree, also for export.

Espino said their Chinese hosts invited them to again visit in October to witness their trade fair that will be held in Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan.

The MOU that Espino signed with Wei Hong, executive governor of Sichuan, provides that both provinces will carry out exchanges and cooperate in various forms and activities in the fields of industry, agriculture, trade, science and technology. (PNA)

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City plans development of new business center

September 6, 2009

THE Dagupan government will ask the Philippine National Railways (PNR) to donate substantial portions of its land in the city to the former, which it plans to develop into a business center.

City Legal Officer George Mejia said the City Task Force on Housing and Urban Poor Resettlement headed by City Engineer Virginia Rosario, upon the directive of Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr., met on Thursday to map out plans for the donation request and the development project.

The two representatives of the PNR whom the task force invited to the meeting confirmed that a substantial portion of the railway property now occupied by business establishments and residential houses, is covered by renewable lease contracts.

“We should rather ask a donation of these lots to the city so that the people of Dagupan will substantially benefit from these,” Mejia told newsmen.

On the suggestion of the PNR representatives, the city engineer's office will conduct a survey on the PNR property, the result of which will be presented as the basis of the city government for its donation request.

The past city administration under Mayor Benjamin Lim already made an initiative to seek the donation of the PNR property to the city but it was unable to complete the process before the 2007 election.

Mejia said the past administration had a plan to build an alternate road through the PNR property to connect the city proper to the island barangays.

The alternate road will be a component of a commercial center that the city intends to develop in the PNR property.

The PNR property includes all the land extending to M.H. del Pilar Street up to Arellano Street now occupied by several business establishments reportedly paying a yearly rental to the city government. —LM

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Traffic on Arellano Street remains a problem

September 6, 2009

The upgrading and widening of Arellano Street in Dagupan City is 98 percent complete as of August 31, but there has been no marked improvement in the flow of traffic in the area.

Second Highway Engineering District Rodolfo Dion, who announced last week that the two percent of the work remaining to be done is on the restoration of a few portions of sidewalks, said he would ask the city government to draw up a strategy to improve vehicular flow.

"I will ask the POSO (Public Order and Safety Office) to clear the roadside of parked tricycles that wait for passengers," Dion said.

He said some portions of the sidewalk still cannot be done because of right-of-way issues that are still being negotiated by the Dagupan City government.

Dion said he is confident that property owners who have illegally encroached on portions of Arellano Street will comply fully to restore the sidewalks.

“I am confident that the remaining property owners will give way to the construction of three-meter side walks fronting their establishments and houses like many others who have cooperated,” he said.

Costing P36 million, the upgraded Arellano Street is 800 meters long and 12.10 meters wide, excluding three-meter sidewalk on both sides. The road was raised by 18 centimeters to keep the road passable at all times.

Undertaken by the contractor BMK Construction, it is considered as the biggest pump-priming project of the Department of Public Works and Highways in Dagupan this year.

The project includes a drainage system on both sides located between the road pavement and the sidewalk but was designed to be in the same level as the road. –LM

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Best Ornamented Office Search on in Halls of Justice

September 6, 2009

A MONTHLY search for the Best Ornamented Office in the Halls of Justice in Lingayen that started in June and is set to end in December this year is proving to be a good motivational activity for court employees.

The Office of the Clerk of Court won the title in June while Regional Trial Court Branch 68 won in July and August.

Executive Judge Georgina Hidalgo, presiding judge of Branch 68 and Judge-designate of RTC's Branch 39, initiated the contest in a bid to enhance the offices in the Halls of Justice and promote the spirit of teamwork.

Participating are RTC Branches 37, 38, 39, 68 and69, the Municipal Trial Court of Lingayen, the Office of the Clerk of Court, the Court Library and the Office of the Building Administrator. —LM

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Alaminos public schools get computer buildings

September 6, 2009

ALAMINOS CITY–Nine more computer buildings in different elementary schools here are set to be constructed within the year as part of the city's Wireless Internet-based Governance System (WINGS) Project.

The schools that will soon have a new computer building include Balayang Elementary School (ES), Dulacac ES, Landoc ES, Lucap ES, Maawi ES, Cayucay ES, Pangapisan ES, Tanaytay ES and Sta. Maria ES.

Edilberto Peralta Jr., executive assistant of Mayor Hernani Braganza, said the local government has already invited prospective bidders for the construction of the buildings.

The computer buildings will connect all the public elementary and high schools to the city's WINGS program, providing Internet access to students and the faculty.

All of the city's 43 public elementary and high school are covered by the WINGS Project. All public high schools in the city now have broadband Internet access.

"This will soon provide our school children and our teachers better access on wide range of information via the internet which was never before experienced in the city," said City Planning and Development Coordinator Roel Añonuevo.

A total of about P6 million has been earmarked for the project in this year's budget.

Each computer building is estimated to cost about P992,000, which will be sourced from the city's Special Education Fund (SEF).

WINGS project is a major component of Braganza’s "Bright Child Program."

Other components of this program include the City Expanded Scholarship Program, the City Expanded Feeding Cum Livelihood Assistance Program, and Computer Literacy Assistance Program for the city's out-of-school youth, the Inter-School Learning Activity Challenge, the City Comprehensive Sports and Youth Development Program, Health & Nutrition Development, Social Welfare Development, and Civil Registration.

The city government has also purchased and received computer donations from benefactors. —LM

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Lingayen villages to get service vehicles

LINGAYEN, Pangasinan — All the 32 barangays in this capital town will be given soon multi-cab service vehicles, Mayor Ernesto “Jonas” Castaneda Jr. announced.

Mayor Castaneda also announced that the municipal government will provide one more multi-cab to the Lingayen police station in a bid to make it more effective in its task of maintaining peace and order in this capital town.

He said that the purchase of the barangay service vehicles had been funded and approved by the muncipal council, and “we are now preparing their distribution to the barangay.

“Binigyan natin ng priority itong service vehicles ng mga barangay para lalong maserbisyuhan ang mga taga barangay, kasama ang PNP na bibigyan din natin ng isa pang patrol service vehicle,” the mayor said.

Castaneda said a peaceful environment in this town could mean more investors and tourists.

Lingayen police chief Supt. Harris Fama told media people that the all-out support being extended to the police by Mayor Castaneda has inspired them to work hard and has boosted the morale of his men.

The town’s chief executive said the municipal government is also planning to acquire two firetrucks, one loader and dump trucks.

It was noted that Castaneda set a record in this premier town in the 2007 elections when he ran unopposed in the mayoral race. The people here attributed this feat to the strong leadership and competent administration of the Castanedas.

The mayor’s eldest daughter, Shiela Castaneda-Gonzales, was elected No. 1 councilor in 2007 election.

His wife also served as town mayor before he (Jonas) took over the rein of the municipal government. (Mar Supnad)

http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/219242/lingayen-villages-get-service-vehicles

"Maisan sa Barangay" winners in Pangasinan bared

LINGAYEN, Pangasinan, Sept. 6 (PNA) -- A barangay in the corn-producing town of Alcala was adjudged as winner in province-wide "Maisan sa Barangay" contest, and was awarded P2.2 million worth of projects.

Barangay San Vicente, Alcala in the fifth district of Pangasinan bested all district winners in the search sponsored by the ABONO Party List group and the the provincial government headed by Governor Amado Espino Jr..

The contest was held in cooperation with the offices of First District Congressman Arthur Celeste, Fifth District Congressman Mark Cojuangco, Sixth District Congressman Conrado Estrella III and Partylist Congressman Robert Raymund Estrella Jr.

The recognition and awards ceremonies for the "Maisan sa Barangay" was held at the Narciso Ramos Sports and Civic Center Gym last August 28, attended by Senator Francis Joseph "Chiz" Escudero.

The winners for the district level were: Barangay Catuday of Alaminos City for the 1st District; Barangay Bongalon of Labrador for the 2nd District; Barangay Pias of Mapandan for the 3rd District; Barangay Imelda od San Jacinto for the 4th District; Barangay San Vicente of Alcala for the 5th District; and Barangay Carmay West of Rosales for the 6th District.

The winners for the municipal level of 1st District were: Barangays Boboy of Agno; Polo of Alaminos; Carot of Anda; Macabit of Bani; Catuday of Bolinao; San Pascual of Burgos; Eguia of Dasol; Babuyan and Bamban of Infanta; San Pedro of Mabini; and Siwasiw West of Sual.

Winners for the 2nd District were: Barangays Buer of Aguilar; Dumpay of Basista; Umanday of Bugallon; Bongalon of Labrador; Aliwekwek of Lingayen; Papagueyan of Binmaley; Olo Cacamposan of Mangatarem; and Dalangiring of Urbiztondo.

Winners for the 3rd District were: Barangays Paragos of Bayambang; Malabago of Calasiao; Alacan of Malasiqui; Pias of Mapandan; Palaming of San Carlos City; and Erfe of Sta. Barbara.

Winners for the 4th District were: Barangays Lelemaan of Manaoag; Lanas of Mangaldan; Longos Central of San Fabian; Imelda of San Jacinto; and Tebeng and Mangin of Dagupan City.

Winners for the 5th Distirct were: Barangays San Vicente of Alcala; Palisoc of Bautista; Sta. Maria Norte of Binalonan; Panaga of Laoac; Imbalbalatong of Pozorrubio; Poblacion Este of Sto. Tomas; Asan Sur of Sison; Poblacion of Urdaneta City; and San Nicolas of Villasis.

Winners for the 6th District were: Barangays Baro of Asingan; Kita-kita of Balungao; Batchelor West of Natividad; Carmay West of Rosales; Cauplasan of Sta. Maria; Lapalo of San Manuel; San Roque of San Nicolas; Nangapusan of San Quintin; Magallanes of Tayug; and Don Montano of Umingan. (PNA)

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=0&nid=11&rid=228150

Gina de V ready for 2010 political battle

September 6, 2009

GINA de Venecia is all psyched up for her entry into the political arena as a candidate for 4th district representative race in the May 2010 election.

Gina said she is ready to face whoever will also seek the position that will be vacated by her husband, Jose de Venecia Jr., who is serving his third and last term.

"Handa naman ako kahit sino ang kalaban. Ang masasabi ko lang, kung ang military ay prepared 'to rule', ang mga De Venecia naman ay prepared 'to serve'," she said hinting on her possible battle with Land Transportation chief Arturo Lomibao, a retired police general who has expressed intent to run for the same position.

She referred to herself as a "modern Princess Urduja", the fabled heroin of Pangasinan during the Spanish colonization, who will be ready to play the "game of the generals".

Gina, who served as president of the Congressional Spouses Foundation Inc. since her husband served as Speaker of the House of Representatives, said she is now determined to win despite her initial reluctance to join politics.

Over the weekend, after speaking before various groups at their residence in Bonuan Binloc in Dagupan, she sang, "I will survive", prompting the audience to dance along.

Gina said it will be her battle cry in her pursuit of politics.

She, however, has yet to decide under which political party she will run following the row within the Lakas-Kabalikat ng Kampi-Christian Muslim Democrats. Her husband was among the founders of the original Lakas.

"Ang partido ko partido ng panalo," she said.

In the meantime, with the elections still nine months away, Gina said she will continue to assist her husband in his projects for the district.

http://sundaypunch.prepys.com/archives/2009/09/06/gina-de-v-ready-for-2010-political-battle/

Congressmen's wives to run for congress in 2010

Sunday, September 6, 2009

By Liway C. Manantan-Yparraguirre

DAGUPAN CITY -- More and more women, some of them are wives of politicians, are entering politics in the 2010 elections.

In Pangasinan, the wives of outgoing congressmen Jose de Venecia III and Mark Cojuangco will vie for the seats that will be vacated by the outgoing lawmakers.

Mrs. Gina “Manay Gina” de Venecia and Sison Mayor Carmen “Kimi” Cojuangco will run in the fourth and fifth district, respectively.

Vice Governor Marlyn Primicias-Agabas, on the other hand, will seek the congressional seat for the sixth district.

In San Fabian town, outgoing Mayor Mojamito Libunao’s wife Irene will seek the mayoralty post.

“Maybe because women are mothers. Mothers can see the changes that are needed,” De Venecia explained.

“When you are a mother, you manage your home, the finances of the family. It's a big factor when you have a mom who will that everything will be done well in a home,” she added.

De Venecia is the founder of the Ina Foundation Inc., which has established several Ina Healing Centers all over the country that help mothers who lost their children.

She is not new in the world of politics as her husband JDV served as Speaker of the House of Representatives for five times.

In 1992, she served as president and chairperson of the Congressional Spouses Foundation Inc., which allowed her to work closely with the wives of congressmen as well as congresswomen.

To other women who are entering politics, she has this to say: “Enter politics only if you really want to serve. If you just want to be popular or to get rich, don’t enter politics.”

She also said that one has to be totally selfless.

“You have to tell your children that you are going to share your time with the constituents because more time will be given to the constituents than to your family,” she remarked.

Meanwhile, the wives of two mayors are said to also be running next year but have not yet officially declared their intentions.

One will seek the post of her husband, an outgoing mayor.

The other will run for a position in her own hometown while her mayor husband will run for re-election. (LCMY/Sunnex)

http://www.sunstar.com.ph/pangasinan/congressmens-wives-run-congress-2010

Medical Mission na PSCO ed Mangaldan, matalunggaring

9/6/2009

DAGUPAN CITY – Baleg so pisasalamat nen Mangaldan Mayor Herminio Romero, lapud matalunggaring ya impangigaway Medical mission ya inisponsoran na Phil Charity Sweepstakes Office o PCSO.

Imabot ed walon-lasos ya totoo so akinabang ed libren serbisyo mediko.

Pinasalamatan to iray doktor tan aray nurses ya manlalapud nanduruman baley tan aray nurse tan staff na Region I Medical Center ya nanlapud arum ya baley, lapud soporta ya initer dad programa tan tulong met lad saray kabaleyan to.

Kalegenan ton ya, imbaga nen mayor Romero ya nan-arum nira na tambal ya unaabot ed 100,000.00 lapud karakel na kabaleyan ton dinmagop tan inamomot day libreng panpatambal.

http://www.bomboradyo.com/newsdetails1.asp?ID=107072

Dagupan's Arellano street 98% done but bottlenecks still a problem

DAGUPAN CITY, Sept. 7 (PNA) -- The upgraded Arellano street is 98 percent complete as of Aug. 31 and is now being fully used by motorists but traffic bottleneck remains a problem, especially during rush hour.

Second Highway Engineering District Rodolfo Dion, who announced last week that the two percent of the work remaining to be done is on the restoration of a few portions of sidewalks, said he will ask the city government to draw up a strategy to improve vehicular flow.

"Maybe, I will ask the POSO (Public Order and Safety Office) to clear the roadside of (motorized) tricycles that are parking and waiting for passengers," Dion said.

He said some portions of the sidewalk are yet to be restored as right-of-way issues are still being negotiated by the Dagupan City government.

Dion said he is confident that property owners who have encroached on portions of Arellano street will tear down parts of their structures in order to give way to the sidewalk on both sides of the road.

“I am confident that the remaining property owners will give way to the construction of three-meter side walks in front of their establishments or residential houses as many others already sacrificed before them,” he said.

Costing P36 million, the upgraded Arellano street is 800 meters long and 12.10 meters wide, excluding three-meter sidewalk on both sides. The road was raised by 18 centimeters, which is above the flood level in that area.

Undertaken by the contractor BMK Construction, it is considered as the biggest pump-priming project of the Department of Public Works and Highways in Dagupan this year.

The project includes a drainage system on both sides located between the road pavement and the sidewalk but was designed to be in the same level as the road.(PNA)

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=0&nid=2&rid=228227

Sta. Barbara still hopes town will host airport

September 7, 2009

By Mortz C. Ortigoza

STA. BARBARA – The mayor of this town said he and his constituents will only stop their bid to have an international airport if the P2.3 billion government appropriation for an airport in Alaminos City is included in the General Appropriation Act.

Mayor Reynaldo Velasco reacted to the statements of Eng. Eduardo Garcia, project development officer of the city government of Alaminos, that the hotly contested air facility in his town was already a done deal.

“Iyan ang sinasabi ng kanilang City Planning Officer. But that is not what the (ATO) Air Transportation Office says. ATO says Sta. Barbara is better,” said.

Garcia declared in an earlier interview with Northern Watch that the construction of a P21-million 4.5-kilometer access road to the airport will start sometime in October this year after the Philips Technical Consultant Corp. identified the Sabangan-Pandan-Telbang site as the most viable venue for the P2.3 billion airport.

The mayor refuted Garcia’s observation that his town was not ideal for the airport as it is covered by a 24-kilometer operational aerodome of a pilot training airstrip in the town of Lingayen.

Former provincial administrator and this town’s administrator Albertini de Guzman laughed at Garcia’s pronouncement.

He explained that Alaminos is the one covered by the operational aerodome, while this town is beyond it.

“How can they cite a 24-aerodome where Clark (International Airport) and NAIA (Ninoy Aquino International Airport) have a pilot training facilities within their premises?” he posed.

Velasco rebutted Garcia statement that this town is flood-prone and thus not ideal for an airport.

“Barangay Leet (site of the proposed airport) has never been flooded. Only (barangays) Maningding and Banaoang. Pero hindi na rin sila ngayon flooded,” he said.

Velasco said what the city engineer of Alaminos was talking about was a pre-feasibility study, and not even a feasibility study.

Velasco continued that there will be no civil works to start soon in Alaminos because it has no appropriation.

He added that in case his airport project here cannot be included in the General Appropriation Act, it is fine for him since he can source its funding from private sector.

He explained that his financiers had already made a report of an airport in Leet after he showed them the beneficiaries’ towns and city, like Manaoag, San Fabian, Mangaldan, Calasiao, and Dagupan City.

http://northernwatchonline.com/2009/09/07/sta-barbara-still-hopes-town-will-host-airport/

Relis ya tren diad Dagupan asingger lan bilayen na PNR?

DAGUPAN CITY - Asingger la ya bilayen na Philippine National Railways o PNR so saray relis na tren diad syudad na Dagupan.

Onong ed kinen Engr. Virginia Rosario ya City Engineering's Office ya nen akitungtong ira ed say PNR et abitla ed sikado so planon panayos ed saray relis da tan aayusen la so saray relis ya natan et wala lad Clark Pampanga tan asingger la na nasabi diad Norte.

Onong ed saya asingger la ya nawalaan lamet na tren diad syudad.

Kalegenan ton nia, aminado si Rosario ya karamihan ed say dalin ya gawa na PNR et apaletnegan ya abong na saray illegal settlers tan iray establishemento katon kikirewen da ed PNR so daisit na parti ya dalin da tapian gaween da na relocation site na saray illegal settlers.

http://www.bomboradyo.com/newsdetails1.asp?ID=107205

Relis ya tren diad Dagupan asingger lan bilayen na PNR?

DAGUPAN CITY - Asingger la ya bilayen na Philippine National Railways o PNR so saray relis na tren diad syudad na Dagupan.

Onong ed kinen Engr. Virginia Rosario ya City Engineering's Office ya nen akitungtong ira ed say PNR et abitla ed sikado so planon panayos ed saray relis da tan aayusen la so saray relis ya natan et wala lad Clark Pampanga tan asingger la na nasabi diad Norte.

Onong ed saya asingger la ya nawalaan lamet na tren diad syudad.

Kalegenan ton nia, aminado si Rosario ya karamihan ed say dalin ya gawa na PNR et apaletnegan ya abong na saray illegal settlers tan iray establishemento katon kikirewen da ed PNR so daisit na parti ya dalin da tapian gaween da na relocation site na saray illegal settlers.

http://www.bomboradyo.com/newsdetails1.asp?ID=107205

mabayag ni tan amo... according dun sa northrail project, so extension anggad la union, phase 4 ni, meaning last na gagawin...:(
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akin kasi no manplano ray man-gawa ya sarilin railways na pangasinan?? kung tutuusin maganda ang geography to kasi pahaba ang lugar, isang line lang mase-serve na ang mga major cities ditan... manumpisa ra ed urdaneta, undalan ed manaoag, insan mangaldan, insan undalan ed dagupan-binmaley-lingayen-sual-alaminos-bani, tan man-end ed bolinao... kinwentak ed google earth kulang-kulang 80 kilometros labat... imagine say mangga ed bolinao, o bagoong ed alaminos, o say bangus na dagupan, maplis da lan i transport ed anggano iner ed dagupan...:okay:
much better nu wala lay connection ed northrail, ta pyan anggano ed manila nayari da lan i-transport so bangus under 3-4 hours...
ang pangalan, Pangasinan railways....:D

:cheers:

mabayag ni tan amo... according dun sa northrail project, so extension anggad la union, phase 4 ni, meaning last na gagawin...:( mabayag ni, 20 years ni siguro.


akin kasi no manplano ray man-gawa ya sarilin railways na pangasinan?? kung tutuusin maganda ang geography to kasi pahaba ang lugar, isang line lang mase-serve na ang mga major cities ditan... manumpisa ra ed urdaneta, undalan ed manaoag, insan mangaldan, insan undalan ed dagupan-binmaley-lingayen-sual-alaminos-bani, tan man-end ed bolinao... kinwentak ed google earth kulang-kulang 80 kilometros labat... imagine say mangga ed bolinao, o bagoong ed alaminos, o say bangus na dagupan, maplis da lan i transport ed anggano iner ed dagupan...:okay:
much better nu wala lay connection ed northrail, ta pyan anggano ed manila nayari da lan i-transport so bangus under 3-4 hours...
ang pangalan, Pangasinan railways....:D

:cheers: Marakep tan ya proposal.

No a-preserve da labat may old PNR railtracks balibali man kumon. Bautista to San Fabian angano sakey labat ya DMU. :)

Vatican accepts resignation of Cruz

THE VATICAN has approved the resignation of Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop and former Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) president Oscar V. Cruz.

In a letter addressed to Monsignor Pedro C. Quitorio III of the CBCP, papal nuncio Edward Joseph Adams said Pope Benedict XVI has accepted Mr. Cruz’s resignation and has assigned Bishop Socrates B. Villegas of Bataan to take over the post.

Mr. Villegas would be elevated to the rank of archbishop once he takes over the leadership of the diocese of Lingayen-Dagupan and will be the youngest archbishop in the country.

No date has been announced on the installation of Mr. Villegas as Lingayen-Dagupan archbishop.

Mr. Cruz, who has sought early retirement, first submitted his resignation in 2007. Mr. Cruz is turning 75 this year, the retirement age for bishops.

"If I were to be asked what other immediate things come to my mind: first, I am very proud of my clergy and second, I am very happy with my forthcoming successor Archbishop Socrates Villegas whom I know to be a man of integrity and competence," said Mr. Cruz in an interview.

Mr. Cruz was appointed archbishop of Lingayen-Dagupan in 1991. He was CBCP president in 1995-1999. Messrs. Cruz and Villegas are part of the group of priests and bishops that called for reforms in the government and condemned the "endemic, massive, systemic and rampant corruption in our politics." — ENJD

http://www.bworldonline.com/BW090909/content.php?id=073

DFA to conduct Mobile Passport Service in Alaminos City, Pangasinan

ALAMINOS CITY, Sept. 8 (PNA) -- The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) will conduct its Mobile Passport Service (MPS) on October 10 here to cater to 800 passport applicants from the first district of the province.

The activity will be held at the Don Leopoldo Sison Auditorium (DLSA), according to City Councilor Carolyn Dizon-Sison, over-all passport coordinator.

The MPS will be sponsored by Sr. Provincial Board Member Danilo B. Dizon to reach out and assist people of the first district of the province who can not go to the DFA regional office in San Fernando City, La Union.

The activity will be held in coordination with the office of Alaminos City Mayor Hernani A. Braganza and the Office of Gov. Amado T. Espino Jr.

Dizon urged his districtmates to avail of the second mobile passport processing conducted in the city this year.

“We are again looking forward on this very noble outreach program of DFA to bring government service closer to our districtmates,” added Dizon.

Passport application forms are available at the office of Senior Board Member Dizon, office of City Councilor Sison and at the city information office.

The mobile passport fee costs P750 but applicants are required to pay another P100 for the delivery of their processed passport through LBC so they will no longer be visiting the regional consular office in San Fernando City, La Union.

Deadline for the submission of all passport application forms for pre-encoding and verification is set on Sept. 28.

DFA authorized photographers take pictures of passport applicants at the Don Leopoldo Sison Auditorium on Sept. 12-13.(PNA)

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=0&nid=2&rid=228471

Pantal Bridge

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Provicial Gov't unutang na 1B, parad saray proyekto diad luyag na Pangasinan

9/8/2009

DAGUPAN CITY -- Indepensa na Provincial Government so pi-utang toy 1B pesos Land Bank of the Philippines.

Inkwanen Provincial Administrator Raffy Baraan, ya sa abetlan kwarta et osaren parad pangapiger na aray Government Hospital diad lugyag na Pangasinan, tan pangaliw na aray kagawaan parad ipaalagey ya seaport tan airport.

Likud ed saya, mangaliw met ira na heavy equipments singa say payloader, grader tan dumptruck ompian walay naipabayes da ed saray baley diad Pangasinan ya mankaukulan nya.

Imbaga to nen nya ya babagaan ira na Land Bank ya unutang.

Papautangen da ray 1.4 bilyong pesos.

Anengneng kuno na Land bank so pakayari na Pangasinan ya manbayar na utang to.

900 million so unaan ya balak ya utangen na probinsya base ed apantongtongan na provincial board, ya housing parad saray provincial capitol employee.

Sakey met ed pegdat dad pan-utang ya abetlan kwarta et nagawan kompleto so Pangasinan ed heavy equipments.

Imbaga to ninyan dakel so proyekto ed Pangasinan ya mankakaukulan na pundo ompian nagapuan la.

Inyarum ni nen Baraan, ya kaibad saya so pan-pa-aspalto na aray kalsada ed interon Pangasinan.

http://www.bomboradyo.com/newsdetails1.asp?ID=107278

11 Brand new ya motorsiklo, pinoolan diad baley na Tayug

9/8/2009

DAGUPAN CITY- Iinapen ya diad syudot lapud anggapoy nalan antokaman na saray matatakew, pinoolan da so labinsakey ya brand new ya motorsiklo diad sakey ya motor dealer diad baley na Tayug, luyag na Pangasinan.

Onong ed kinen PO3 Reynaldo Mallari na PNP Tayug, akaawat ira na tawag ya napopoolan so Motortrade ya narumog diad Bonifacio St. barangay Iris, Tayug niman na palbangon.

Ginmapo so pool bandad 4:30 na palbangon tan narep labat lay apoy kayari na masolok ya sakey oras.

Umpapaway ed imbestigasyon na kapulisan ya posiblen nilooban na saray agga kabat ya suspek so abitlan establisyemento bangbalet nen anggapoy nala dan kuwarta so pinoolan ya.

Bangbalet, sakey nin nenengnengen ya anggulo na saray kapulisan so posiblen ginagala yan pinoolan.

Kaplesan nin iimbestigaan so agawang pool.

http://www.bomboradyo.com/newsdetails1.asp?ID=107396

mabayag ni, 20 years ni siguro.

andi met...:D nayarin mga 3-6 years ta pansublayan da la may phase 2 at 3 kasi magkaiba met so linya....

Marakep tan ya proposal.

No a-preserve da labat may old PNR railtracks balibali man kumon. Bautista to San Fabian angano sakey labat ya DMU. :)

talanti, marakep itan not only dun sa local trade, sararatay pilgrims tan turista madali nang makapunta kahit saan sa pangasinan...

balet, baleg so budget tu tan... maung sana nu i-consider da yan idea ta pyan sa future, nu wala la'y kwarta, nayari da lan gawaen...:D

:cheers:

hmmm bakit sa Alaminos pa.....pwede naman sa Lingayen (suhestiyon ko lang)...since nag i-ssue na din sila ng OEC or Balik Manggagawa certificates di ba......at least isang place na lang at mas madaling puntahan pa ang Capitolyo ng Pangasinan....

DFA to conduct Mobile Passport Service in Alaminos City, Pangasinan

ALAMINOS CITY, Sept. 8 (PNA) -- The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) will conduct its Mobile Passport Service (MPS) on October 10 here to cater to 800 passport applicants from the first district of the province.

The activity will be held at the Don Leopoldo Sison Auditorium (DLSA), according to City Councilor Carolyn Dizon-Sison, over-all passport coordinator.

The MPS will be sponsored by Sr. Provincial Board Member Danilo B. Dizon to reach out and assist people of the first district of the province who can not go to the DFA regional office in San Fernando City, La Union.

The activity will be held in coordination with the office of Alaminos City Mayor Hernani A. Braganza and the Office of Gov. Amado T. Espino Jr.

Dizon urged his districtmates to avail of the second mobile passport processing conducted in the city this year.

“We are again looking forward on this very noble outreach program of DFA to bring government service closer to our districtmates,” added Dizon.

Passport application forms are available at the office of Senior Board Member Dizon, office of City Councilor Sison and at the city information office.

The mobile passport fee costs P750 but applicants are required to pay another P100 for the delivery of their processed passport through LBC so they will no longer be visiting the regional consular office in San Fernando City, La Union.

Deadline for the submission of all passport application forms for pre-encoding and verification is set on Sept. 28.

DFA authorized photographers take pictures of passport applicants at the Don Leopoldo Sison Auditorium on Sept. 12-13.(PNA)

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=0&nid=2&rid=228471

Like ko ding makabalik ang PNR na yan sa Pangasinan kahit man lang Dagupan to La Union....haaaaiz...sayang talaga iyan.....

Ganda ng pantal bridge......kelan naman kaya nila gagawan nang tulay sa me bandang Capandanan at Balangobong.......mula bata pa ako iyon na ang nadidinig ko noon na gagawan nila ito ng Tulay...hirap tumawid lalo na pag malalaki ang alon sa dagat whooooowsss...kakatakot......

although meron nang daan sa bandang kabila kaso mas mahal ang pamasahe... at iikot ka pa.....haaaiz life nga naman talaga......madami na din kabahayan sa capandanan na di tulad noon.....

sana mapansin ang place na yan nang ating mga namamahala...sa Pangasinan

THANKS GOD,sa wakas nakaregister din po ako. HELLO PO BAGO PO AKONG member dito sa skycrapercity ,musta po kaung lahat
alam nyo simula ng makita ko itong site na ito
,dito ko na naubos ang oras ko tuwing gabi kc ito yung type kung gawin sa buhay ko lalo na pag walang trabaho bata pa ako hobbies ko na ito,now i found it,dito po ko ngaun korea as OFW so ito ung libangan ko after work,taga pangasinan po ako
.....HI ALLAN DUDE IKAW ANG PARTNER KO SA thread na ito...ok lang ba sa iyo .gusto ko ng bwena mano post mo ako ng bayan ng bayambang specially sa bayan mismo like ung bagong csi mall,municipal hall annex at balita ko ung bagong mall na tinatau ni Mr.cezar quimbao.ok lang po ba plsssssssss.miss ko na ang baley tau.tnx n GOD BLESS U

andi met...:D nayarin mga 3-6 years ta pansublayan da la may phase 2 at 3 kasi magkaiba met so linya.... mabayag ni ta walay problemad funding, tan sigurado ak no opposition so manalo diad national election, walay posibilidad ya ma-scrap amin ya projects nen Arroyo. Singa may project kumon nen ex-Pres. Ramos ya Northrail HSR, binasura nen Estrada.

Like ko ding makabalik ang PNR na yan sa Pangasinan kahit man lang Dagupan to La Union....haaaaiz...sayang talaga iyan..... Oo nga. Kaninong administration ba nag stop ang north line? Sila ang dapat sisihin. :lol:

hmmm bakit sa Alaminos pa.....pwede naman sa Lingayen (suhestiyon ko lang)...since nag i-ssue na din sila ng OEC or Balik Manggagawa certificates di ba......at least isang place na lang at mas madaling puntahan pa ang Capitolyo ng Pangasinan....Lima la rad Lingayen nen saman.

THANKS GOD,sa wakas nakaregister din po ako. HELLO PO BAGO PO AKONG member dito sa skycrapercity ,musta po kaung lahat
alam nyo simula ng makita ko itong site na ito
,dito ko na naubos ang oras ko tuwing gabi kc ito yung type kung gawin sa buhay ko lalo na pag walang trabaho bata pa ako hobbies ko na ito,now i found it,dito po ko ngaun korea as OFW so ito ung libangan ko after work,taga pangasinan po ako
.....HI ALLAN DUDE IKAW ANG PARTNER KO SA thread na ito...ok lang ba sa iyo .gusto ko ng bwena mano post mo ako ng bayan ng bayambang specially sa bayan mismo like ung bagong csi mall,municipal hall annex at balita ko ung bagong mall na tinatau ni Mr.cezar quimbao.ok lang po ba plsssssssss.miss ko na ang baley tau.tnx n GOD BLESS U Hello koreanboy! Welcome to SSC! kumusta ka met lad tan ed kulan mo? Go go go post all you can sa thread na to. Ag ka la nababaingan ta sitayotayo labat so too diad thread tayo.

Amay Royal Mall nen Quiambao agawa la may foundation tan columns for the second level. andito ako ngayon sa bayambang, kaso di ko dala cam ko. next week nalang mga pics. :)

Malasiqui double A slaughterhouse a big boon for Central Pangasinan

MALASIQUI, Pangasinan- The municipal government here rejoiced when the town’s Class A slaughterhouse was upgraded to Double A this year and is now the source of meat for Central Pangasinan.

And to think of it, only about three years ago, the slaughterhouse in Malasiqui was almost closed for being sub-standard and unsanitary.

Mayor Armando Domantay confirmed that the Malasiqui slaughterhouse is now only among the very few double A slaughterhouses in Pangasinan.

The other double A slaughterhouses are located in Mangaldan, Urdaneta and Alaminos.

“We worked for it,” said Domantay as he thanked the Sangguniang Bayan for its support in improving the town’s slaughterhouse, eventually saving it from total closure.

Dr. Gil Fabros, director of the National Meat and Inspection Commission (NMIC), almost closed the town’s Class A slaughterhouse for being sub-standard and unsanitary. However, the municipal officials led by Domantay and members of the Sangguniang Bayan took immediate steps to improve the facility and make it conform with the standard.

Domantay, said a double A abattoir is a big boon to the town because it can slaughter four-footed animals such as pigs, cows and carabaos not only from Malasiqui but also from other towns.

This means that the public can be assured that the meat that they are buying from any market and originating from Malasiqui is safe to eat, he added.

San Carlos, a second class city, has only a class A slaughterhouse, whereas Malasiqui, a first class municipality, has a double A slaughterhouse. Domantay considers the facility a blessing to the town, adding that the people are proud over their double A slaughterhouse.

The town’s slaughterhouse not only boosted the economy of Malasiqui but also provided jobs to the unemployed and those in allied industries, including people selling and transporting meat.

The mayor said some of the meat coming from the Malasiqui slaughterhouse are being channeled to Dagupan, which has no slaughterhouse of its own yet.

At present, pigs coming from a hog farm in Sta. Barbara town are being slaughtered in Malasiqui before their distribution to various parts of Pangasinan. The mayor said to date, Monterey -- a big meat supplier -- now regularly avails of the facilities of the Malasiqui slaughterhouse. (PNA)

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=0&nid=2&rid=228566

Dagupan's world class bowling alley, big boon to sports development

By Leonardo V. Micua

DAGUPAN CITY, Sept. 10 (PNA) — The city of Dagupan and Pangasinan province can produce bowlers of international caliber in the likes of four-time world champion Paeng Nepomuceno, Bong Coo, Arienne Cerdena and Lita de la Rosa.

They are all national sports figures from different parts of the country, if youth take bowling seriously.

A businessman, Michael Sim, believes this is not far-fetched because of the presence of the 20-lane CSI Family Fun World at CSI the City Mall here.

The Sims own a restaurant on Gomez Street in Dagupan City.

Sim was trained by the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) to coach on bowling.

He said the bowling alley, established sometime in 2001, is a world class and one of the finest of its kind not only in the Philippines but also in Asia.

Moreover, it is only one of the three bowling lanes in the country that uses the sophisticated bowling oil machines.

Sim, owner and proprietor of the resto called Manokan Bacolod Style, is only among the few rated players in Pangasinan who scored three perfect games, the last one was only last September 6 at the CSI Family Fun World while competing in the Pin Topplers Tournament.

That tournament was won by Marwin Santiago who beat him by just few pin falls in the last frame in their own one-on-one step the ladder duel.

“Marwin is good. We were both trained by the PSC in coaching. We reached level 3,” said Sim who believes that bowling can be a top indoor sports in Dagupan and Pangasinan.

CSI Family Fun World with Allan Cua as manager sent them to undergo the training in its effort to promote bowling to enthusiasts in Dagupan and Pangasinan.

CSI invested more than P30 million or more just to bring a world class bowling alley built by Brunswick in Dagupan, said Sim.

Sim confessed, however, that since he and Marwin are both busy, being both businessmen, they were not able to continue further training on the other salient parts of coaching.

“But we can now coach students who want to play bowling, especially the beginners. From what we learned, we can help inspire people not to be just bowling spectators but also as players,” he said.

Both Sim and Santiago and about 30 others are members of the Dagupan Association of Tenpin Bowlers, Inc. (DATBI).

Asked if local players can now compare well with some of the best known Manila bowlers, Sim said: “Definitely. Since the bowling alley at CSI opened in 2001, many players had improved, whereas they started from almost nothing.”

He said local players have the potentials but unlike members of the RP team who play bowling every day, the locals who are all businessmen treat the sports only as a hobby.

“But we proved several times to visitors that bowling is no longer a monopoly of the Manilans,” said Sim who placed first runner-up in the Mayor Al Fernandez Jr. Cup in the Bangus Festival 2009 in April, against among the best from all over the country.

He said what Dagupan and and Pangasinan need at present is a well-rounded program in bowling starting from the schools.

Sponsors are also needed so that more tournaments can be conducted that will further make local bowlers more competitive, Sim added.

At the same time, Sim lauded the management of the CSI Family Fun World in going around in an effort to convince colleges and universities to make bowling, if possible, an optional for students taking Physical Education classes.

This is not bad, he said, because it is one way of popularizing bowling to the youth but the problem is bowling as hobby is really expensive and cannot just be afforded by students from middle class families.

But he added that there is a way to do it and this will be explored soon by the management, some schools and sponsors.

Sim confessed that it is not always the skills that count in bowling but also luck because, like in other ball games, “the ball is round”. (PNA)

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=0&nid=5&rid=228861

72-year old volunteer from Dagupan eyes national award

DAGUPAN CITY, Sept. 10 (PNA) — A 72-year old volunteer worker from Dagupan City will vie for the national award in the Search for Outstanding Volunteers 2009 sponsored by the Department of Health (DOH), in cooperation with other government workers.

Despite her age, Roberta “Bing” A. Biason, president of the Federation of Barangay Health Workers in Dagupan City, was always ready to help whoever is in need in her barangay of Herrero-Perez East.

Biason will represent the Ilocos Region in the national search after besting younger volunteers in Pangasinan, La Union, Ilocos Sur and Ilocos Norte.

With her feat, she was given a pat in the back by the city council and the people of Dagupan who knew her various humanitarian work that saved many lives.

The president of all volunteer workers in Dagupan City, Biason started as Barangay Nutrition Scholar (BNS) in her barangay, then became Barangay Service Point Officer and then Barangay Health Worker.

Biason managed to hold on her volunteerism despite getting no remuneration from the city government, except for a pittance of allowance to answer some of her expenses.

She said she first volunteered as BNS so that she can help officials in her village instill awareness in nutrition to barangay mates and cater to their nutritional demands.

Biason said she decided to do volunteer work in her own volition “because I realized that I cannot live in absolute comfort if my neighbors are in distress and suffering.’

Before bagging the regional award as outstanding volunteer, Biason was adjudged as outstanding BHW of the Pangasinan Chapter in 1999, outstanding Barangay Nutrition Scholar in 1981, outstanding BHW in 1999 and 2000 and named as one of the unsung heroes for community development by the Dagupan Bangus Jaycees in 2001. (PNA)

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=0&nid=2&rid=228909

50 scholarship grants made available for Sta. Barbara, Pangasinan

STA. BARBARA, Pangasinan, Sept. 10 (PNA)--At least 50 collegiate scholarship grants were made available to the municipality of Sta. Barbara by the Lyceum Northwestern of Urdaneta City.

This was gleaned in a letter dated Sept. 3, 2009 of Dr. Teofilo E. Cavero, the school's vice president for academic affairs to Sta. Barbara Mayor Reynaldo Velasco.

Cavero informed Velasco that his school will award 25 scholarship slots at 100 percent free tuition fee and 25 scholarship slots at 70 percent free tuition fee privileges.

These will be granted in the name of Velasco to college students of his choice. The scholarship privileges will cover the entire duration of the respective degrees to be chosen by the students.

Calvero said that Lyceum Northern Luzon, with its vision of providing options for promising careers in the future and empowering students to become productive and globally competitive members of society, is greatly honored to the request of the Sta. Barbara mayor.

Velasco was advised to begin awarding the slots effective this coming second semester of the school year 2009-2010, up to the succeeding semester until the scholarship slots shall have all been awarded.

“This is indeed a big help to our poor but deserving students in pursuing their educational career,” Velasco said as he thanked the school for the scholarship grants.

Velasco, a retired police deputy director general, said the scholarship grants are just part of the 10-point agenda he is pursuing in his town.(PNA)

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=0&nid=2&rid=228775

mabayag ni ta walay problemad funding, tan sigurado ak no opposition so manalo diad national election, walay posibilidad ya ma-scrap amin ya projects nen Arroyo. Singa may project kumon nen ex-Pres. Ramos ya Northrail HSR, binasura nen Estrada.

ay abasak itan na plano nen ramos nen saman, marakep kumon iman insan asumpal la natan... maong ta may MRT ag kinancel nen ERAP...:nuts:

baonina to tan na presdiente nu i-cancel to tan na proyekto ni gloia..:bash::bash::lol: seriously though, su threat labat ed satan na northrail is saramay TRO... si harry roque kasi makulit...:bash: although i doubt ma-cancel ang northrail ta amay phase 1 et asingger lan magawa, nayari da balet ya i-cancel may succeeding phases...:ohno:


Oo nga. Kaninong administration ba nag stop ang north line? Sila ang dapat sisihin. :lol:


diba so pinatubo so nan stop ed satan totally?? su administrasyon nen Marcos amo su nanpa-deteriorate ed satan na PNR... sipay makanggawan Pantraco ah sikara amo??:dunno:

:cheers:

ay abasak itan na plano nen ramos nen saman, marakep kumon iman insan asumpal la natan... Haaay high speed rail kumon amay agawa. Spanish AVE HSR technology ni kuno so gamiten da. tsk tsk

seriously though, su threat labat ed satan na northrail is saramay TRO... si harry roque kasi makulit... although i doubt ma-cancel ang northrail ta amay phase 1 et asingger lan magawa, nayari da balet ya i-cancel may succeeding phases... No administration so manalo, siguradon tulot tuloy tan. No Villar, Esttrada or Aquino so manalo, mandasal ka la! :lol:

diba so pinatubo so nan stop ed satan totally?? su administrasyon nen Marcos amo su nanpa-deteriorate ed satan na PNR... sipay makanggawan Pantraco ah sikara amo??:dunno:
Antak amay pantranco ginawa dan pan-commuters labat singa support na PNR, nanmaliw limad pantraco aramay suki na PNR tan wala met la ray trucking business. Pinatey da ni so PNR ta ginawa dan parallel aray highway. No manlapo ka ed *Alaminos, *Lingayen, Manaoag, Bagiuo or Ilocos unliber kani ed >> San Fabian-Mangaldan-*Dagupan-Calasiao-San Carlos-Malasiqui-Bayambang-Bautista-poponto(brgy villanueva) niliber mo lay central pangasinan >> mas gabay mo lan man pantranco derederecho ni byahe. amay alighnment ni riles dimadalan labat ed saray colonial towns.

Nen ugaw ak ni, nanonotan ko 1986 o 87 wala ni so tren. bago man yegyeg na 1990 angapo lay undadalan. Panaon saman nen Aquino. Karakel so aderal ya sections nen yegyeg na 1990. Limobog diad dayat may Damortis-Sn fabian, pati diad dagupan, nancollapse amay agno river bridge crossing diad bayambang tan nan ekisekis aramay riles. Nen 1991, A lahar met aramay riles diad Banban tarlac tan pampanga. Lapod saman considered "doomed" la may north line.

Little Olympics gets under way

AFTER a successful opening last week in Manila and Cebu, the focus of intense sports action now shifts to Pangasinan and Cagayan de Oro as the country’s finest young athletes compete in the Milo Little Olympics for three days beginning on Friday.

As many as 5,000 student-athletes will make their way to the Don Gregorio Pelaez Sports Center in Cagayan de Oro City, while an estimated 4,000 more will troop to the Don Narciso Ramos Sports and Civic Center in Lingayen, Pangasinan, for spirited sports activities.

Among the featured disciplines are athletics, badminton, chess, football, gymnastics, lawn tennis, swimming, sepak takraw, table tennis, taekwondo and volleyball.

The Little Olympics remains seriously committed to develop tomorrow’s champions. Proof of this is the staging of the first-ever National Little Olympics from October 23 to 25 in Cebu City, which will usher in a new and more exciting level to youth sports as it gathers the champion student-athletes from Luzon, the Visayas and Mindanao.

Now on its 22nd year, the Little Olympics is aligned with the efforts of Milo to build champions in sports and in life.

Last year as many as 22,000 student-athletes from close to 800 schools took part in the event, which features 11 sports disciplines that teach children not just about sports excellence but also character-forming values like discipline, respect, determination and honesty to help them become well-rounded individuals.

Such is the success of the Little Olympics that it has long since become an integral part of the sports programs of schools and institutions that are not affiliated with major sports groups.

To date, products of the Milo Little Olympics in gymnastics, taekwondo, tennis, athletics and swimming have represented the Philippines in major sports competitions like the Southeast Asian Games, Word Youth Cup (tennis) and the Asian Junior Track and Field (athletics).

http://businessmirror.com.ph/home/sports/15883-little-olympics-gets-under-way.html

Haaay high speed rail kumon amay agawa. Spanish AVE HSR technology ni kuno so gamiten da. tsk tsk

No administration so manalo, siguradon tulot tuloy tan. No Villar, Esttrada or Aquino so manalo, mandasal ka la! :lol:

Antak amay pantranco ginawa dan pan-commuters labat singa support na PNR, nanmaliw limad pantraco aramay suki na PNR tan wala met la ray trucking business. Pinatey da ni so PNR ta ginawa dan parallel aray highway. No manlapo ka ed *Alaminos, *Lingayen, Manaoag, Bagiuo or Ilocos unliber kani ed >> San Fabian-Mangaldan-*Dagupan-Calasiao-San Carlos-Malasiqui-Bayambang-Bautista-poponto(brgy villanueva) niliber mo lay central pangasinan >> mas gabay mo lan man pantranco derederecho ni byahe. amay alighnment ni riles dimadalan labat ed saray colonial towns.

Nen ugaw ak ni, nanonotan ko 1986 o 87 wala ni so tren. bago man yegyeg na 1990 angapo lay undadalan. Panaon saman nen Aquino. Karakel so aderal ya sections nen yegyeg na 1990. Limobog diad dayat may Damortis-Sn fabian, pati diad dagupan, nancollapse amay agno river bridge crossing diad bayambang tan nan ekisekis aramay riles. Nen 1991, A lahar met aramay riles diad Banban tarlac tan pampanga. Lapod saman considered "doomed" la may north line.

say marakep natan, medyo moderno la so panan-gawa da... anta da la nu iner so madelap insan iner so vulnerable ed lahar... itan na yegyeg, madali nang gawan ng paraan yan...:okay:

:cheers:

ps: anto so pangasinan na "madali"???:D

:cheers:

salamat ya balbaleg,maayos ak dya ed byek taew,miss ko la kc so baley taung bayambang,taga brgy.wawa ak.pics mo ako ng buong downtown ng bayambang ha.:)ung magic mall kaya kailan kaya nila buksan ung
tagal na noon ah.
balita ko rin magtatayo cila ng lyceum northwesthern dyan sa pangasinan,naku pagnatuloy yan malamang malapit ng maging city ang bayambang .GO..GO..GO..BAYAMBANG CITY .:banana::banana::banana:

Sya nga pala sino kaya ang maglalaban ulit sa pagka mayor,ano na balita kay ex- mayor Leo de vera?lalaban kaya ssya ulit nawa'y manalo sya para tuloy tuloy naang pag unlad ng bayambang .sa present adm. naku parang wala yatang nangyri sa loob ng 3 taon .ung ngang wedsite ng bayambang walang kalalaman laman, ung mukha ni mayor ung lang taapos ung population ng bayambang doon sa profile 103k lang samantalang morethan 120k di ba ?:ohno::ohno::ohno:

nakita ko na ung bagong Calvo Bridge ng BAYAMBANG.simple lang pala un na ba ung 80million+ na budget ni cong. arenas naku parang kalahati lang ata ang nagastos don,tapos sayang ung pinaka arch nya nawala ,samantalang ung ang isang pinaaka landmark ng bayambang bago ddumating sa bayan.pero ok na un kaysa naman hindi madaanan.MARAMING SALAMAT MADAM ARENAS.:nuts::nuts:

Speaking of Bayambang central school ,sabi ililipat nila yan ,kapitan pa lolo ko dati taong 1999 ,til now andyan pa rin kailan kaya nila gigibain yan,bakit nga ba nila gigibain yan.......una nasa hi-way dilikado sa mga bata,pangalawa bulok na at pangit pa, pangatlo laging binabaha .ano pa kaya ang pweding idahilan para di ilipat,siguro wala pang re-location.sabi noon sa likod ng BAYAMBANG NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL ilalagay.pag yan natuloy ang paglipat naku magandang pagtayuan yan ng mall o magiging commercial district.Ang pagkakaalam ko more or less 5 hectares ang lote na yan .sya nga pala kailan kaya balak magbubukas ang mga private at commercial bank dyan sa bayan,samantalang 1st class municipality na qualified na nga sa pagiging syudad.:speech::speech::speech::speech::rant::rant::soon:

Ilang palapag kaya ung ROYAL MALL na yan malamang magkakaroon dyan ng jollibee tsaka greenwich tsaka chowking pantapat cguro sa CSI ni fernandez. Cguro kung si Lim ng Mgic ang nanalo sa biding malamang parang Nepo mall yan pero ok lang kasi ang laki ng naitulong ni Mr.quiambao sa BAYAMBANG ung Tax ng business nya dyan nya binibigay. Dati noong nagwork pa ko sa Skyway puro taga Bayambang ang manggagawa malaking tulong yong kasi nagkaroon ng trabaho ang mga BAYAMBANGUENO.:cheers1::hammer:

say marakep natan, medyo moderno la so panan-gawa da... anta da la nu iner so madelap insan iner so vulnerable ed lahar... itan na yegyeg, madali nang gawan ng paraan yan...:okay:
Gamiten tayo dapat amay technology na Shinkansen's Earthquake Rapid Alarm System.


ps: anto so pangasinan na "madali"???:D

"maonomay" in pangasinan

salamat ya balbaleg,maayos ak dya ed byek taew,miss ko la kc so baley taung bayambang,taga brgy.wawa ak.pics mo ako ng buong downtown ng bayambang ha.:)ung magic mall kaya kailan kaya nila buksan ung tagal na noon ah. balita ko rin magtatayo cila ng lyceum northwesthern dyan sa pangasinan,naku pagnatuloy yan malamang malapit ng maging city ang bayambang .GO..GO..GO..BAYAMBANG CITY . Bayambang City? In 10 years nayari la basta ma kumpleto amin ya requirements tan walay man sponsor ya congressman.

Sya nga pala sino kaya ang maglalaban ulit sa pagka mayor,ano na balita kay ex- mayor Leo de vera?lalaban kaya ssya ulit nawa'y manalo sya para tuloy tuloy naang pag unlad ng bayambang .sa present adm. naku parang wala yatang nangyri sa loob ng 3 taon .ung ngang wedsite ng bayambang walang kalalaman laman, ung mukha ni mayor ung lang taapos ung population ng bayambang doon sa profile 103k lang samantalang morethan 120k di ba ?:ohno::ohno::ohno: So narerengel ko DeVera, Camacho, tan baka Molina tan Ramos lalamet.

Marami na ring nagawa si Mayor Camacho. About sa website, kelangan gumising ang mga asa IT Department. Wag ka magalala makakarating ito kay mayor. :lol:

Sa November or December may contingent ang Bayambang to GUAM in line with the invitation of Gov. Felix Perez Camacho. baka magkaroon pa ng Sisterhood Agreement ang Municipaity or Pangasinan with Guam.

nakita ko na ung bagong Calvo Bridge ng BAYAMBANG.simple lang pala un na ba ung 80million+ na budget ni cong. arenas naku parang kalahati lang ata ang nagastos don,tapos sayang ung pinaka arch nya nawala ,samantalang ung ang isang pinaaka landmark ng bayambang bago ddumating sa bayan.pero ok na un kaysa naman hindi madaanan.MARAMING SALAMAT MADAM ARENAS.:nuts::nuts:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2468/3675948254_fd055cdc46.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3562/3675947924_1b8bdd73e8.jpg


^^ Aya ay?

Angapo la tay red signature nen Arenas. Pinaekal na totoo. Naniyan lay balbaleg ya picture to with colorful butterfiles ya background.

Speaking of Bayambang central school ,sabi ililipat nila yan ,kapitan pa lolo ko dati taong 1999 ,til now andyan pa rin kailan kaya nila gigibain yan,bakit nga ba nila gigibain yan.......una nasa hi-way dilikado sa mga bata,pangalawa bulok na at pangit pa, pangatlo laging binabaha .ano pa kaya ang pweding idahilan para di ilipat,siguro wala pang re-location.sabi noon sa likod ng BAYAMBANG NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL ilalagay.pag yan natuloy ang paglipat naku magandang pagtayuan yan ng mall o magiging commercial district.Ang pagkakaalam ko more or less 5 hectares ang lote na yan .sya nga pala kailan kaya balak magbubukas ang mga private at commercial bank dyan sa bayan,samantalang 1st class municipality na qualified na nga sa pagiging syudad.:speech::speech::speech::speech::rant::rant::soon:
Tuwa tay imbabagam aro. Iyan dan beneg na BNHS tan walay balon "private" tertiary school ya ipatagey da ed abay to. Amay central school gawen dan commercial center, gawen dan full-blast so construction after na election. BDO tan Metro Bank manaanap lay site idad baley.

Ilang palapag kaya ung ROYAL MALL na yan malamang magkakaroon dyan ng jollibee tsaka greenwich tsaka chowking pantapat cguro sa CSI ni fernandez. Cguro kung si Lim ng Mgic ang nanalo sa biding malamang parang Nepo mall yan pero ok lang kasi ang laki ng naitulong ni Mr.quiambao sa BAYAMBANG ung Tax ng business nya dyan nya binibigay. Dati noong nagwork pa ko sa Skyway puro taga Bayambang ang manggagawa malaking tulong yong kasi nagkaroon ng trabaho ang mga BAYAMBANGUENO.:cheers1::hammer:
Matagal naka hold yung construction ng Royal mall, sabi nga ng Magic dati, kung sa kanila na award yung BOT, matagal ng tapos yung commercial center na yan. Technically, dapat sakanila ang project.

Diad perspective to singa 4 stories. Gawen dan anchor store may Royal Supermarket. Walay manibabaga man iyan ira na Mercury Drug, seven11, Jollibee, banco, diad 2nd floor Department store tan arom nin pwesto. 3rd floor archade.

Arroyo attends mass in Rosales

ROSALES -- As she did in the past years, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo made a brief private visit here Thursday afternoon.

Arroyo attended the 22nd anniversary of the privately-owned Our Lady of Rosales grotto located at Barangay Station here.

She arrived past 3 p.m. After the mass officiated by a priest from Pampanga at the grotto, Arroyo went back to Manila.

The President was welcomed by Governor Amado Espino Jr., sixth district Representative Conrado Estrella III, Rosales Mayor Ricardo Revita, Secretary Hermogenes Esperon Jr. of the Presidential Management Staff, Police Director Silverio Alarcio of the Directorate for Integrated Police Operations (Dipo)-Northern Luzon, Police Regional Office 1 Director Romeo Gatan and Pangasinan Police Provincial Director Percival Barba.

Rosales Police chief Gaspar Dacpano said about 350 people attended the mass.

One hundred fifty chairs were set-up inside the grotto compound, the rest (majority of them are local residents who went there to take a glimpse of the president) stayed outside.

President Arroyo most popular visit at the Our Lady of Rosales grotto was in July 2004.

She and Angelo dela Cruz, an overseas Filipino worker (truck driver) who was kidnapped in Iraq and was kept by his abductors for 17 days, attended that mass.

The militant Iraqi abductors threatened to behead dela Cruz unless Philippine government withdrew the 51 Filipino soldiers sent there by the Philippine government.

He was freed after the Philippine government pulled-out the Filipino contingents in then US-led occupation.

For his release, Arroyo and dela Cruz attended a mass at the Our Lady of Rosales shrine.

The site of the Our Lady of Rosales grotto was reported to be the place where the Blessed Virgin Mary made an apparition sometime in 1987.

http://www.sunstar.com.ph/pangasinan/arroyo-attends-mass-rosales

Dam break very remote, assures San Roque official

by Danny O. Sagun

Dagupan City (11 September) -- The feared dam break that would deluge Pangasinan is very remote, an official of the San Roque Power Corporation said Thursday in a media forum.

SRPC Vice-President Tommy Valdez said the worst-case scenario may happen if things occur at the same time - a 9.5 magnitude earthquake, the San Roque Multi-Purpose Dam is full to the brim, and the dam's foundation is damaged because of terrorist attacks. "Di mangyayari yan o kaya very remote kung sakali man," he replied during the weekly KBP Forum when told of the fear being felt by Pangasinenses about a possible breakage of the dam.

He said that security remains on high alert at the facility considering the possibility of a terrorist attack.

In case of a dam break, he said that 32 towns in Pangasinan would be affected by severe flooding in case the dam is full.

He said that an emergency action plan has been prepared for a worst-case scenario. Full coordination has been made with the provincial disaster coordinating council as well as with the municipal and barangay disaster councils, he also said.

Because of the San Roque dam, flooding in the province has been mitigated, he noted. It was only in 2004 when excess waters were released. The critical level is 280 meters above sea level.

Even when the critical level is reached, Valdez said that dam authorities have to consult with concerned agencies – weather bureau, National Irrigation Administration, National Power Corporation, and others - whether to release waters or not, depending on the climatic condition. If there are releases, he said such releases are done gradually.

"Hindi yong umulan e mag-release agad, mag-isip muna kung talagang kailangan," he stressed, noting the major role of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration in making a decision whether to release waters or not. "Water is gold to us," he also said, pointing to the value of the stored water being used for power generation and irrigation. "Kung puwede lang di kami mag-release," he added.

Valdez, along with the other forum guest, engineer Arturo Ladislao of Pagasa, maintained that waters from the Agno river do not cause flooding in towns traversed by other river tributaries like Sinucalan which passes thru Sta. Barbara and Calasiao. (PIA Pangasinan)

http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=12&fi=p090911.htm&no=64&r=r01&y=&mo=

Dagupan, pagalangan ed nagawan 109th Philippine CSC Anniversary ed La Union

by Lanie Tomas

Indayew na Civil Service Commission, Regional Office Number One so lokal a gobiernoy siudad na Dagupan lapud sakey iyad saray pig-pigaran LGUs ed rehiyon uno ya tampol ya immunor ed Republic Act 9485 odino Anti-Red Tape Act of 2007 (ARTA).

Akakargad sulat ya impawit nen Atty. Myrna Macatangay, Director IV na CSC Region One ya apetsaan na Septyembre 3, 2009 ed Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr. so pangidadayew dad Dagupan ed suportad ARTA.

Akapaloob ed Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) na RA 9485 o ARTA ya nagnap la iyan ipatonton sano Septyembre 5, 2009.

Bilang pambirbir ed suporta na gobiernoy Dagupan ed ARTA et sakey iyad saray pagalangan ed selebrasyon na 109th Civil Service Commission ed San Fernando City, luyag na La Union sano Septyembre 16, 2009, ungapod alas-diyes y medya na kabuasan.

Nanonotan, nen Enero kaplesan ya taon et ingangan ya tampol nen Mayor Fernandez so pangipasilong ed seminar ed saray empleyadoy siudad ya dauloan na saray kabiangan na Active Learning Team bilang pangonor ed ARTA.

Pigaran seminar so inkurang tan nanbunga iya na impangikargay frontline service officers tapian man-asikaso ed siopaman ya untuplog ed kada opisina o dibisyon. Impanibokel na Citizen’s Charter, ya akapaskil la natan ed arapan na sakey ya opisina pian nakabatan na publiko so nepeg dan asinggeran ed pamproseso na papeles o dokumentos, tan pigaran agew iyan iproseso, ontan met so standard fees ta pian aglara onasingger ed fixers o mangiter na pasoksok.

Parad lalon pamarakep tan napapeles so serbisyo parad karaklan et diad oras na panangugto, alas-dose anggad ala-una na ngarem et wala met so man-asikaso ed kliyentin untuplog ed iner man ya opisinay gobierno ed Dagupan.

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IT firm among top Pangasinan taxpayers

MANILA, Philippines - Information technology development firm Stradcom Corp. was recently hailed by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) as one of its top taxpayers for fiscal year 2008 in the province of Pangasinan.

The company received a citation for its continued commitment to support the BIR’s programs and activities, specifically in Pangasinan. In doing so, it has helped raise revenue collections for the BIR on both the national and regional levels.

This achievement is made even more outstanding by the fact that, under the Board of Investments (BOI), Stradcom is an income tax-exempt company.

Joseph Catapia, BIR revenue district officer for Pangasinan, said, “Stradcom has been a top taxpayer in our region for the past several years despite the fact that it is exempted from paying income taxes. This is truly a great achievement and speaks highly of the company’s integrity and social responsibility.”

In appreciation of Stradcom’s commitment, the BIR Revenue Region 1 awarded the company a plaque of appreciation at rites celebrating the bureau’s 105th anniversary last Aug. 6 in Calasiao, Pangasinan.

http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=503774&publicationSubCategoryId=67

Pangasinan town honors famous literary son

By Gabriel Cardinoza
Philippine Daily Inquirer

BINALONAN, Pangasinan, Philippines - This eastern Pangasinan town honored its most famous son, Carlos Bulosan, through a series of literary contests on Friday, the writer's 53rd death anniversary.

The commemoration started with a floral offering at a marker in Barangay Sto. Niño, where Bulosan was born on Nov. 2, 1911.

"This is just our simple way of remembering him. We are very proud of him because he is the only Binalonan resident who is known internationally," said Councilor Francis Melville Tinio, chair of the council's committees on education and culture and ordinances and legal matters.

Four years ago, Tinio authored an ordinance declaring every Sept. 11 as Carlos Bulosan Day in this town.

"History would hardly obliterate the contributions made by one of the illustrious sons of Binalonan. The outstanding accomplishments of [Bulosan] had made every Binalonan [resident] an instant icon in the world of arts and literature," Tinio said in the ordinance.

Bulosan's literary pieces since 1914 consisted of short stories, poems, plays and essays, which have been kept in seven boxes, a folder and 17 microfilm reels at the University of Washington Libraries in Seattle, Washington.

Bulosan left this town for the United States when he was a high school student. He arrived in Seattle on July 1, 1930.

While in the US, he first worked as a dishwasher. Two years later, he began to write for magazines. In 1934, he became a publisher of a radical magazine, "The New Tide.

In 1944, Bulosan released "The Laughter of My Father," a compilation of humorous stories showing rural life in the Philippines during his youth.

His autobiography, "America is in the Heart," was published in 1946.

Tinio said he was happy that more and residents here have become aware of Bulosan and his body of work.

"This is because during a public hearing on the ordinance, we agreed with education officials here that Bulosan's work should be integrated in literature classes in local schools," Tinio said.

In 2007, local fiction writer Manuel Diaz translated Bulosan's "America is in the Heart" into Ilocano.

"Adda iti Puso ti Amerika" was serialized in Bannawag, a weekly vernacular magazine that circulates in the Ilocos region.

Diaz had hoped his work would not only help increase awareness among the Ilocanos about Bulosan but would make them proud of him as well.

He said Bulosan was not known, especially among students, because his short stories, poems and essays were no longer included in the required readings in high school and college literature classes.

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/regions/view/20090911-224752/Pangasinan-town-honors-famous-literary-son

"maonomay" in pangasinan

ahh thanks... wait "maonomay" o "mainomay?? itan kasi so bibitlain diman...

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^^ Aya ay?

Angapo la tay red signature nen Arenas. Pinaekal na totoo. Naniyan lay balbaleg ya picture to with colorful butterfiles ya background.


80million tan?!?!?! ay nalasi, insupok dala amud bubulsa da may 40million...:nuts::ohno: maong sirin nu ag itan un bigay nu walay flashflood...:bash::bash:

ahh thanks... wait "maonomay" o "mainomay?? itan kasi so bibitlain diman... egh... agak sigurado :lol:

80million tan?!?!?! ay nalasi, insupok dala amud bubulsa da may 40million...:nuts::ohno: maong sirin nu ag itan un bigay nu walay flashflood...:bash::bash: during construction, amay agawan foundation a washed out nen typhoon cosme. abaybayag tan almost 4 years dan ginawa.

Ex-generals turn Pangasinan into battlefield

By Gabriel Cardinoza
Inquirer Northern Luzon
09/12/2009

DAGUPAN CITY, Philippines—At least eight retired and retiring military and police generals will be turning their hometowns and districts in Pangasinan into election battlefields if they push through with plans to run in the 2010 elections.

Three of them have been doing "reconnaissance" missions in the past months in three of Pangasinan's six districts in preparation for their congressional bids.

Former Armed Forces chief of staff Hermogenes Esperon Jr., now chief of the Presidential Management Staff, has been very visible in the sixth district; former Philippine National Police chief Arturo Lomibao, now Land Transportation Office head, has been frequenting the fourth district; and Director Leopoldo Bataoil, PNP police community relations chief, has been visiting various communities in the second district.

The rest will be aiming for mayoral seats in their respective hometowns. These are Director Silverio Alarcio, integrated police operations chief in Northern Luzon, in Laoac town; former Rear Admiral Virgilio Marcelo in San Manuel; former Director Joel Goltiao in San Nicolas; former Director Ismael Rafanan in Villasis; and former Chief Superintendent Dante Ferrer in Calasiao.

Bataoil will retire on October 22 and Alarcio on November 29, in time for the last day of the filing of certificates of candidacy on November 30.

Two former police generals -- Sta. Barbara Mayor Reynaldo Velasco and Bani Mayor Marcelo Navarro -- will seek reelection. Governor Amado Espino Jr., a retired police colonel, and Rosales Mayor Ricardo Revita, a former police major, have also been preparing for their reelection bids.

Dr. Perla Legaspi, former vice chancellor of the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City, and professor at the UP National College of Public Administration and Governance, said most of the former generals who will be seeking elective positions came from the police.

And as police officers, she said, their decision to seek public office may have been influenced by their functions.

"Most of them have been dealing with the public, with the community, so they are attuned to civil functions. And because of these backgrounds, they know and they feel the thinking of the community and how to be attuned with [its] needs," said Legaspi, now program chair at the Lyceum Northwestern University graduate school here.

"Maybe, they think that they are better off than others who do not have military or police background because to them, their mission would guide them towards the achievement of certain goals," she said.

Lomibao said retired military or police generals have as much right as any civilian has in seeking public office.

"Maybe, it's their sense of service to the people, sense of service to the country that they imbibed when they were still in the military service. Maybe, they will miss talking to people when they retire," he said.

"Being in the service, you deal with people, you handle people. You talk to people, you solve their problems [and] their concerns [and] you attend to them. And suddenly, when you retire, you stay home. 'Yong iba nga diyan e naaatake, kasi wala silang kausap (Some even get sick because they have no one to talk to)," Lomibao said.

He said he knew of a general who, after retirement, still wore his uniform every morning and went to his office and read the papers.

"It's because he still had hang-ups. These are the things that retired people -- not only in the military and police -- but even those who spend the best years of their lives in government, do. So, maybe we should give it to them," Lomibao said.

A local political analyst, who asked not to be named because he holds a government position, said it was unusual for many retired generals to be seeking elective posts.

"In the past, when a general retires, he usually looked forward to tending a farm or engaging in business. Politics was never an option then," said the source, a member of a political family who has been involved in local politics as campaigner and organizer since 1987.

He said the trend indicated that the police and military had been highly politicized, an offshoot of the martial law rule in the country for more than a decade.

"This is why when a general retires, he now looks forward to being appointed to a government position or running in an elective post," he said.

But Legaspi said that during martial law, the late strongman Ferdinand Marcos did not appoint retired military and police generals to government positions, unlike now, under the administration of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, where several former military and police generals serve as Cabinet members and undersecretaries.

"The military was politicized then only in the sense that the promotion system was not followed. Seniority was not being followed," Legaspi said.

She said there have been success stories involving former military or police generals entering the field of politics.

Lomibao said having several retired generals in different elective and appointive positions was not militarization of the bureaucracy.

"I don't think so, because we are already retired. I think the term is not militarization. Of course, we [underwent] military or police training -- we have our own system, we are mission-oriented, service-oriented. That's our training. So, I will not say militarization. I'd rather say, civilianization of the retired military [men]," Lomibao said.

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Planned ban on motorcycle men riding in tandem along highways in Pangasinan withdrawn

By Leonardo V. Micua

LINGAYEN, Pangasinan, Sept. 12 (PNA)--The controversial proposed provincial ordinance seeking to impose curfew hours on motorcycle men riding in tandem along the highways in Pangasinan had been withdrawn.

Sixth District Board Member Alfonso Bince Jr. and Fourth District Board Member Jeremy Rosario abandoned their proposed ordinance after representatives of various sectors vigorously opposed it during a public hearing called by the provincial board on Friday. p>Both aldermen vowed to arguments expressed by various sectors that the measure would infringe rights of persons and do more harm than good.

They filed the legislative measure due to the alarming increase of killing incidents believed perpetrated by motorcycle men riding in tandem in various highways in Pangasinan.

Commission on Human Rights chairman Leila De Lima said the proposed ban on the use of motorcycles on a designated period “may not be the most appropriate and feasible response to the problem.”

In a position paper she sent to the provincial Board, De Lima said the proposed measure failed to pass the test for its valid exercise, adding that it infringed on the right of persons to travel freely.

"The evil sought to be prevented may benefit the common welfare but there exists more apt means for its prevention,” De Lima said.

Second District Board Member Angel Baniqued, a lawyer, argued that “in a democratic setting, the individual has certain rights which the government cannot take away.

Bince and Rosario sought that the curfew on motorcycle tandem riding be made effective from 11 p.m. to 3 a.m daily in all highways within the province of Pangasinan.

But Alex Sison, president of the Pangasinan Bikers Federation, chided the proposed ordinance, calling it as selective and discriminatory to motorcycle users.

He said in a position paper that criminality itself does not impose its own time.

Sison said crimes struck anytime of the day and based on experience, the most effective way of eradicating criminalities was the heightened and intensified campaign by law enforcers with the active participation of the people.

Lawyer John del Rosario, legal counsel of the Land Transportation Office (LTO) in the region, said the agency would not be able to implement the local measure since the office was mandated to carry out laws on a national scope, not within a particular area alone.

Del Rosario also said that the freedom of road users could not just be simply curtailed, saying that the provincial board had no power to revoke the driver’s license of offenders since only the LTO had the mandate to do it.

On the other hand, Sr. Supt. Percival Barba, police provincial director, said there was no need to impose a curfew for motorcycles as the peace and order situation in the province was “good and under control”.

Barba, cited statistics of crimes involving motorcycles riders from Jan. 1 to Aug. 31 but admitted that the number was higher this year than the same period last year. (PNA)

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San Fabian Socio-economic growth surges

San Fabian-Mayor Mojamito Libunao outlines the achievements of this town as a result of a good working relationship of his office and the councilmen.
Libunao said that despite inheriting more or less 30 million pesos from a loan that the previous administration had plus 16 to 17 percent interest rate added per annum the present administration was able to deliver basic social services and multi-million infrastructure developments for the people without incurring any loan from the time of his incumbency.

He said that during his first term, his first move was to reduce the interest rate of the amortization from 17 percent to 5 percent amounting to 1.5 million pesos from 4 million pesos per month.

Libunao added that this good working relationship was able to make this town one of the province prime class municipality in 2008 after attaining its second class in 2005 also during his term.

Last week Libunao was distributing two thousand PhilHealth cards out of the four thousand PhilHealth cards intended for each indigent families of this town anonymously approved by the Sangguniang Bayan.

Fourth district congressman Jose De Venecia gave six thousand four hundred PhilHealth cards while Governor Espino gave two thousand five hundred PhilHealth cards.

“We have also illuminated 6 kms of our national highways and was anonymously approved by the Sangguniang Bayan just like how we illuminated the market area” he said.

Nonetheless Libunao believes that mobilization of funds is a vital responsibility of the local chief executive better that mobilizing internal revenue allotment or local taxes.

“We were able to built our municipal hall from external mobilization of funds with the help of Speaker De Venecia Jr.”

“We were also able to have a new PNP building because of General Arturo Lomibao and De Venecia, our Rural Health building outsourced from the Department of Health and De Venecia, our Senior Citizens Building courtesy of Rotary Club of San Fabian under the presidency of Madam Irene Libunao”

“So this is how we work as a local chief executive in outsourcing and mobilizing funds for the development of our town”. Libunao explains.

Today the local government is constructing the old municipal hall amounting to eight million pesos where the two million came from Congressman De Venecia and the six million counterpart of the local government.

Meanwhile Libunao confirms his bid to serve the fourth district as a provincial board member in his capacity as a lawyer and a top brass executive lawyer from the University of the Philippines.

Libunao hopes that another sincere public servant who have a heart to continue his endeavor in making San Fabian a prime socio-economic tourism zone in the province.

http://pangasinantoday.wordpress.com/2009/08/24/san-fabian-socio-economic-growth-surges/

Dagupan renews pact with Milpitas

September 13, 2009

VICE Mayor Belen Fernandez led a delegation from Dagupan City to the United States on Saturday to renew the sisterhood agreement between Dagupan and Milpitas City in California.

Fernandez and the new mayor of Milpitas City, Robert Livengood, will sign the renewal agreement for another five years.

Livengood succeeded Mayor Jose Esteves, a Dagupeño, who just completed his term.

The other members of the Dagupan delegation are Councilors Farah Decano and Karlos Reyna, and City Administrator Alvin Fernandez.

The previous sisterhood agreement signed by Dagupan and Milpitas in April 2003 was in effect until 2005.

"But this time, the agreement is for five years, which means that the two cities have really deepened their relationships across the years through mutual trust," Decano said.

The first sister-city agreement was signed in behalf of Dagupan by then vice mayor and now City Administrator Alvin Fernandez.

Decano said the delegation will study and observe the waste management policies of Milpitas.

"We would like also to find out how Milpitas, being a high-tech city, is battling cyber trafficking for the city's benefit," she added. The National Bureau of Investigation determined earlier that cyber trafficking is proliferating in Dagupan City.

At the same time, Decano said the delegation will be promoting the Pawil Dagupan Program for the Christmas and city fiesta celebration this year.

Reyna, recently appointed by Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr. as hermano mayor of the 2009 Dagupan City Fiesta in December, will officially extend the invitation for the fiesta to Milpitas residents.

Vice Mayor Fernandez will promote the Bangus Festival 2010 to US-based Dagupeños.

"We also invite our city mates in the U.S. to come home to see for themselves the progress made in Dagupan today in spite of the calamities that befell us, like the 1990 earthquake and Typhoon Cosme," Fernandez said.

She said the delegation will meet with Dagupan associations in Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York to discuss promotion plans for the city. — LM

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LNU sweeps elims, eyes PRISAA-UCAAP crown

September 13, 2009

THE Lyceum-Northwestern University Dukes, after having won all its games in the elimination round of the Private Schools Athletic Association-Universities Colleges Athletic Association of Pangasinan (PRISAA-UCAAP) inter-collegiate basketball championship, is set to face last year's UCAAP champion, Pan Pacific University North Philippines in a best-of-three series.

Marcelito Novales, LNU Dukes manager, said it was the first time in the history of the tournament, also called Mayor Al Fernandez Cup that a team defeated all its opponents in the elimination round.

"We are proud of our boys. They really worked very hard," Novales said.

This year's tournament was participated in by nine teams from the different colleges and universities in the province, led by PRISAA defending champion University of Luzon Golden Tigers.

LNU president Gonzalo Duque expressed elation that his team will be playing in the championship games, especially because his players are all homegrown talents.

"I had always believed in the capability of Pangasinan athletes," Duque said.

Other teams that saw action in the league were AIE Commerce College, Colegio de Dagupan, Pangasinan Merchant Marine Academy, Pangasinan Institute of Marine Studies and Technology, AMA Computer School, Pangasinan State University and University of Pangasinan.

The schedule of the championship games has yet to be finalized. —LM

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Dagupan council seeks probe on lewd shows

September 13, 2009

THE Dagupan council has asked the National Bureau of Investigation, Criminal Investigation and Detection Group and the Dagupan Police to investigate the reported resurgence of lewd girlie shows in bars.

The resolution filed by Councilor Dada Reyna was approved by the council during a special session last Thursday.

Councilor Farah Decano, the council's majority floor leader, said the resolution was filed following several reports that certain bars along Arellano Street and some other parts of the city have revived their indecent shows in violation of a standing ordinance passed about nine years ago.

"We would like to verify these reports because these did not come from only one person but several persons,” said Decano, a lawyer and national president of the Local Ladies Legislators League (4Ls) of the Philippines and an advocate for women and children’s welfare.

She, however, did not name any specific bar.

She said the owners of these establishments, if found guilty, must be meted the corresponding penalty as provided for by the ordinance in addition to the closure of their bars.

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New prosecutor named in Resuello slay case

September 13, 2009

FILING OF CHARGES STILL PENDING

JUSTICE so near yet so far.

This was the sentiment of the family of the slain Mayor Julian Resuello on learning that the filing of charges against 16 persons accused for the murder was suspended anew.

Reason: a motion for reconsideration was filed and a subsequent motion that sought to inhibit the prosecutor who penned the resolution from acting on the motion for reconsideration by one of the accused were acted on favorably by the prosecutor's office.

Prosecutor Paulyn Aquino, who recommended the filing of charges against the respondents, found herself out of the case and a new prosecutor has been named to evaluate a motion for reconsideration of Aquino's resolution.

Provincial Prosecutor Gonzalo Marata of Dagupan City has been designated to act on the motion for reconsideration filed by Mendoza.

The case was already transferred twice with Aquino being the last and reversed the earlier resolution acquitting all those charged.

Those earlier recommended to be charged were former Mayor Douglas Soriano, Loida Mendoza, Atty. Monte Ignacio Sr., Sammy Mendoza, Jay-Ar Maiquez, Rudy Melano, Montesson Ignacio Jr, Joel Ginez, Pablito Viernes, John Tumabcao, Rodolfo dela Cruz, Rommel dela Pena, Sonny Echalas, Rowena Viernes Mendoza, Reynaldo Mendoza and Ka Nora.

San Carlos Mayor Julier Resuello, son of the slain mayor, lamented that the latest legal maneuver by the accused, which he believed, was made possible by the unexplained unusual 36-day delay in the delivery of Aquino's resolution to his family.

Aquino's resolution was dated July 27, 2009 but it was only on September 2, and only after when the Resuellos demanded a copy from the Prosecutor's Office, when they finally received a copy. The young Resuello said the family only learned of Aquino's resolution belatedly from another source.

"Imbes na yong nagrereklamo ang binibigyan ng kopya, bakit na delay yata ang pagbibigay sa amin," said Resuello during last week's "Engkwentro" breakfast forum at Lenox Hotel.

The camp of the accused, on the other hand, reportedly received a copy earlier enabling Mendoza to file a motion for reconsideration on August 18.

This was reportedly followed by Soriano's motion seeking to inhibit Aquino from acting on Mendoza's motion for reconsideration after granting it.

A statement from any of the accused was sought by the PUNCH but proved futile. —LM

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Archbishop ready for his next battle

September 13, 2009

HIS bags are packed and he is looking forward to a holiday in Istanbul, Turkey, the only country in Asia he has not been to.

But Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Oscar Cruz, whose retirement has recently been approved by the Catholic hierarchy, will not be away for long.

The 74-year old prelate, a staunch critic of the present administration, will be coming right back to pursue his socio-civic activities.

Cruz, in an interview with The PUNCH, said upon his return from his vacation, he will re-gather his group against illegal gambling, particularly the numbers game jueteng, and resume the formation of a group of lawyers around the country who will go after erring public officials.

Cruz, chairman of the Krusada ng Bayan Laban sa Jueteng, said now that he is retired from the Catholic service, he will have more time to focus on his advocacies.

"I am a Filipino citizen and a taxpayer so I can get more involved in national concerns," he said.

"If you don't act, that means you don't love your fellowman which is contrary to the teachings of Christ to love your fellowman," he added.

The group of lawyers that he and other like-minded citizens are forming, he said, will include prominent law practitioners and retired chief justices who will pursue civil and criminal cases against corrupt government officials.

"Matindi itong grupo," said Cruz of the group formed in response to the growing clamor for good governance and accountability.

Meanwhile, Cruz said he is aware that several politicians, particularly those benefitting from jueteng payola and the illegal drug trade are happy that he is finally leaving his post.

But he quickly added that he is certain that his successor, Bishop Socrates Villegas, who was previously posted in Balanga, Bataan, will take up the causes he has initiated.

"I don't think my successor will let that go just like that. Ah, no, no, no. I think he is braver than I am," he warned.

KUDOS

Cruz, who was ordained on Feb. 8, 1962 and became the youngest archbishop in the world at age 44, has been assigned at the Lingayen-Dagupan archdiocese for the last 18 years.

"It's about time that they taste a different dish," Cruz said in jest.

Dagupan City Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr., sent good farewell wishes to Cruz and said Pangasinenses will miss him.

"His teachings and examples shall remain with us and inspire us more especially in governance and community organizations. Archbishop Cruz is truly not only outspoken but lives a life worth emulating," Fernandez said.

Cruz said he enjoyed his 20-year stay in Pangasinan and described Pangasinenses as "extremely kind, and they are simple and their demands are, if any, little"

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Eleven Bolinao fishermen rescued by Vietnamese vessel

September 13, 2009

BOLINAO—Eleven fishermen from this town earlier reported as missing were rescued by a Vietnemese fishing vessel Thursday morning at the South China Sea near Ilocos Sur.

Wilfredo Castelo, municipal administrator of Bolinao, in a phone interview with The PUNCH said the 11 rescued fishermen were brought by the crew of the Vietnamese ship to the Philippine Coast Guard office based in Poro Point in La Union on the same afternoon.

"We are thankful that they are all alive," Castelo said.

The rescued fishermen are Jeffrey Gonzaga, 30, operator of the fishing vessel MB Marvin; Orlando Fernandez, 48; Junifer Javier, 31; Eduardo Suarez, 43; Reymark Suarez, 14; Dennis Cabulbol, 29; Alfie Gagarao, 18; Alico Caiga Jr., 38; Enoy Gabriel; Ronald Alcantara, 18; and Dannyboy Carig, 18. They are all residents of Barangay Balingasay.

The fishermen went out to fish off the coast of Bolinao last September 5 and were caught by heavy rains spawned by tropical storm Maring. —CSR

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Provincial government gears for excellence

Lingayen — More than the physical rehabilitation, the provincial government has adopted various programs that is geared towards professionalism, excellence and the cultural transformation of the bureaucracy.

This was reported by Human Resources Management Office (HRMO) Officer-in-Charge Janet Asis in a meeting with the Provincial Productivity and Quality Team (PPQT), September 3 at the Capitol Conference Room.

Asis said that since the start of Governor Amado T. Espino Jr.’s tenure in July 2007, various ways were initiated involving long and tedious process of clarifying basic roles and functions of every employee to come up with the needed cultural reform within the provincial workforce.

“This is because the governor wants the best from each employee in the provincial government so that excellent public service will soon be met,” she disclosed.

Earlier, the provincial government conducted series of team building sessions for its more than 3,000 employees designed to strengthen their sense of belongingness first as part of a larger provincial family.

“This is an initial step of attaining that sense of building closer ties or at least camaraderie among us,” Asis revealed.

Orientation briefing on Republic Act of 2007 was likewise held last June in coordination with the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG).

The briefing was a kick off on the adoption of the Citizen’s Charter, an official document or a written service standard that communicates information on the services provided by the government thru step-by-step procedure.

Under said program, all offices under the provincial government were obliged to create and submit to the HRMO their various frontline services. The HRMO is now at the process of polishing the provincial citizen’s charter before its submission to the Civil Service Commission (CSC).

According to Asis, the governor is fully supportive of the endeavor as she added that this will help ‘capacitate the whole workforce.’ “Paglabas po ng citizen’s charter ng provincial government, bawal na po ang walang alam,” she said.

Recently, the province has also adopted the ‘Five S’ program that stands for “Sort, Systematize, Sweep, Sanitize, Self-Discipline.”

Espino earlier created the Provincial Productivity and Quality Team thru Executive Order No. 0056-2008 that is composed of all department heads and chaired by Provincial Administrator Rafael Baraan.

The team, which is tasked to conduct inspection visits to various offices, has started its preliminary rounds last July to monitor the progress and execution of the Five S program.

The project is primarily aimed to raise awareness among the employees on the value of excellent public service. (PIO/Ruby R. Bernardino)

http://northernwatchonline.com/2009/09/12/provincial-government-gears-for-excellence/

First nat'l shellfish summit set in Dagupan

The Philippine Star

MANILA, Philippines – The “First National Summit on the Culture and Processing of Shellfishes” will be held in Dagupan City (Pangasinan) on Sept. 23-24.

That two-day forum will be conducted by the Asian Fisheries Academy (APA), Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources-National Fisheries Research and Development Institute (DA-BFAR-NFRDI), both based in Bonuan Binlec, Dagupan City; and the Los Baños, Laguna-based Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Council for Aquatic and Marine Research and Development (DOST-PCAMRD).

The summit aims to gather information on shellfishes, particularly on the status of the fisheries and available technologies, identify gaps and market for the development and management of the shellfish industry; identify strategies for the formulation of a five-year road map for the industry; and prepare a resolution for the promotion of shellfishes as valuable resources.

Interested participants may contact the PCAMRD secretariat in Los Baños, at tel. number (049) 536-55 or the AFA/NFRDI, Bonuan Binlec, Dagupan City at tel. number (075) 653-0305. – Rudy A. Fernandez

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Sta. Barbara (Pangasinan) chief of police is national Lingkod Bayan awardee

By Leonardo V. Micua

STA. BARBARA, Pangasinan, Sept. 13 (PNA) -- When it rains, it pours.

This saying aptly applies to Supt. Eric Noble, chief of police of Sta. Barbara, who, on July 7 this year, won the search for the Country's Outstanding Policemen in Service (COPS) sponsored by the Metrobank Foundation.

More than two months later, Supt. Noble will return to Malacanang on Thursday, September 7, to receive another prestigious national award from President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.

The President will confer on Noble the much coveted Presidential Lingkod Bayan Award, his second badge of honor in public service.

Noble, the lone awardee from the Ilocos Region and only one from the Philippine National Police, joins other outstanding civil servants from various parts of the country.

The other individual awardees are Raulito Datiles, a Barangay Chairman from Quezon City; Jesusa Antiquiera, a teacher from Manila, Gumersindo Lasam (posthumous), Executive Director of the Department of Agriculture in Region 2; Leandro Jun Lacsamana of the Talavera Water District in Nueva Ecija; Eugene Patinglag, a teacher from Baguio City; and Maximo Tandang of the University of the Philippines in Los Banos.

For the group category, the awardees are the Naga City Public Service Excellence Program and Persons with Disabilities Coordinating Office of Carmona, Cavite.

Among Noble's notable accomplishments for 2009 that earned him the Lingkod Bayan award were the arrest of a fugitive American lawyer, apprehension of suspected gun-for-hires, prosecution of anti-illegal drug offenders and opening of the first town-based Service Store System of the Philippine National Police (PNP) in his town of Sta. Barbara.

As chief of police of Sta. Barbara town, Noble vigorously implemented several innovative programs directed towards youth development, like, the novel "feed and read to lead" that instills in children the love of reading and nationhood; heritage tours and anti-illegal drugs and frat gangsterism.

All these were in line with the PNP Transformation Program and under the 10-point agenda of the town mayor, Reynaldo Velasco, a retired PNP general.

Noble earned the moniker, "ghostbuster" when he was the deputy chief of the PNP’s personnel holding and accounting unit at Camp Crame for a five-month period last year.

There, he reviewed the employee rolls of the PNP and found out that there were 146 police officers, from a force of 127,000, who are drawing their salaries although non-existent.

His findings enabled the PNP to save at least P3 million in monthly payroll expenses as the 'ghost' officers were still drawing their pay till that time .

The Presidential Lingkod Bayan Award is conferred on individuals or groups for exceptional or extraordinary contributions resulting from an idea or performance that had nationwide impact on public interest, security and patrimony.

Under existing policy, automatic promotion or salary increase will be given to each awardee.

The Lingkod Bayan Award was institutionalized by President Corazon Aquino in 1992 when she issued Executive Order 508 that will confer Presidential Award each year for outstanding government employees. (PNA)

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GSIS database now working

DAGUPAN CITY -– The Government Service Insurance System database system is now working properly following a crash sometime in March.

But GSIS regional Manager Belen T. James said that while the agency’s database in the regional office located in this city has now recovered, there are still some cases that need more attention.

“We ask apology to all GSIS members who were affected by the crash of our system, but everything is ok now. Remittances have now been posted, but we still ask for more patience from our members as we are still fixing some things,” James said.

James said the agency is still using the IBM system database but will soon shift to Oracle by next year.

She said the agency has placed a benchmark for Oracle to avoid repetition of the previous incident. The systems applications and products (SAP) was tested to ensure its quality, she added.

Those who were not able to avail of loans in the past months can do so now. Once a member applies for a loan, it must be immediately confirmed by the agency’s authorized officer, other wise, it would expire. Approved loans will take just around two days to be available at automated teller machine (ATM) accounts, James said.

James also dispelled allegations that GSIS has no money. “Our problems lie only on technical and procedural aspects, not financial, dahil may pera ang GSIS.” James clarified. (Venus Sarmiento, PIA-Pangasinan)

http://northernwatchonline.com/2009/09/12/gsis-database-now-working/

5,000 young athletes join Milo Olympics

September 13, 2009

LINGAYEN–The Milo Little Olympics Luzon Regional Competition kicked off September 11 at the Narciso Ramos Sports and Civic Center (NRSCC) here with some 5,000 young athletes from Regions I, II and III and the Cordillera Autonomous Region (CAR) participating.

The 12th Milo Little Olympics, held from September 11 to 13, is considered as the country's biggest and most successful inter-school competition for elementary and high school students.

Among the 12-featured sports include athletics, badminton, chess, football, gymnastics, lawn tennis, scrabble, sepak takraw, swimming, table tennis, taekwondo and volleyball.

Governor Amado Espino Jr., who was represented by Provincial Administrator Rafael M. Baraan during the opening program, officially welcomed the delegates.

"More than playing the game and winning, sportsmanship must be valued by every young athlete who wants to strive for excellence," Baraan said in his message.

Meanwhile, Tess Bernardino, MILO sports organizer, said the "competition is not only about winning medals but developing sports discipline that teach children sports excellence and character-forming values."

Children aged 12 years old and below vied in the elementary level, while those 13-17 competed in the high school level.

Aside from the various sports events, there is a media photo contest on the event was held. —PIO

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Domantay: My acts were all above board

September 13, 2009

MALASIQUI–Political gimmicks and plain harassment.

These were the impressions of Mayor Armando Domantay as he defended himself against charges over the alleged unlawful contract signed by the municipal government with the Magic Mall group for the lease of a public land in front of the municipal hall.

"I strongly believe that I acted in accordance with law," said Domantay, citing the laws and documents covering the lease including transfer of the statues of national and local heroes from the leased plot.

Domantay, along with other municipal officials, are now facing anti-graft charges before a regional trial court. Former Vice Governor Oscar Lambino, who is from this town, recently filed an administrative case filed against the mayor before the provincial board.

Domantay said Lambino is merely "playing politics" as he intends to run for mayor in the 2010 polls against him. But Lambino, said he has not decided on which post, mayor of Malasiqui or vice governor of Pangasinan, to run for.

The mayor maintains that he executed the lease contract with Magic for a more than 1,100 square meter lot owned by the municipal government based on a valid authorization provided by the municipal council through a resolution.

He also pointed out that nine out of the 10 councilors signed the resolution, as one was absent and that seven do not belong to his political party.

Lambino and the private citizen who filed charges against Domantay contend that the municipal resolution was not valid because it was based on an ordinance that was not approved by the provincial board.

"If they are saying that this (ordinance) was not valid, this is a political question because the ordinance was passed and sent to the Provincial Board in July of 2003 but it was returned only in September that year," the mayor said.

Domantay pointed out that under the Local Government Code, an ordinance not returned by the board to the municipal council within 30 days will be considered valid.

"In other words that ordinance they claim to be invalid is really valid because the same, although they claimed to be defective, actually lapsed into law," he said.

Domantay was vice mayor at the time and concurrently head of the municipal council but he clarified it was Councilor Corazon Villanueva who presided over the session when the ordinance was approved as he was in Davao.

This proves, he added, that he acted in good faith when he signed the lease agreement with Magic as the current mayor.

On the claim of his detractors that the leased price to Magic of P35 per square meter per year is too low, Domantay said it is actually much higher than the price pegged per square meter in the local tax code.

Further, Domantay said the transfer of the statues of Dr. Jose Rizal, Gat Andres Bonifacio and a local hero, Francisco Joves, had the imprimatur of the municipal council and the approval of the National Historical Institute through a letter signed by NHI Executive Director Ludovico Badoy dated August 7, 2009.

"With this permit or approval given by the National Historical Institute, covered by a resolution of the municipal council, I do believe that I really acted in accordance with law," Domantay said.

As to the charges that Magic is encroaching on the bank of the Binalbalolong River, Domantay said what the company is building in that portion is a rip-rapping structure to strengthen the river bank against erosion,

On the anti-graft case filed against him by a non-government organization, Domantay said he has yet to receive a copy of this and so considers it as hearsay.

Domantay said he expects more cases to be filed against him but said he is ready to answer all these, as he believes his actions were all above board. —LM

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Rosales Action Group holds feeding program

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By Virgilio Sar. Maganes

ROSALES — Priscilla Mae Moreno, a Grade V pupil of Guiling-Coliling Elementary School, could not contain her happiness when the Rosales Action Group (RAG) conducted a supplemental feeding in her school on Sept. 9.

With her frail body frame which was almost visible in the stage, she expressed her thanks to the group for choosing the school as the venue of the feeding program.

“Kami ay lubos na nagpapasalamat sa inyong tulong. Ang feeding program na ito ay makakatulong sa aming mga mag-aaral upang maging malusog, masigla at tatalino,” she said.

Priscilla Mae is one of the 164 beneficiaries of a feeding program conducted by the Rosales Action Group in coordination with the Abono Party List. The beneficiaries were from Guiling-Coliling Elementary School (132) and Pangawan Elementary School (32).

School Principal Mildred C. Espiritu also lauded the RAG for the activity saying program is a big help to the indigent-pupils of the school.

“There are school children coming to school without even taking their breakfast. Their parents usually leave their house early in the morning either to work in the farm and do small businesses in Carmen,” Espiritu said.

She added that the school has more than 200 malnourished school kids in 2008 but dropped to 132 this year.

She is optimistic that with the three months feeding program, malnourish incident among the pupils will be eliminated.

Joji Munje, 35, a mother of one of the kids, also expressed her gratitude to the Rosales Action Group. She said that the activity is a big help to them as mothers. “Mabibigyan na ng tamang nutrisyon ang aming mga anak.”

The RAG is a civic organization in this town composed mostly of Filipino-Chinese businessmen. The group engages in providing assistance to the people such as fire fighting and prevention, medical-dental mission and disaster assistance and management.

Operating on its tagline ‘I Volunteer to Save Lives,’ Vice Chair Roger Tan said the feeding program is their way of alleviating the lives of the rural folk of Rosales particularly school children who are either malnourished or undernourished.

“We will continue to do this kind of activity in partnership with the Abono Party List,” Tan said smiling while slicing a hard boiled egg to be put into a cup of arroz caldo.

RAG Chair Rosendo O. So said that they will also be providing ingredients for the arroz caldo during the three months period of feeding.

After the feeding activity, sacks of rice were turned over to the principals of the two school for the continuity of the supplemental feeding program.

Other members of the RAG who gamely scooped cups of arroz caldo and distributed them to the kids were: Danny Sim, Jong Sandoval, Wingly Ng, Jeremy Sua, Sherwin Siu, Ben Parilla, Orlan Molina and Jerry Sayat.

http://northernwatchonline.com/2009/09/14/rosales-action-group-holds-feeding-program/

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In Pangasinan, there’s chicken to die for

By Yolanda Sotelo
Inquirer Northern Luzon
09/13/2009


CALASIAO, Pangasinan – Lechon manok (grilled chicken) has become a natural fixture of the country’s food scene and may be found in almost every street corner.

But there is something about the lechon manok here that lures lines of customers every night. Other grillers that have stores nearby get no such luck.

“Maybe it’s the way we thoroughly clean the dressed chickens to remove any unpleasant smell, or maybe it is the sugar, spice and the secret ingredients we use to season every chicken, which makes every bite really delicious,” said Geronimo and Liza Nepacena of their Jerrylis special lechon manok venture.

Long line of lechon makers

Whatever the reason, husband and wife said hard work and perseverance saw them through hard times.

The couple started the business about 10 years ago.

Geronimo, 41, came from a family of lechon makers. His grandfather Esteban and his father Perfecto were known lechon makers in Buenlag.

Geronimo followed in their footsteps and became more successful than his father and grandfather.

In 1998, Geronimo and his wife began grilling chicken the old fashioned way: Over a pit of smoldering charcoal.

“We went around offices getting orders and when we had at least 10 orders, we cooked and delivered,” Geronimo said.

The couple used a motorcycle to make deliveries, stowing the food in a crate at the back of the two-wheeler.

“Sometimes, I would carry some 20 lechon manok in a box, which I put between me and my husband who drove the motorbike. While in the crate behind me, about 30 pieces of chicken would be stowed,” Liza said.

In 1999, an acquaintance who was renting a stall at the town proper offered them space where they could sell lechon baboy (roast pig).

Heaven sent

“She was heaven sent,” Liza said of her acquaintance. “She refused payment for rent, not even for electricity. Perhaps she felt for us because we were really hard up.”

At that time, lechon manok was fast becoming a craze in town and four grillers had set up shop in the area.

Bellaflor Pascua, Liza’s older sister, encouraged them to buy a machine griller so they would not need to use the open pit to grill food.

At first they were reluctant – opening up a business would mean openly competing with other grillers in their area. A nearby restaurant even belonged to a sponsor at their wedding.

“The [restaurant] owner would buy lechon baboy from us, and we did not want to compete with their lechon manok business,” Liza said. “But Bella said there was nothing wrong with business competition and loaned us P40,000 to buy a griller.”

Good start

The restaurant soon competed, with the couple by cooking and selling its own lechon baboy.

On the first day of their venture, they sold seven pieces of lechon manok.

“My sister said it was a good start. She was always very encouraging,” Liza said.

Soon, people started flocking to Jerrylis, realizing that the couple’s brand of chicken was a taste above the rest.

In 2002, the restaurant that the Nepacenas did not want to compete with bought the place where the couple set up shop. They were forced to move across the street.

But nothing could put a delicious taste down as customers followed Jerrylis to its new location. Even people from other towns started to drop by.

Tastier

The original machine griller later proved to be too small for the growing business and Geronimo, a high school graduate, built a bigger griller by copying and modifying the original one.

In 2004, the couple put up a branch in Dagupan City and another in Lingayen in 2005.

“The funny thing is, some customers from Dagupan would still go to Calasiao to buy our brand of chicken, thinking that the one in Dagupan is not ours,” Geronimo said.

The use of charcoal in machine grillers also makes the chicken tastier.

The couple is now trying out other herbs like lemon grass, ginger and spices to come up with new flavors.

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Public told to be conscious of meat safety

September 13, 2009

By Venus H. Sarmiento

DAGUPAN CITY -– The National Meat Inspection Service has advised the public to be conscious whether a meat is safe to eat.

Dr. Cherry Ann Javier, Consumer Information and Assistance Division head said consumers should make sure that the meat they are buying has been inspected by the NMIS to have an assurance of its good quality.

Javier said her office has been very active in monitoring the safety of the meat being sold in the market. Trained local meat inspectors in every town are instructed to do their jobs well. They form part of the ‘Bantay Karne Task Force’ to ensure that each meat sold is of high standard. The task force also makes sure no ‘double dead meat’ enters the market, she said.

Certificates are issued for meat coming from accredited slaughter houses, she said.

Javier said there are ways to spot meat of ‘double- dead animals.’ The smell is unpleasant, the surface is very slimy and the skin have dark spots.

Double A slaughterhouses, which have complete facilities and equipments, can sell their products to other towns and provinces.

Slaughterhouses in the province which are under the double A category are located in the towns of Mangaldan, Malasiqui, Alaminos City, Urdaneta City and recently, Manaoag. The slaugterhouses in the cities of Dagupan and San Carlos are still upgrading their facilities.

As for meat sold in malls, Javier said the Meat Import/Export Inspection and Assistance Division of NMIS sees to it that these are fit for consumption.

For canned meats, the inspection starts at the manufacturing plant. Buyers, she stressed, should just look at the expiration date at the bottom of the cans to ensure its quality.

Javier also called on backyard hog raisers to seek the help of local meat inspectors before they slaughter a pig for various occasions like birthdays, wedding and fiestas. (Venus Sarmiento, PIA-Pangasinan)

http://northernwatchonline.com/2009/09/13/public-told-to-be-conscious-of-meat-safety/

Province sets Statistics Month celebration

September 13, 2009

The Provincial Steering Committee for the 20th National Statistics Month Celebration has set in motion the plans for the province’s own celebration of the month-long event this October during its first meeting at the Malong Conference Hall last September 3.

Gov. Amado T. Espino Jr. created the Provincial Steering Committee (PSC) through Executive Order No. 0080-2009 to plan and implement various activities to ensure the success of this year’s Statistics Month celebration.

The chairman of the PSC is Board Member Amadeo T. Espino, President of the Federation of Liga ng mga Barangay and Chairman of the Committee on Public Order and Safety, and co-chaired by PS/Supt. Percival Barba, Provincial Director of PNP, and Mr. Dante Pescador, Provincial Statistics Officer of NSO.

This year’s celebration is anchored on the theme: “Enhancing Security Sector Statistics for Good Governance, Peace and Sustainable Development.”

There will be an opening program on October 5 at the Capitol Plaza, coinciding with the first flag raising ceremony for that month of the provincial employees, to kick-off the month-long string of activities. Delegates will have a motorcade from Binalonan, San Carlos City and Alaminos City and will converge in the venue.

As planned, various activities will be held for the whole month of October such as: statistical exhibit of information of peace and order related statistics and programs; Stat Quiz in the Division and Provincial levels for high school and college students of public and private schools; Poster and Slogan Making Contest in the Provincial level, for high school and college students of private schools only; jingle making contest; lecture/symposia; and Advocacy Forum for the strengthening of barangay information network (BIN) and community based support system (CBSS).

Provincial winners of the Stat Quiz, poster/slogan making contest, and jingle making contest will participate in the regional contest to be held in La Union.

http://northernwatchonline.com/2009/09/13/province-sets-statistics-month-celebration/

5 vice-guv wannabes want Espino as mate

September 13, 2009

GOVERNOR Amado Espino Jr. appears to be a popular guy among those eyeing the vice governor post in next year's elections. But who will he choose?

All five wannabes who have so far signified interest to run for the province's second highest position have also expressed the wish to be the running mate of Espino, who is likely to have a one-on-one duel with former Governor and now Second District Representative Victor Agbayani.

The most senior of the five, Provincial Board Member Alfonso Bince Jr., said if he is not "anointed" by Espino, he will opt to run for re-election as board member or possibly bid to become one of the delegates for a possible Constitutional Convention in October 2010.

Among those that may derail Bince's plan is the rumored draft of Sto. Tomas Mayor Vivien Villar, wife of Undersecretary Antonio Villar Jr. of the Presidential Anti-Smuggling Group (PASG), as Espino's running mate.

Bince said if Villar is chosen, "I will respect that choice."

CALIMLIM

Speaking in the same forum, Mapandan Mayor Ferdinand Calimlim, also a vice governor aspirant, said for him "it's Espino or no one".

Calimlim, on his maximum three-term as mayor, said, "I will only run for vice governor under Governor Espino because I believe in his program of government and I would like to help him through the passage of friendly ordinances, like on investments."

He said he has no fallback position but he added that supporters are urging him to run nevertheless as an independent candidate.

LAMBINO, SHAHANI

Two other vice gubernatorial aspirants, former Vice Governor Oscar Lambino and former Vice Governor and Sixth District Congressman Ranjit Ramos Shahani, did not make it to the forum but both have earlier publicly admitted they would be happy to run under Espino if given the chance.

Lambino, who is also reportedly being groomed as Agbayani's vice gubernatorial bet, said he may give way to Mayor Villar in respect of his blood relations with the undersecretary.

Shahani has said that he can work well with Espino, but has yet to make a comment if he is prepared to face Villar in the race. —LM

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Democracy back not thru only one family, says FVR’s nephew

By Venus H. Sarmiento

DAGUPAN CITY -– It was People Power, and not only one family, that brought back democracy in the country, a former congressman said Thursday.

Ranjit Shahani, a nephew of former President Fidel V. Ramos and who also served as vice governor, pointed out that many other people were involved in the restoration of democracy.

“We must not forget that there were other people who were instrumental in bringing back democracy in our country, hindi lang isang pamilya,” Shahani told a group of mediamen at the KBP forum held at the Philippine Information Agency office here.

Shahani was obviously referring to the Aquino family whose head, former Senator Benigno Aquino Jr. and his wife, former President Corazon Aquino, were immortalized by their followers as the icons of democracy.

Commenting on Benigno ‘Noynoy’ Aquino III’s reluctant bid for the presidency, Shahani said the former is not yet qualified to be president of the country. Only, he was driven by Cory followers to seek the position, he noted.

“Take note that the people power was only done in Edsa, only in the urban areas. It was not felt here in the provinces. Yung pagtulak kay Noynoy ay panaginip lang ng mga Coryista. We must not exaggerate but we must not also underestimate it,” Shahani said.

Clarifying that the Ramos family is close to the Liberal party as well as the Aquino and Roxas clans, he disclosed that on Tuesday, Sen. Mar Roxas called up Ramos to inform the latter of his decision to give up his aspiration for the presidency and give way to Noynoy for the unity of the party.

The former president, he added, was one of the first persons whom Roxas told about his plan to run for the presidency some months ago.

“If there’s someone in the Liberal party who is qualified to run for the presidency, someone who has breeding, historical accounts and not corrupt, it would have been Mar Roxas sana,” Shahani said.

But since he backed out from the race, the public will now see what the so-called ‘Cory magic’ can do, Shahani said.

Shahani, who was the youngest vice governor of the province at the age of 28, is eyeing a comeback for the vice-gubernatorial post in the 2010 elections. (PIA-Pangasinan)

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Team Energy eyes San Roque IPPA contract

Hydro plant seen a good fit with existing facility

By Amy R. Remo
Philippine Daily Inquirer

TEAM ENERGY PHILIPPINES plans to bid for the management of the independent power producer contract of the 345-megawatt San Roque multi-purpose hydroelectric power plant in Pangasinan.

At the sidelines of the PowerTrends 2009, Team Energy president Federico E. Puno said the company was interested in the hydropower facility as it was “a good fit with our coal plant.”

Team Energy currently operates two clean coal facilities in Luzon—the 1,000-MW Sual and 700-MW Pagbilao coal-fired power plants in Pangasinan and Quezon, respectively.

The IPP Administrator contracts for these facilities were recently auctioned off. San Miguel Corp. won the contract for Sual and the Aboitiz’s Therma Luzon Inc. got the deal for Pagbilao.

Puno said Team Energy did not participate in the bidding for these two facilities as it was more interested in other IPPA contracts, such as those for the hydropower.

As it taps into renewable energy sources, Puno said the company was now studying the possibility of applying for the incentives provided for under the Renewable Energy Act of 2008.

“After that, we will see if we will go for mini-hydro, solar or wind (power projects),” he added.

“We can always go into renewable energy anywhere. But the problem is, it’s not going to be part of the contract with National Power Corp. We have to sell it to others,” Puno said.

Some of the incentives under the Renewable Energy are exemption from tariff duties and zero-rated value-added tax for the importation of machinery and equipment for the first 10 years of an operating contract, tax credits on domestic capital equipment and services and a seven-year income tax holiday.

In a related development, Puno said Team Energy was open to possible joint venture projects with the winning IPPAs for the expansion of the facilities’ capacities.

“With the IPP administrator coming in, I guess any expansion will be their option. But we can also discuss it with them if they want. If not, we’ll have a problem because if we do (the expansion) ourselves, we have to enter into a contract with them for joint facility utilization. I think going into a joint venture with them is much better,” he said.

Team Energy operates Sual and Pagbilao under build-operate-transfer contracts that will expire in 2024 and 2025, respectively.

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Banks keen to bankroll Luzon toll road project

Written by Miguel R. Camus / Reporter
Monday, 14 September 2009

THE consortium building the multibillion-peso Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway will have little to worry about as far as bank loans are concerned, in part due to the recent addition of diversifying conglomerate San Miguel Corp. (SMC) as a stakeholder.

Last week SMC formalized its entry into Private Infrastructure Development Corp. (PIDC) after signing, through subsidiary Rapid Thoroughfares Inc., the shareholder’s agreement on Friday.

In a telephone interview on Monday, PIDC chief financial officer Myra Reinoso said early indications from banks have already exceeded the P10 billion needed by the firm.

“It’s already oversubscribed. We are only borrowing P10 billion but now it’s about P14.5 billion,” said Reinoso, citing indications by lead financial advisers BDO Capital & Investment Corp. and Development Bank of the Philippines.

BDO Capital president Eduardo Francisco explained that the project is very viable for the banks, as well as the presence of newcomer SMC.

“It’s a good project with good sponsors. The fact that San Miguel is there helped,” said Francisco. He declined to name other banks involved although, he said, these are among the larger ones in the country.

“Each one is coming in with a sizable transaction, though nothing has been closed yet,” he added.

At present, Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway will cost an estimated P18 billion, including a government subsidy.

Meanwhile, Reinoso said PIDC will likely draw on the loans in the second quarter of 2010, opting to first spend its full equity commitment, seen at P6.5 billion.

PIDC currently has a total authorized capital of P4.5 billion, which was raised from P1 billion last month to accommodate the entry of SMC.

Reinoso said about 35 percent of this amount is already paid up, and will be sufficient to fund the initial stage of the project when it begins in the last quarter of the year. Completion is seen in 2013.

Having officially joined PIDC, SMC can now subscribe to a 35-percent stake in PIDC. SMC’s stake, valued at P1.575 billion, involves the company’s purchase of 1.575 million shares priced at P1,000 each. The conglomerate also retains the option to increase its interest to 51 percent.

Under the terms, SMC will own more than what PIDC’s former major stakeholder, Consunji-led DMCI Holdings Inc., controls. DMCI subscribed to 1.45 million common shares last week, representing 32 percent in PIDC.

The Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway is an 88.5-kilometer, four-lane highway said to cut travel time from Manila to Baguio by half.

Aside from DMCI, other PIDC stakeholders are First Balfour Inc., DM Wenceslao and Associates Inc., CM Pancho Construction Inc., RD Policarpio and Co. Inc., JV Angeles Construction Corp., JE Manalo and Co. Inc., New Kanlaon Construction Inc., EEI Corp. and Rockford Development Corp.

http://businessmirror.com.ph/home/companies/15966-banks-keen-to-bankroll-luzon-toll-road-project.html

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Gov. Amado T. Espino, Jr. (right) addresses the newly-installed 13,649 Barangay Peacekeeping Action Teams (BPATS) coming from more than 1,300 barangays of Pangasinan with thousands of other guests last August 14 at the Narciso Ramos Sports and Civic Center. A brainchild of Local Government Secretary Ronnie V. Puno, the BPATS will enhance the provincial government’s effort in maintaining peace and order in every community. The provincial government is set to distribute radio communication sets to every barangay to inter-link the barangay officials, the police and hospital personnel during emergency situations. Gov. Espino has recently distributed computers sets to different police stations in support to PNP’s modernization and transformation program. (PIO (http://piopangasinan.manilamci.com/2009/09/thousands-of-peacekeeping-teams/) Photo by Bob Sison)

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Gov. Amado T. Espino, Jr. (right) and ABONO Partylist Chairman Rosendo So (left) inspect a sample of hybrid rice varieties at the Dujiangyan Technological Demonstration Garden for Modern Agriculture at Dujiangyan City, Sichuan Province during the official visit of some Pangasinan officials to China from August 19-26. Sichuan province has forged a sisterhood ties with Pangasinan that would pave the way for bilateral trade relations that would include technology transfer in the agricultural sector. (PGO Photo (http://piopangasinan.manilamci.com/2009/09/china%E2%80%99s-hybrid-rice/))


Sisterhood pact with China province seen to spur aggie production in Pangasinan

LINGAYEN, Pangasinan – A group of Chinese investors have committed to transfer a package of new farm technology methods and trends to spur agricultural production in the province.

The commitment was made during the signing of a sisterhood pact recently between the provincial government led by Gov. Amado T. Espino, Jr. and Executive Vice Governor Wei Hong of Sichuan province in the capital city of Chengdu.

Apart from the expected entry of investments, the sisterhood agreement will enrich cultural ties, strengthen mutual cooperation and friendly relations and hasten exchange of commerce and trade, especially agriculture-based endeavors, between the two provinces, Espino said in a press briefing where he reported the success of the recent official trip to China.

The governor, along with a 10-member delegation that included Filipino-Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Pangasinan headed by Allan Apaga, Abono party-list chairman, Engr. Rosendo So, Provincial Board Members Danilo Uy and Amadeo Espino, Pozzurubio, Pangasinan Mayor Emma Zosima Chan, the governor’s executive assistant, Ramon Modern, and Pangasinan First Lady, Madame Priscilla Espino visited Sichuan’s various farm plantations where most of China’s rice crops are grown.
The delegation was also treated to a guided tour of Sichuan’s financial district which hosts some 20 world-renowned banking institutions that include Hongkong-Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC), Standard Chartered, Citigroup, Paris and Groupama.

Espino said a trade mission of agriculture technicians and investment specialists from Sichuan will be arriving soon in the province to assess the potentials of locating farming and aquaculture enterprises in Pangasinan.
The governor expressed his appreciation to the Sichuan officials for adopting Pangasinan as its sister province, considering the vast population of the Chinese province of 87 million as compared to Pangasinan’s 2.7 million people.

“Nakakainggit sila doon. Napakaganda at napakalinis ng kanilang environment. Ang kanilang tourism ay napakalakas,” (They are a people of envy having a clean environment and a strong tourism industry), the governor said.

The Sichuan officials patronize Pangasinan’s dried mango, the governor said, as he bared another invitation has been extended for a trade fair in one of the cities of Sichuan in October, this year.

Sichuan is the financial center of West China and also one of China’s three major hydropower bases.

Except for the climate and population, Pangasinan and Sichuan have almost similar topographic characteristics suitable mainly for agricultural production.

Pangasinan contributes nearly 68 percent of the Ilocos region’s demand for rice, corn, root crops and other agriculture products, while Sichuan is the prime agri-product supplier in mainland China. (ORLY GUIRAO)

http://piopangasinan.manilamci.com/2009/09/sisterhood-pact-with-china-province-seen-to-spur-aggie-production-in-pangasinan/

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SB welcomes Padre Pio relics

Sta. Barbara- The relics of St. Pio of Pietrelcina, also known as Saint Padre Pio, a Capuchin priest from Italy who was canonized as saint by Pope John Paul II on June 16, 2002, was brought to the Holy Family Parish for veneration by devotees last September 4.

The relics were brought to this town by Ramon E. Rodriguez, president of the Philippine Centre for St. Pio of Pietrelcina, Inc. through the initiative of Mayor Reynaldo V. Velasco, also a self-confessed pious devotee of Padre Pio.
A thanksgiving mass was concelebrated at the Holy Family Parish officiated by team ministers and brother priests- Rev. Fr. Anthony B. Layog and Rev. Fr. Fidelis B. Layog attended by hundreds of devotees including Mayor Velasco.
Before and after the mass, devotees lined up to venerate the relics of Padre Pio while a number dropped their written petitions in a box.

After the mass, Rodriguez gave a sharing on how his life had been blessed through the intercession of Padre Pio. For his part, Mayor Velasco likewise revealed how he was guided by Padre Pio in his electoral bid during the May 2007 elections. The mayor’s late father was named Pio.

The late Pope John Paul II encouraged devotion to Padre Pio stressing that “the most important lesson that we can learn from Padre Pio’s life is the value of and need for prayer who always prayed with humility, trust and perseverance.

http://www.stabarbara-pangasinan.ph/sb-welcomes-padre-pio-relics/

Ganda naman ng San Fabian mukhang asensonado na di ba 1st class municipality na yan ? :banana::banana::banana: Hey dude.... 'til now i pray na i post mo n ung favor ko sa iyo plsssssssss.ASAP .I REALLY MISS OUR BELOVED TOWN ,BAYAMBANG.:rant::rant::rant:

Yes first class la ra.

Unang termino pa lng ni Gov.Espino ang dami na nyang nagawa sa Probinsya ng Pangasinan,what more pa kaya kung maka 3 term sya,malamang magiging pinaka MAUNLAD NA PROBINSYA ang Pangasinan sa buong pilipinas. WoW.......todo na ito.:cheer::cheer::cheer: I'm proud to be a Pangasinense....GO ...PANGASINAN:horse::horse::horse::horse: We are not Tagalog. No proud kan Pangasinense ka, dapat mansalita ka ed Pangasinan, or Iloco if your roots are from Ilocos. :cheers:

Portion of the Agno River in Pangasinan to be closed (http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=229799)
By Leonardo V. Micua

LINGAYEN, Pangasinan, Sept. 16 (PNA) — A portion of the Agno River in Alcala town would soon be closed as part of the plan of the about to be completed Phase II of the P1.5- billion Agno River Flood Control Project (ARFCP) in Pangasinan.

Director Fidel Ginez of the Agno Flood Control Office AFCO and project monitoring officer of the ARFCP said only a 300-meter portion of the Agno River in the Alcala town side will be closed.

He said the water from the upstream of the river will be diverted towards a closure dike, a part of the structures under Package 2 of Phase II of the ARFCP, before flowing down under the Calvo Bridge in Bayambang town.

Package 2 is being rushed after it already suffered negative 25 percent slippage as of June this year, after being stalled by a serious right-of-way-problem.

However, Ginez said, a new alignment will be made to skirt away some 10,000 mahogany trees whose owners are demanding high compensation that could not be afforded by the government.

Ginez bared his plan to close a portion of the Agno River when he spoke on Monday during the question hour of the Provincial Board in Pangasinan.

He said the Agno River will be closed from Gualsic Dike in Alcala to Barangay Lawak, also in Alcala, from where water will also be diverted through an approaching channel that passes under the Hector Mendoza Bridge.

Ginez said the closure dike was designed by a Canadian consultant as part of the plan to decrease the volume of water flowing into Bayambang from upstream of the Agno River.

The closure dike will ensure that only 25 percent of the water coming from upstream of the Agno River will pass under the Calvo Bridge and another 75 percent under the Hector Mendoza Bridge through the approaching dike.

He said Package 2 of Phase II of the project, concentrated in Alcala, Bautista and Bayambang, is set for completion by the first quarter of next year.

If this is not built, he said, among the towns easily flooded by water from upstream of the Agno River, aside from Bayambang, Bautista and Alcala, are Malasiqui, San Carlos City, Calasiao and Sta. Barbara, all in Central Pangasinan.(PNA)

Fastfood chain opens another branch in Dagupan

DAGUPAN CITY -- Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr., RLL Corporation (franchisee), led by managing director Rosita Lim and Jollibee Corporation vice president for Northern Luzon Beng Huyong led the inauguration and blessing of the Jollibee A.B. Fernandez store.

The other city officials present were Councilors Fred Quinto Sr., Carlos Reyna, and Lino Fernandez.

The mayor said this is another manifestation that the city’s economic situation is healthy, making it a haven for investors.

The Jollibee A.B. Fernandez store is the fifth store of RLL Corporation, the 14th Jollibee branch in Pangasinan and the 687th Jollibee store worldwide.

RLL Corporation opened its first Jollibee store (Jollibee New Dagupan) in 1991. This was closed some years ago after the building where it was situated burned down. Their other stores are in East Junction, Lucao (both in Dagupan City), Calasiao, and Lingayen.

The RLL Corporation Jollibee franchisee is noted for its community projects such as the environmental friendly bags (used tarpaulin marketing signages were sewn and converted into bags handpainted by members of the Dagupan Artists Circle) and the “Bee a Crime Buster” campaign that was in cooperation with the police units of Dagupan, Calasiao and Lingayen. It is also an active partner of the city government in programs and projects for children.

http://www.sunstar.com.ph/pangasinan/fastfood-chain-opens-another-branch-dagupan

Deep well water is safe

By Liway C. Manantan-Yparraguirre

DAGUPAN CITY -- Residents in the city are assured of clean and safe drinking water from deep well sources.

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Environmental Management Bureau (DENR-EMB)-Ilocos recently conducted water tests on the three monitoring stations in the city particularly at barangays Bonuan Boquig, Bonuan Gueset and in Sitio Barrera at barangay Pantal.

DENR-EMB Regional Director Joel Salvador sent to Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr. the result of by bacteriological analysis from July to August from the monitoring stations.

Accordingly, the results passed that of the National Standards for Drinking Water. The Total Coliform (TC) and Fecal Coliform (FC) were both lower than the 2.2 TC and 2.2 FC gauge being used by the Philippine National Standards for Drinking Water.

The tests conducted were in compliance to the program of DENR-EMB which is to monitor deep well water to ensure the safety of the drinking populace from water-borne diseases that could be triggered by the rainy season.

http://www.sunstar.com.ph/pangasinan/deep-well-water-safe

Coop council created in San Carlos

By Liway C. Manantan-Yparraguirre

SAN CARLOS CITY -- The Palaris Agrarian Community Cooperative is working closely with the City Government for the realization of an irrigation program that will cater to 11 barangays.

Mayor Julier Resuello said he has met with the National Irrigation Administration engineers led by Assistant Project Engineer Salviti Navarro.

He said they have discussed plans and funding for this major irrigation project that will cover about 1,200 hectares of rice and corn land.

Resuello earlier endorsed the project proposal to the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR).

DAR officer Jesus Calicdan assured him that 70 percent of the funds needed will be sourced from the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (Carp) funds. The city will shoulder the remaining 30 percent.

Meanwhile, the mayor has formed City Cooperative Development Council.

Resuello said the City Council had appropriated P500,000 for the development of products that will generate higher income for the cooperatives.

City Cooperative Office Arlaine de Vera has also issued survey forms to the different cooperatives to determine which livelihood programs will be given priority.

http://www.sunstar.com.ph/pangasinan/coop-council-created-san-carlos

Pangasinan guv to sign MOA for P112-M rice processing plant

LINGAYEN, Pangasinan, Sept. 18 (PNA) -- The Sangguniang Panlalawigan has authorized Gov. Amado T. Espino Jr. to enter into a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with a Korean development agency for the establishment of a modern integrated rice processing complex in Sta. Barbara town.

The MOA is between the provincial government, the Department of Agriculture (DA), in behalf of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GOP) and the Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) in behalf of Republic of Korea (ROK).

Funding for the project will be P112 million grant to Pangasinan province by the Korean government.

Among others, the project seeks to improve the efficiency of rice post-production system in the country through reduction of post-harvest losses, enhance the quality of milled rice, improve the distribution system and maximize rice by-products.

Pangasinan is included in the first batch of four provinces that stand to benefit with the establishment of modern rice processing complex under approximately P650 million grant from the Korean Government.

The project in Pangasinan is set to be built on a one-hectare area inside the Provincial Nursery in Sta. Barbara town.

More than 200,000 rice farmers in the province are expected to benefit from the project.

Gov. Espino said the modern rice processing complex will be equipped with state-of-the-art post-harvest facilities and will serve as one-stop service center for milling, drying and storing, aside from providing contemporary production technologies to produce high-quality rice.

Under the MOA to be signed, the province will be the owner of the facility and will initially manage and operate it till a ready farmer’s organization can assume the operation of the complex.

KOICA is the principal agency of the Korean Government established to manage its grant and technical cooperation programs that could promote international cooperation and sustainable development in developing countries, like the Philippines. (PNA)

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=0&nid=2&rid=230311

Unemployment rate in Pangasinan goes down this year

By Leonardo V. Micua

LINGAYEN, Pangasinan, Sept. 18 (PNA)--Unemployment rate in Pangasinan went down to 8.3 percent this year from 9.2 in 2008.

Alex Ferrer, chief of the Public Employment Service Office (PESO), said this posted at least a 0.9 percent-decrease in unemployment rate in Pangasinan.

The province's unemployment rate nosedived a bit in contrast with the unemployment rate in the Philippines which jumped to 7.6 percent from the year-ago rate of 6.8 percent, or an increase of 0.8 percent.

Notwithstanding the national figure, Pangasinan posted a decrease in unemployment which, according to Ferrer, can be attributed to the effective implementation of various manpower and employment development programs of the provincial government.

“From 9.2 percent unemployment rate last year, it went down to 8.5 percent since January this year because of the intensified employment program that included job recruitment, special program for employment of students, career guidance or employment counseling and testing and assistance to Overseas Filipino Workers," he said.

Then the province’s jobless rate further sank to 8.3 percent, Ferrer said, attributing the decrease to the various programs implemented since Governor Amado T. Espino, Jr. assumed office in July 2007.

He also said that under the present provincial administration, the PESO has accomplished more than what is expected as gleaned from the high turnouts in job fairs, job placements and assistance.

“Job solicitation was intensified and even the provincial government had its share of absorbing job applicants, mostly skilled workers and laborers for its various infrastructure projects, he added.

Ferrer said that the influx of big companies like the SM Shoemart in Rosales served as another contributory factor to the increase in employment among the Pangasinenses.

The current total labor force of Pangasinan, according to the National Statistics Office (NSO), is 1.8 million.

In this connection, PESO Pangasinan continuously implements impact projects under the Special Program for Employment of Students in addition to the scholarship program being offered, according to Ferrer.

Career guidance and employment counseling or testing is being regularly held in coordination with the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE).

All these, Ferrer said, are geared toward improving the employment rate posting 91.7 percent placement rate during the first quarter of 2009.

He noted that more than one million Pangasinenses have better jobs now as compared to the previous years.

The PESO also reported that most of the job openings being offered in job fairs were mostly for skilled workers like welders, hotel workers that include cooks and housekeepers, medical workers and factory workers.

Just recently, the Technical Education and Skills Development Administration (TESDA) and PESO Pangasinan tied up for the conduct of the Job Bridging Program where interested individuals may train under housekeeping, commercial cooking and household services for better skills that will surely bridge them to innovative job access in cooperation with the Technical Education Skills Development Authority (TESDA).

Other intervention program designed to assist displaced workers to avoid unemployment is through the assistance of entrepreneurial capability enhancement scheme of the Overseas Workers Welfare Authority (OWWA) that allows former OFWs to set up their own enterprise after acquiring the needed skills.

Specialized skills training for OFWs include welding, carpentry, plumbing and culinary arts that are considered highly in demand in the tourism and industry sectors, including front desk and tour-guiding services. (PNA)

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=0&nid=2&rid=230307

Pangasinan gov't releases P1-M livelihood assistance to women

LINGAYEN, Pangasinan, Sept. 19 (PNA) -- A total of P1 million worth of livelihood assistance was released recently by the provincial government to 10 women associations in Pangasinan.

Gov. Amado T. Espino Jr. said this was the third batch of livelihood beneficiaries under the province’s livelihood loan assistance program this year.

Recipients of livelihood assistance were the Imbo Women’s Association in Anda; Quinaoayanan in Bani; Sapa Grande in Burgos; Calzada in Mabini; Aliguas Cooperative Enterprise of Songkoy Multi-Purpose Coop in Calasiao; Kalipi ng Mapandan in Mapandan; Angayan Sur in Balungao; Nama Women’s Association in Pozorrubio; Mejia-Sison Trading Furniture Shop in San Nicolas; and Zeus Lucky Pancit Misua in Tayug.

Each association received a check ranging from P90,000 to P120,000 from Governor Espino.

There are now a total 37 associations and 825 individuals who have already benefited from the program started in October 2008.

The program caters to different sectors engaged in micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), including marginalized farmers, fisherfolk, community-based women’s group and individual entrepreneurs.

Facilitated by the provincial population office, the province’s livelihood program aims to generate more livelihood and employment opportunities for the underprivileged for them to increase their incomes and improve access to the basic needs.

Ellsworth G. Gonzales, program population officer and also head of a 10-man team that conducts regular monitoring and evaluation of the program beneficiaries, said the province’s livelihood program through credit assistance has a 100 percent repayment rate.

This, he said, was attributed to the rigid screening and evaluation being done by his team to the individual entrepreneurs, associations or cooperatives who would want to avail of livelihood assistance from the province.

Under the new livelihood program, the association could avail of a maximum of P100,000 credit assistance with four percent interest in six months.

However, the province will give a rebate of 2.5 percent if payments will be made before due date. The rebate will go to their association as their capital share.

This payment scheme strategy, Ellsworth said, encourages them to become responsible borrowers and will help the association sustain its livelihood program to the benefit of its members. (PNA)

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=0&nid=2&rid=230549

Creation of joint river protection, management council in Pangasinan sought

By Leonardo V. Micua

DAGUPAN CITY, Sept. 19 (PNA)--Saying that water has no boundaries, Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr. has proposed the creation of a joint river protection and management council for Dagupan City, Binmaley and Lingayen which share similar river system that draws water from the Lingayen Gulf.

He made the proposal when he addressed on Thursday a consultative meeting among officials, stakeholders and officials of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources that discussed the result of the hydrographic survey on the Dagupan-Binmaley and Lingayen River System.

Fernandez stressed that it is now time for the local governments of Binmaley, Lingayen and Dagupan to sit down and make investments to protect their shared resources.

The creation of a joint river protection and management council, the mayor said, is an integrated approach to preserve fishery industries common among Dagupan, Binmaley and Lingayen.

“Water has no boundaries. It is not constrained by jurisdiction or politics but it is a resource that needs to be managed holistically -- from source to sink, from upstream to downstream and from one town to another," he said.

He noted that the activities of upstream communities affect the availability and quality of water for those living downstream.

The hydrographic survey in the river systems of Dagupan-Binmaley and Lingayen was conducted by environmental monitoring teams from BFAR and the National Integrated Fisheries Technology Development Center (NIFTDC.

The survey, called Comprehensive Outreach and Fish Breeding Project (COFBreP), was funded by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).

Dr. Hiroaki Terashima, team member for COFBreP, revealed the water quality monitoring results showed levels of metal traces, soil and water pH, dissolved oxygen content, ammonia, coliform and other inorganic materials, including the presence of structures as well the bathymeter or “changing depths” of the river beds in the two towns and city, over the two-year survey period.

“If left unchecked, these indicators may not provide sustainable conditions for the aquaculture industry,” Regino Regpala of the BFAR-NIFTDC monitoring unit said.

Regpala noted the river’s different “flushing” profiles or its capacity to cleanse and renew itself as measured by current speed and direction vectors with the use of six current meters in six stations.

He said the survey result provides information about how often fresh oxygenated water is coming in to an area and how the waste from aquaculture activity is dispersed.

Meanwhile, Fernandez is moving for the resiliency in the ecosystem through increased mangrove reforestation and protection, as well as increased oyster production.

“This is merely part of a greater move to rehabilitate our shared resources because the effects of climate change have become more apparent,” he said, adding that the best recourse is preventive action to strengthen the resilience of coastal communities.

Mayor Fernandez further proposed that the agriculture offices of Dagupan, Binmaley and Lingayen meet shortly to discuss a possible integrated ordinance to be crafted by policy makers, applicable to all three local governments (PNA)

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=0&nid=2&rid=230557

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UPANG HRM students, Silver Medalist in the 6TH ANNUAL HOTEL, RESTAURANT & TOURISM (HRT) WEEKEND which was held last Sept. 10 to 12 at Baguio City, Philippines. More than 15,000 students and professionals in the culinary field toke part in this biggest culinary show in the country.

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Tayug town booms - mayor

By Danny O Sagun

Dagupan City -- The peace and order situation in the eastern town of Tayug has improved greatly, enabling people to go around the poblacion area even during the night, Mayor Carlos Trece R. Mapili told a media forum Wednesday.

Mapili described as isolated the two recent shooting incidents, one of which involved a member of the Zaragoza family which had ruled the town for several years in the past. He lamented that the family pointed the blame to his men. "Ibinabato nila, ipinapasa ang sisi sakin, pero tingnan naman nila kung anong klase ng pag-uugali ang taong yon," he told the Engkwentro forum at the Lenox Hotel, adding that the person concerned had figured in a trouble earlier.

The other incident near a church, he said, involved persons who earlier had a drinking spree and reportedly embroiled in a love triangle. "Di naman inaasahang mangyayari yon," Mapili, a lawyer, noted.

One proof that peace and order situation in the town improved that much, he said, was the coming of big business establishments. He bared that the Magic group already started building its mall, while the CSI group was about to start constructing its own branch in the municipality.

A major bank is set to establish its branch soon, he also said. A big university operating in North Luzon also put up its branch and now has some 2,000 students. It started with just 500 students.

"Our medium plan was to make our town a business center in the east and that will be in 2010," he said. A separate 10-year plan, he revealed, was to convert the town into a city in 2015. The second-class town now has an income of P60 million and qualified to become first class. The population is about 50,000, he said.

With good fiscal management, he said that the town already settled its debts and loans.

"Ibang-iba na ang munisipyo ngayon. Pasyalan nyo ang plaza, ang liwanag pag gabi at malayang nakakagalaw ang mga tao," he said as he tried to compare the situation now with that before he assumed as mayor when the poblacion is almost deserted during the night.

On politics, Mapili said that his running mate Madelyn Cabutaje is winning in her election protest over Vice-Mayor Rowena Zaragoza. In the regional trial court, she won by 87 votes and later by 119 votes in a division of the Commission on Elections. The protest is now pending at the Comelec en banc.

He refused to name whom to support in the coming congressional elections as he described as "good friends" Vice-Gov. Marlyn P. Agabas and Presidential Management Staff chief Hermogenes Esperon, who are said to be eyeing to replace outgoing sixth district Congressman Conrad Estrella. (PIA Pangasinan)

http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=12&r=r01&y=&mo=&fi=p090916.htm&no=40

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CSC fetes Dagupan for efforts vs red tape

Dagupan City -- The Civil Service Commission has commended this city for its continuous efforts to improve public service specifically frontline services.

Elated by the recognition, Mayor Alipio Fernandez, Jr. said that Dagupan's efforts in eliminating red tape and averting graft and corruption has far-reaching benefits for the city's economy, such as cutting the costs of doing business in the city, which in turn, improves investor confidence and heightens the city's competitiveness.

"We are moving a step closer to being red tape-free as Dagupan City has completed its Citizen's Charter, set up Help Desks and launched anti-fixer measures in compliance with Republic Act No. 9485," Fernandez said.

Republic Act No. 9485, otherwise known as "An Act to Improve Efficiency in the Delivery of Government Service to the Public by Reducing Bureaucratic Red Tape, Preventing Graft and Corruption, and Providing Penalties thereof" or the Anti-Red Tape Act of 2007 (ARTA) as prescribed under the Implementing Rules and Regulations of the said act was fully implemented beginning September 8 last year.

The law supports simplified measures which speed up transactions with government agencies in the Philippines. With this, local government units like Dagupan are expected to render fast, efficient and reliable services to the public.

Early this year, the Human Resources Management Office and the A-Team jointly conducted a city-wide orientation-seminar on the Anti-Red Tape Act of 2007 to ensure its smooth and effective implementation.

The 600-strong City Hall workforce thus got familiar with the framework of public service enabling them to understand the nature of governance and how poor governance leads to corruption.

Last year, the city government drew up a Citizen's Charter which identifies the frontline services, the step-by-step procedures, the employee responsible for each step, the amount of fees, the documents to be presented by the client and the procedure for filing complaints in relation to requests and applications. Prior to completing the charter, the city government regularly conducted review and evaluation of systems and procedures towards making transactions faster and easier for clients.

Atty. Myrna V. Macatangay, Director V, said records of the Civil Service Commission regional office in San Fernando, La Union showed that Dagupan was one of the few local government units in Region 1 which immediately complied with the Anti-Red Tape Act of 2007. (CIO/PIA Pangasinan)

http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=12&fi=p090918.htm&no=78&r=r01&y=&mo=

7 Pangasinan young athletes shine in Milo Little Olympics

Dagupan City -- Seven promising young Pangasinenses have been adjudged Best Athletes in the recently concluded 12th Milo Little Olympics Luzon held at the sprawling Narciso Ramos Sports and Civic Center (NRSCC) in the capital town of Lingayen.

The seven athletes who excelled in their respective events were: Aries Dela Pena, Telbang Elementary High School (Alaminos City), athletics; Eden Padilla, Virgen Milagrosa University Foundation (San Carlos City), athletics high school division;

Eric Paul Sison, Alaminos Central School, badminton; Amiel Joseph Beltrano, San Jose Elementary School (Alaminos City), lawn tennis; Kim Alexis Sotelo, Collegio San Jose De Alaminos, lawn tennis high school division; Lea V. Rayos, Pangapisan Elementary School (Lingayen), volleyball; and John Mark Caranto, Binmaley School of Fisheries, table tennis high school division.

Milo Sports Organizer Tess Bernardino said the seven young girls and boys were included in the list of other outstanding athletes who stood a chance to compete for the National Milo Little Olympics Competition slated in Cebu City next month.

However, the final announcement of the rooster of athletes who will represent Luzon for the national open will be announced on Sunday, September 20, during the awarding ceremonies of the Milo photo contest at the CSI Mall Big Atrium.

Bernardino said that the athletes from VMUF and Telbang Elementary School will definitely represent athletics along with the athletes from Alaminos Central School for badminton, Cabuyao Elementary School and Pangapisan Elementary School for volleyball and Urbiztondo Elementary School for gymnastics.

University of Baguio and Baguio City National High School as usual notched the top posts for garnering the most number of medals in the elementary and high school divisions, respectively, besting more than 40 schools from Regions I, II, III and CAR.

Telbang Elementary School of Alaminos City placed second in the elementary division followed by St. Louis University Elementary School, Tamurong Elementary School (Candon City), and Cabuyao Elementary School (Bolinao).

Alaminos Central School and Alaminos National High School occupied the 9th and 10th slots for the elementary and high school divisions, respectively. (PIO/PIA Pangasinan)

http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=12&fi=p090918.htm&no=23&r=r01&y=&mo=

^^nakabased ka ba sa Pangasinan, allan?

^^ Nasa Pangasinan ako tuwing weekends. :)

^^ Nasa Pangasinan ako tuwing weekends. :)

ah okay.....namiss ko tuloy ang bagoong at mga bawang diyan sa Urdaneta.....:banana:

Yung sight ba ng "endless stalls" along the highway or yung lasa ba na miss mo?

Yung bawang mostly imported na yun o di kaya galing Ilocos. Bangoong is not produced in Urdaneta, sa Lingayen ginagawa.

Yung sight ba ng "endless stalls" along the highway or yung lasa ba na miss mo?

Yung bawang mostly imported na yun o di kaya galing Ilocos. Bangoong is not produced in Urdaneta, sa Lingayen ginagawa.

bumibili ako diyan sa endless stalls lalo na yung suka na kulay itim...masarap yun....:cheers:

nakapunta na ako diyan sa Lingayen sa may PSU....:)

bumibili ako diyan sa endless stalls lalo na yung suka na kulay itim...masarap yun....:cheers: Masarap nga yun. Siguro yung nabili nyo suka galing Binalonan. Masarap rin yung galing Mapandan at yung "Nipa Vinegar" from Bugallon. :okay:

Masarap nga yun. Siguro yung nabili nyo suka galing Binalonan. Masarap rin yung galing Mapandan at yung "Nipa Vinegar" from Bugallon. :okay:

naubos na kasi yung suka dito sa bahay...bibili ulit ako nun before the year ends....:cheers:

^^ Available rin yun sa mga stores na nagbebenta ng One Town, One Product (OTOP)

Guardian of Iliw-iliw (Screaming Rock Tower)
Brgy Ilio-ilio, Burgos, Pangasinan

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Timapog na Bato
Brgy Ilio-ilio, Burgos, Pangasinan

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San Carlos now owns college, Ayoy says

By Mortz C. Ortigoza

SAN CARLOS CITY – “Some skeptics here thought this city owning a college is sheer speculation. They thought it is only good in the drawing board,” declared by this city’s Mayor Julier Resuello during the oath taking ceremony recently of the newly-elected officers of the Binalatongan Community College .

But he said he had the last laugh when ownership of the said college was successfully transferred from Engineer Marcelo Casillan to this city in 2006.

Casillan was the partner of the late former Mayor Julian Resuello in the college.

It is now fully-operational, and it would be spruced up after the city government appropriates P 5 million to construct an edifice in front of the central school here.

“This college is intended for the poor people of San Carlos,” Mayor Resuello told the almost two hundred college students he inducted as elected school officers.

Resuello said that when he went to the United States, he asked his city mates and friends there to help each of the students of BCC.

“I asked them if they could help bankroll each of the student from start to finish and they asked how much is the yearly tuition fee,” he said.

The mayor told them that they have to shell out only of $76 or P3,724.00 for a single student.

After learning the amount, they were amazed how little money is needed to send a student at BCC, Rusuello said.

Adonis Bautista, vice president for administration and human resources, said he was optimistic that in the coming school year, there will be influx of less economically- privileged San Carleneans who would avail the cheaper tuition fees offered by BCC.

Bautista lauded Ramir de la Cruz, Deacon of Iglesia ni Cristo here, for his persuasion that resulted in the sizable number of enrollees.

Bautista, who is going to graduate in his doctoral degree, praised also Abono Party Founder Eng. Rosendo So for taking the tab for his doctoral degree.

http://northernwatchonline.com/2009/09/18/san-carlos-now-owns-college-ayoy-says/

^^ Available rin yun sa mga stores na nagbebenta ng One Town, One Product (OTOP)

salamat sa info...:cheers:

^^ang astig ng mga pics....promotion lang kailangan niyan...

San Carlos community college alive and kicking – Mayor

DAGUPAN CITY – A private community college in San Carlos City which faced closure two years ago has been revived and is now doing well, according to Mayor Julier “Ayoy” Resuello.

Resuello, guesting at the Engkwentro forum Thursday at the Lenox Hotel here, said that the foundation-run Binalatongan Community College was on the verge of bankruptcy when the city assumed management of the institution in 2007.

“Pagkaupo ko nang kunin ng syudad ang pamamahala sa kolehyo which is facing a closure order dahil hindi nakakatugon sa kinakailangan ng Commission on Higher Education,” he said.

He said that the city took steps to comply with the requirements of CHED to save the institution.

The college is presently offering two courses – information technology and education. He said he hopes that more courses will be offered in the future with the provision of new facilities and school rooms. “May itatayong bagong school building sa susunod na mga araw,” he bared.

He said that the school charges P1,500 only per student per semester, an amount he described as “very minimal” when compared to the tuition fees charged by other colleges and universities.

He also revealed that in his recent trip to the United States, he received pledges for scholarships from former residents of the city now based in the States. (PIA Pangasinan)

http://northernwatchonline.com/2009/09/17/san-carlos-community-college-alive-and-kicking-%E2%80%93-mayor/

Urdaneta mayor says 800 casuals just enough

September 19, 2009

By Mortz C. Ortigoza

URDANETA CITY -– Mayor Amadito Perez justified the appointment of the 800 casuals by his offices, saying these are assigned to the city’s abattoir, traffic, sanitation, and some government offices.

Perez was reacting to statements of Vice Mayor Julio Parayno that the office of the city mayor has many casual employees, as against the vice mayor’ office of only 80.

Perez acknowledged that hehas 800 appointed casuals, saying “Urdaneta will be very dirty without these casuals.”.

He insinuated that it Parayno’s office which is over-staffed.

He explained that if each of the 12 members of the City Council has three casuals, it would be only 36. He thus quipped confidently, “Nakuwenta ko na iyan! (I have computed all that!).”

He said he wondered where the 44 casuals hired by Parayno were assigned.

“Ipagpalagay mo na si Vice Mayor Parayno hired pati drivers, body guards, plus others in his payroll. He can even afford to put in the city payroll his manicurist and some media men as casuals,” Perez said.

He stressed the hiring of media men is illegal because it falls under the Anti-Graft & Corrupt Practices Act.

The mayor said he did not deceive his constituents by telling them that the city has no more debt as what his vice mayor were telling the media.

“In fact I’ve been telling everybody that our loan balance is below P146 million. The P1.5 million that was used in the Bagsakan has been paid already by the city.”

Parayno told Northern Watch that he got his data from Land Bank – Urdaneta City Branch. It says the city has an outstanding loan of P 149 million, and another almost P 1.5 million loan.

Perez refuted Parayno’s statement that the people of this city would not like to pay the P 220 million for the sanitary landfill, and that the city should just avail of Build Operate and Transfer (BOT) scheme so city need no pay a single cent.

There was such a move two years ago to avail a BOT but the investors backed out due to the economic global recession, he explained.

“If somebody comes now and operate (the landfill) under BOT, they are welcome,” he said.
Perez is optimistic that the P 220 loan can be paid because neighboring towns and city which have no sanitary landfill would patronize it.

He added that the city can pay it in 10 years time.

He sees no reasons why the city cannot pay the loan when the city is able to pay P405 million loan contracted by the previous administration upon he assumed office in 2001.

“We paid them (loan) in eight years time. If we can pay P405 million without getting any income from the said loan, I find no reason why we can not pay the P205 million for a self-liquidating project?” he posed.

http://northernwatchonline.com/2009/09/19/urdaneta-mayor-says-800-casuals-just-enough/

No dam break

September 19, 2009
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FLOOD MITIGATION AND CONTROL. Engr. Tommy Valdez (3rd from left), vice – president of the San Roque Power Corporation, claims during the KBP Forum Thursday at the Philippine Information Agency office that the San Roque dam has been effective in mitigating floods in Pangasinan for the last five years. He notes that it is only in 2004 when the dam reached critical level and so it needed to release waters. “Water is gold to us,” he says, referring to the value of stored water to be used for power generation and irrigation. With Valdez are (from left) Engr. Arturo Ladislao of PAGASA, Raymund Mariano, also of San Roque Power Corporation, and mediamen Bernie Errasquin of DZMQ-Radyo ng Bayan, Danny Sagun of PIA – Pangasinan. Ging Cardinoza of DWCM – Aksyon Radyo and Ding Micua of PNA. (Photo by Rolan Naoe / PIA – Pangasinan)

http://northernwatchonline.com/2009/09/19/2076/

Dam break very remote, says San Roque official

September 19, 2009

By Danny O. Sagun

DAGUPAN CITY -– The feared dam break that would deluge Pangasinan is very remote, an official of the San Roque Power Corporation said last week in a media forum.

SRPC Vice-President Tommy Valdez said the worst-case scenario may happen if things occur at the same time – a 9.5 magnitude earthquake, the San Roque Multi-Purpose dam is full to the brim, and the dam’s foundation is damaged because of terrorists’ attacks.

“Di mangyayari yan o kaya very remote kung sakali man,” he replied during the weekly KBP Forum when told of the fear being felt by Pangasinenses about a possible breakage of the dam.

He said that security remains on high alert at the facility considering the possibility of a terrorist attack.

In case of a dam break, he said that 32 towns in Pangasinan would be affected by severe flooding in case the dam is full.

He said that an emergency action plan has been prepared for a worst-case scenario. Full coordination has been made with the provincial disaster coordinating council as well as with the municipal and barangay disaster councils, he also said.

Because of the San Roque dam, flooding in the province has been mitigated, he noted. It was only in 2004 when excess waters were released. The critical level is 280 meters above sea level.

Even when the critical level is reached, Valdez said that dam authorities have to consult with concerned agencies – weather bureau, National Irrigation Administration, National Power Corporation, and others – whether to release waters or not, depending on the climatic condition. If there are releases, he said such releases are done gradually.

“Hindi yong umulan e mag-release agad, mag-isip muna kung talagang kailangan,” he stressed, noting the major role of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration in making a decision whether to release waters or not.

“Water is gold to us,” he also said, pointing to the value of the stored water being used for power generation and irrigation. “Kung puwede lang di kami mag-release,” he added.

Valdez, along with the other forum guest, engineer Arturo Ladislao of Pagasa, maintained that waters from the Agno river do not cause flooding in towns traversed by other river tributaries like Sinucalan which passes thru Sta. Barbara and Calasiao. (PIA Pangasinan)

http://northernwatchonline.com/2009/09/19/dam-break-very-remote-says-san-roque-official/

Dagupan BHW Federation President, nominado lamet parad sakey ya National a pamagalang

by Lanie Tomas

Kagalangan parad siudad na Dagupan tan interon rehiyon uno so impakanomina lamet nen Roberta “Bing” Biason, presidenti na Barangay Health Workers Federation ed siudad parad National Outstanding Volunteer Award (NOVA) ed dasig na individual category, Search for Outstanding Volunteers 2009.

Bimmisita ed Dagupan tan nangaway ebalwasyon koneksyon ed boluntaryon pankikimey, itutulong ed publiko tan komunidad nen Biason iray kabiangay Regional Search Committee members ya titibokelen na kabiangay Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Region One, National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) Region One, Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office I tan say Organization for Rehabilitation thru Training (ORT) sanen agew na Miyerkules, Septyembre 16, 2009.

Apatira ed saray dakerakel ya atulungan nen Biason so ininterbyu na saray miembro na abitlan komitiba. Pinaneknekan met nen Kapitana Salvacion Bravo na Herrero-Perez so ag natawalan ya sagpot, suporta tan pankikimey nen Biason parad kabandaan da ya anggapoy alagaren ton tumang.

Indayew nen Zenaida Colobong na DILG Regional Office One so panangaro nen Biason ed kapara ton too. Inkuan ton diad biek na edad nen Biason ya 72 et no arom ya too et pinili da la so man-relax ed bilay, balet nidumaroman talaga so gagawen ya pansasakripisyo tan pantratrabaho parad tawag na boluntaryon panseserbi na abitlan Dagupena.

Onong ed kinen Melecio Ubilas Jr. na DSWD Field Office I, diad personal ton opinyon et aliwa labat lan bilang Outstanding Volunteer so nepeg ya pamagalang parad kinen Biason no agta nagamoran to met komon so Volunteer Lifetime Achievement Award.

Nanpasalamat met si Biason ed impangidayew ed sikato na saray kabiangan na abitlan komitiba tan inkuan ton say ag iya makareen ya manbilay ya matunong no nanenengneng ton maneermen tan man-iirap so siopaman ya too kanyan mampapatuloy iyad boluntaryo ton pankikimey ya gimmapo ni nen taon 1979. Inyarom nen Biason ya nagagawaan toy matoor ton panlilingkor ed kapara to lapud matunong lawas ya isusuportad sikato di Congressman Jose tan Manay Gina de Venecia, Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr. tan amin ya opisyalis na siudad na Dagupan, ontan met iray kabiangan na City Health Office ya dadauloan nen Doktor Leonard Carbonell tan saray kapara ton BHWs.

Saray arom nin kabiangan na Regional Search members ya limma ed Dagupan et sikara di Percival Lacanaria II na ORT tan Lynvic Ballesteros na NEDA Region One.

Nagawa so pamagalang ed saray manalo sano Disyembre 10, 2009. Tinaon ya nagagawa so Search for Outstandings Volunteers (SOV) tan saya so dadauloan na Philippine National Volunteer Service Coordinating Agency.

http://www.dagupan.gov.ph/index.php?id=616

NFA eyes 159-ton rice yield in Pangasinan in September

By Venus H. Sarmiento

Dagupan City - Some 159,000 bags of palay are expected to be harvested in towns under the coverage of the National Food Authority in western Pangasinan.

NFA provincial economist George Terrado said that Pangasinan will gave adequate supply of rice with the great production expected this September as reported by the Bureau of Agricultural Statistics.

Terrado said that the prevailing low prices of rice is an assurance that the province has more than enough supply. "As compared last year, bumaba ang presyo ng bigas ngayon. Noon umabot ng P39 – P40 ang isang kilo. Ngayon ay P26-P27 ang good quality," Terrado said.

He also said there is no hoarding in the province as even private traders have adequate supply.

Registration and licensing officer Marissa Jacinto said NFA continues to provide affordable rice to Pangasinenses. The institutionalized Bigasan sa Palengke (BSP) outlets continue to sell regular milled rice at P25 per kilo and P30 for the well-milled kind.

Jacinto said the 'Tindahan Natin' outlets situated in barangays sell rice at P18.25 per kilo. This, however is available only for indigent families identified by the Department of Social Welfare and Development. Each family is given a rice allocation ledger and entitled to seven kilograms of rice per week. This move, according to Jacinto, is to provide affordable rice for everyone who needs it. (PIA-Pangasinan)

http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=12&r=&y=&mo=&fi=p090916.htm&no=19

Petroenergy eyes $100M for wind farms

By Amy R. Remo
Philippine Daily Inquirer

LISTED FIRM PETROENERGY RESOURCES Corp. plans to invest some $100 million in two 30-megawatt wind farms—one in Aklan and the other in Pangasinan.

Petroenergy vice president Francisco G. Delfin Jr. said the company was set to commission separate feasibility studies for the proposed wind projects to confirm the wind power potential in Sual, Pangasinan and Nabas, Aklan.

Delfin said the company was expected to spend $500,000 for the feasibility studies and the two-year predevelopment stage. The amount is on top of the investments to be made for the planned wind farms.

“Should the project come to fruition and the feed-in tariff is favorable and we proceed to the actual commercial development, a 30-MW wind farm will probably require an investment of about $53 million,” Delfin said.

On Monday, the Department of Energy awarded Petroenergy two wind service contracts for two 30-MW wind farm projects, which would cover 2,025 hectares in Aklan, and another 1,701 hectares in Pangasinan.

“The service contract will allow us a two-year exclusivity phase in which to conduct this detail wind data recording. As soon as this is signed, what will happen is, we will install a wind mast to record local wind conditions in Sual and Nabas for 18 months,” Delfin explained.

“Currently, we don’t have a solid database that can be used to assess the electricity yield of these areas. Most of the data existing right now are reconnaissance or exploratory in nature,” Delfin said, adding that the company is hoping to start the feasibility studies within the year.

He, however, noted that the government should already be able to formulate a “favorable feed-in tariff as this will make transient renewable energy resources like wind and solar really competitive with baseload plants like coal and geothermal.”

He noted that Petroenergy, which would commission the proposed projects on its own, was open to potential partnership with prospective investors.

In the meantime, Delfin said Petroenergy was concentrating on its petroleum exploration project in Gabon, West Africa, following the divestment of its 1.03-percent share in the Galoc oil field in offshore Palawan.

Its Gabon project is producing 25,000 barrels of oil per day.

“And the next step there is an expanded exploration drilling to determine additional reserves in order to produce beyond 25,000 barrels of oil per day. We’re in very good shape for as far as our Gabon project is concerned,” Delfin said.

He added that new exploration efforts would require additional investments but declined to disclose exact figures.

http://business.inquirer.net/money/topstories/view/20090916-225422/Petroenergy-eyes-100M-for-wind-farms

2 Dagupan-based malls expanding to Tayug in eastern Pangasinan

DAGUPAN CITY (PNA) — Two Dagupan-based malls are expanding to Tayug town in eastern Pangasinan despite the presence of SM City Rosales in Barangay Carmen, Rosales, only just about few kilometers away.

Tayug Mayor Carlos Trese Mapili said executives of CSI Group of Companies and Magic Development Corporation believe they can make business in Tayug being the melting pot of the eastern part of Pangasinan.

Mapili told newsmen during the "Engkwentro" sa Lenox Breakfast Forum on Wednesday that Magic is now starting to build its mall in Tayug while the engineer of CSI has just secured a building permit for their mall.

The two companies recognized the potentials of Tayug and believed that they could do their business well in the town, he said.

An old town, Tayug was the seat of the infamous Colorum Uprising in 1935 where peasants rose arms against oppressive landlords and authorities.

Mapili assured that more than 80 years after, there is no trace of any agrarian conflict anymore in his town, which remains agricultural until today.

A second class town aiming to be promoted to first class for the next three years, Tayug has an annual income of P58 million, which was only P32 million when he succeeded the slain Mayor Guerrero Zaragoza some eight years ago.

He said upon his assumption of office, he restored peace and order in the municipality, adding that Tayug is now one of the most peaceful towns of Pangasinan today.

People can now come out of their respective houses at night without fear of being molested unlike before when there was apparently reign of terror in the town, he said.

Tayug is now also emerging as the educational center of eastern Pangasinan with the recent establishment of a branch of the PanPacific University, which joined the Luna Colleges in providing higher education to the youth in the eastern part of the province. (PNA)

http://www.positivenewsmedia.net/am2/publish/Cities_And_Towns_23/2_Dagupan-based_malls_expanding_to_Tayug_in_eastern_Pangasinan.shtml

Tourism group formed

LINGAYEN -- Tourism officers from the 48 towns and cities in the province have grouped together and called themselves as Pangasinan Tourism Officers Association (PTOA).

The officers were elected after “Aktibo ed Turismo” (Active in Tourism) General Assembly and Tourism and Orientation and Planning Workshop for Tourism Action Officers last September 15 to 16.

Elected as president was Miguel Sison of Alaminos City. Vice presidents are Reynaldo dela Cruz of San Carlos City (external) and Josefinao Soriano of Mapandan (internal).

The other officers are Michelle Lioanag of Dagupan City (secretary), Sunshine Robles of Lingayen (treasurer), Michael Soliven of Asingan (auditor), Deborah Castillo of Sta. Barbara (media affairs officer).

The district representatives are Nicanor Braga of Burgos (1st district), Van Gary Joven of Aguilar (2nd), Vivencio Vallo of Calasiao (3rd), Butch Biagtan of Mangaldan (4th), Inocencia Carganilla of Sison (5th), and Bayani Villar of San Quintin (6th).

Provincial Tourism Officer Ma. Luisa Elduayan serves as the association's adviser and consultant.

On September 22, the officers and members of PTOA will grace the formal opening of the World Tourism Week and Unveiling of the new World War II Historical Marker at the Veterans Memorial Park located at the Capitol Complex here.

The officers will also be inducted on the same day.

Meanwhile, the Association of Tourism Officers of the Philippines (Atop) will celebrate its 10th anniversary on October.

The highlight of the celebration is the annual convention scheduled on October 1 to 4 in General Santos City, the Tuna Capital of the Philippines.

This year's theme is “Celebrating Tourism Diversity Amidst Global Challenges.” (LCMY/Sunnex)

http://www.sunstar.com.ph/pangasinan/tourism-group-formed

Pangasinan gov't releases P1-M livelihood assistance to women (http://positivenewsmedia.net/am2/publish/Cities_And_Towns_23/Pangasinan_gov_t_releases_P1-M_livelihood_assistance_to_women.shtml)

LINGAYEN, Pangasinan, Sept. 20 (PNA) -- A total of P1 million worth of livelihood assistance was released recently by the provincial government to 10 women associations in Pangasinan.

Gov. Amado T. Espino Jr. said this was the third batch of livelihood beneficiaries under the province’s livelihood loan assistance program this year.

Recipients of livelihood assistance were the Imbo Women’s Association in Anda; Quinaoayanan in Bani; Sapa Grande in Burgos; Calzada in Mabini; Aliguas Cooperative Enterprise of Songkoy Multi-Purpose Coop in Calasiao; Kalipi ng Mapandan in Mapandan; Angayan Sur in Balungao; Nama Women’s Association in Pozorrubio; Mejia-Sison Trading Furniture Shop in San Nicolas; and Zeus Lucky Pancit Misua in Tayug.

Each association received a check ranging from P90,000 to P120,000 from Governor Espino.

There are now a total 37 associations and 825 individuals who have already benefited from the program started in October 2008.

The program caters to different sectors engaged in micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), including marginalized farmers, fisherfolk, community-based women’s group and individual entrepreneurs.

Facilitated by the provincial population office, the province’s livelihood program aims to generate more livelihood and employment opportunities for the underprivileged for them to increase their incomes and improve access to the basic needs.

Ellsworth G. Gonzales, program population officer and also head of a 10-man team that conducts regular monitoring and evaluation of the program beneficiaries, said the province’s livelihood program through credit assistance has a 100 percent repayment rate.

This, he said, was attributed to the rigid screening and evaluation being done by his team to the individual entrepreneurs, associations or cooperatives who would want to avail of livelihood assistance from the province.

Under the new livelihood program, the association could avail of a maximum of P100,000 credit assistance with four percent interest in six months.

However, the province will give a rebate of 2.5 percent if payments will be made before due date. The rebate will go to their association as their capital share.
This payment scheme strategy, Ellsworth said, encourages them to become responsible borrowers and will help the association sustain its livelihood program to the benefit of its members. (PNA)

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Creation of joint river protection, management council in Pangasinan sought (http://positivenewsmedia.net/am2/publish/Cities_And_Towns_23/Creation_of_joint_river_protection_management_council_in_Pangasinan_sought.shtml)

By Leonardo V. Micua

DAGUPAN CITY, Sept. 20 (PNA)--Saying that water has no boundaries, Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr. has proposed the creation of a joint river protection and management council for Dagupan City, Binmaley and Lingayen which share similar river system that draws water from the Lingayen Gulf.

He made the proposal when he addressed on Thursday a consultative meeting among officials, stakeholders and officials of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources that discussed the result of the hydrographic survey on the Dagupan-Binmaley and Lingayen River System.

Fernandez stressed that it is now time for the local governments of Binmaley, Lingayen and Dagupan to sit down and make investments to protect their shared resources.

The creation of a joint river protection and management council, the mayor said, is an integrated approach to preserve fishery industries common among Dagupan, Binmaley and Lingayen.

“Water has no boundaries. It is not constrained by jurisdiction or politics but it is a resource that needs to be managed holistically -- from source to sink, from upstream to downstream and from one town to another," he said.

He noted that the activities of upstream communities affect the availability and quality of water for those living downstream.

The hydrographic survey in the river systems of Dagupan-Binmaley and Lingayen was conducted by environmental monitoring teams from BFAR and the National Integrated Fisheries Technology Development Center (NIFTDC.

The survey, called Comprehensive Outreach and Fish Breeding Project (COFBreP), was funded by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).

Dr. Hiroaki Terashima, team member for COFBreP, revealed the water quality monitoring results showed levels of metal traces, soil and water pH, dissolved oxygen content, ammonia, coliform and other inorganic materials, including the presence of structures as well the bathymeter or “changing depths” of the river beds in the two towns and city, over the two-year survey period.

“If left unchecked, these indicators may not provide sustainable conditions for the aquaculture industry,” Regino Regpala of the BFAR-NIFTDC monitoring unit said.

Regpala noted the river’s different “flushing” profiles or its capacity to cleanse and renew itself as measured by current speed and direction vectors with the use of six current meters in six stations.

He said the survey result provides information about how often fresh oxygenated water is coming in to an area and how the waste from aquaculture activity is dispersed.

Meanwhile, Fernandez is moving for the resiliency in the ecosystem through increased mangrove reforestation and protection, as well as increased oyster production.

“This is merely part of a greater move to rehabilitate our shared resources because the effects of climate change have become more apparent,” he said, adding that the best recourse is preventive action to strengthen the resilience of coastal communities.

Mayor Fernandez further proposed that the agriculture offices of Dagupan, Binmaley and Lingayen meet shortly to discuss a possible integrated ordinance to be crafted by policy makers, applicable to all three local governments (PNA)

Creation of joint river protection, management council in Pangasinan sought (http://positivenewsmedia.net/am2/publish/Cities_And_Towns_23/Creation_of_joint_river_protection_management_council_in_Pangasinan_sought.shtml)

Pangasinan gov't releases P1-M livelihood assistance to women (http://positivenewsmedia.net/am2/publish/Cities_And_Towns_23/Pangasinan_gov_t_releases_P1-M_livelihood_assistance_to_women.shtml)

Thanks for re-posting! It's the same article as yesterday. :okay:

PSU to establish its 9th campus in Alaminos

Another noble vision of the Braganza administration has finally become a reality.

Yesterday, Mayor Hernani A. Braganza and Dr. Victoriano C. Estira, Pangasinan State University (PSU) president signed the Memorandum of Agreement for the establishment of a PSU campus here.

The historic signing was also witnessed by top officials from both parties and to the delight of the city government employees, department heads, barangay officials and residents in attendance.

Among those who present were city councilors Joselito Fontelera, Earl James Aquino, Orlando Go, Felimon Bacala Jr., Constante Carasi, Cirilo Radoc and Carolyn Dizon-Sison.

PSU was likewise in full force. Joining Dr. Estira were Dr. Lydia Buduyan-VP for Planning and Administration, Dr. Manolito Manuel-VP for Curriculum, Instruction and Accreditation, Dr. Virgilio Barongan, Dean Rolando Cerezo of PSU Binmaley, Dr. Priscilla Agsalud-Dean of PSU Asingan, Dr. Marciano Llandado-Dean of PSU Infanta, Dr. Priscilla Jimenez, OUS Executive Director, Dr. Merlita Santos-Dir. For Curriculum, Instruction and Accreditation, Dr. Leticia Ursua-Dir. For PRIMO, Dr. Luz Ramos-Dir. For Student Teaching, Dr. Sally Jarin-Dir. For Admission and Testing, Dr. Rodrigo Javier-Dir. For NSTP, OJT and Cooperatives, Dr. Nelia Resultay-Dir. for Student Services and Dr. Elena Barcelona,-incoming and first Dean of Alaminos City Campus and concurrent University Director for Cultural Affairs.

Youngest campus
The PSU-Alaminos City Campus will be the youngest and the 9th campus of PSU system.

Other PSU campuses are in Asingan, Bayambang, Binmaley, Infanta, Lingayen, San Carlos, Sta. Maria, and Urdaneta.

The said campus will be an entrepreneurial non stock educational institution with the vision and mission of extending educational opportunities to the residents of the western Pangasinan most especially to the less fortunate

PSU Alaminos City Campus was approved by the PSU Board of Regents sitting en banc on April 2009 at the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City.

The city council headed by Vice Mayor Teofilo G. Humilde Jr. backed the landmark initiative with the approval of SP Resolution 2000-89 which authorizes City Mayor Hernani A. Braganza to enter into a MOA with PSU for the establishment of its campus in the city.

The Sangguniang Panlungsod of Alaminos first favorably endorsed and approved the project as contained in SP Resolution No. 2007-84 which was adopted in Nov. 6, 2007.

PSU Alaminos Campus will soon rise in barangay Bolaney which is going towards Zambales and just 4 kilometers away from the city proper.

It expected that more students coming from western Pangasinan as well as northern Zambales to enrol in PSU Alaminos once the campus is already erected and opened to the public.

Based on the enrollment records of PSU, students coming from first district of the province comprised 20% of the total population of the state university.

In 2007, when Dr. Estira became the 5th university president, there were just over 9, 000 students enrolled at PSU.

Two years after, its population ballooned to almost 15, 000 all over the province, 50 of which are coming from the Alaminos.

Noble vision
PSU is highly enthusiastic about the establishment of its ninth campus and its willing to forge a fruitful partnership with the LGU to serve the constituents of western Pangasinan as well as northern Zamabales.

Under the MOA, PSU will provide access and learning opportunities for its degree and ladderized degree programs, estension and research program/services to individuals and clientele groups to be operated and maintained at the school building to be built by the LGU.

The university will also provide faculty, professors, instructors, administrative and support personnel as well as the necessary instructional materials, lab equipment, classroom and office facilities and student support.

On the part of the city government, it will provide the site and physical structure of classrooms, labs, administrative buildings and academic offices on its own lot.

It will also mobilize and organize information campaigns and seminars to invite neighboring towns and their constituents to avail of the services and facilities of the campus.

The agreement shall take effect on the date of its signing up to a period of 30 years after and it may be renewed by mutual agreement of the parties.

Recognizing the real need to have strong and quality educational institution in Alaminos, Dr. Estira hailed Mayor Braganza’s vision and initiative of bringing PSU university system here at the province’s fourth city.

“His family owns and manages a school from pre-school to college, the president said in his message. And here he is, trying to establish a public university right here in his city.”

Estira said the youthful chief executive’s intentions are genuine and good.

“He’s minding on the general welfare of youth by providing them quality education,” he said.

“He reminds us that the greatest resource of this country is its people. And having to put in place the competence needed for the growth of the development of our nation are the human resources in our respective municipalities.”

“And that will start right here in the City of Alaminos.”

Long-term solution
The establishment of a PSU campus in the city was regarded as one of the true and long-term solutions the visionary city head had conceived to address various problems affecting the city’s youth.

“(As mentioned by Dr. Estira), many Alaminian students and those coming from the first district are studying at PSU,” said the mayor.

But despite the emergence of so many colleges and universities, drop out rate in college still high and worst, many students couldn’t afford the high cost of college education.

The main culprit is skyrocketing increase of tuition and miscellaneous fees every year

Braganza said there must be a way for every student in the city to continue studying and finish their college education, thus his dream of seeing PSU campus rise in Alaminos.

The former first district congressman noted that he could not bear seeing the youth suffer because their parents could not send them to college even as cited that the biggest loser will be the their community or society noting that they will be the future leaders of the land.

“We have to put in place the campus in the city of Alaminos to cater to and for our children to be able to access not only affordable but most importantly the quality education they deserve, “he said.

“And that day has come and we will soon achieve my simple dream, our dreams of seeing our children succeed in life.”

The mayor vowed to continue the process of educating our children citing that the city government will always look after the welfare and the future of the city’s youth.

The realization of PSU Alaminos City Campus could be one of the lasting legacies of the Braganza administration whose “Bright Child Program” had already made much headway and its impact is being felt by the students.

Premier city
Braganza said Dagupan City will not be Dagupan without the universities. San Carlos will not be San Carlos City without the educational institutions.

“Sad to say, Alaminos is at the rock bottom, he added. But in partnership with PSU, we will now be a part of the three other cities in the province of Pangasinan that provide quality education to our youth.”

“We thank PSU not only for building a campus in the city of Alaminos but because of their president’s vision and our goal of making Alaminos a center of education in western Pangasinan."

The mayor said Alaminos will soon host a school of medicine and nursing with its commitment to the PSU that the city will build its own hospital.

In fact, he said, the city will construct first the Hundred Islands Medical Center beside the site of the PSU campus. The timetable will be 3-5 years.

“A PSU campus with a college of medicine in the city will further boost our capability to provide medically related activities which is already in demand here and abroad.I guarantee you, my beloved citymates that this hospital and the PSU campus in our city is no longer a dream, he said. It has become a reality.”

“We thank PSU for all of these and my congratulations to all the employees and the city officials in the city of Alaminos. My deepest appreciation to the PSU family for giving us this very big opportunity to shine and become a premiere city in the province of Pangasinan.”

Supportive to Eco-tourism
An overview of the PSU Alaminos Campus has already been posted in university’s official website, www.psu.edu.ph.

These include the PSU Campus Mission and Objectives, the history of PSU Alaminos Campus and the courses to be offered.

The Campus Objectives states that “PSU Alaminos Campus will support the eco-tourism industry of the western part of Pangasinan and the City of Alaminos as the center of tourism, education, commerce, trade, industry and services, and shall serve as the source of manpower required for the conduct of trainings and manpower development programs tied up to its short term, medium term and long-term development goals.

One of its specific objectives is aimed at providing an affordable and quality tertiary education to the people in the identified service barangays and communities.

The academic programs have been so identified and well structured so as to enable the graduates’ greater opportunities and competitiveness both in the local and global labor market.

The campus spearheads the conduct of effective and relevant research and extension programs that are expected to generate research based technologies for sustainable agriculture, fishery and educational development initiatives.

Research and extensions are two of the University’s major functions and shall be conducted to uplift and enhance the welfare of the identified target clientele and service community.

It will likewise support the eco-tourism industry of the Pangasinan West with Alaminos City as the center and shall serve as the source of manpower required for the conduct of trainings and manpower development programs tied-up to eco-tourism potentials of Alaminos City.

Among the courses offered by PSU Alaminos Campus are Teacher Education Program, BS in Hospitality Management, Agriculture, Medical Courses, and ladderized BS in Fisheries Education. (CIO)

http://www.alaminoscity.gov.ph/news/newsdetails.aspx?newsid=551

wow! talaga naman patalbugan ang CSI at MAGIC.siguro kasumpal ya 10 taon amin ya ba;ey dyad pangasinan wala lay mall. HI dude,kumusta ka la ?kulantula la may kekerewen kod sika ya picture na bayambang ?aneneng ko la may picture na ROYAL MALL masangting met pa post ak ah ,salamat ya balbaleg

kamusta kila kabaleyan...

natepet ko labat, abasak iramay arum ya thread dya... sa kwanto met et sa commercial airport et na-aprubaan lad Alaminos... mas marakep komun no dyad sta. barbarra labat... pian asinger ed central pangasinan... say sakey nen tepet ko et,,, amay commercial airport parehas labat tan kasi ed international airport ya singa NAIA?

salamat ed sicayo...

8 drug stores closed by BIR for tax evasion

OPERATION KANDADO CLAIMS ANOTHER

LINGAYEN–The ax has fallen on another tax cheat in Pangasinan.

The Jan Mark Drug Store chain, with eight branches in different parts of the province, was closed last week by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) under its Operation Kandado.

Two months ago, five popular restaurants in Dagupan, Urdaneta and Binmaley were closed by the BIR for their violations and only permitted to reopen after paying their corresponding tax deficiencies.

Deputy BIR Commissioner Nelson Aspe supervised BIR personnel from the regional office in Calasiao headed by Director Tomas Rosales in implementing Operation Kandado on Jan Mark Drug Store which has two branches in Lingayen, three in Urdaneta City, and one each in Alaminos City, Mangaldan and Tayug.

Jan Mark, owned by a corporation headed by Jan Lee, also has a branch each in Baguio City and Binondo, Manila, but it was not immediately reported whether these were also closed.

Lee was not around when the BIR team swooped down on all his branches in Pangasinan, armed with the closure order. The store employees offered no resistance.

Aspe said only BIR Commissioner Sixto Esquivias IV can lift the closure order upon payment of all the tax obligations by the defaulting corporation.

Jan Mark Corporation was cited for non-filing of Value Added Tax for 2009 and under-declaration of sales by more than 30 percent, which are in violation of Section 115 of the Tax Code of 1997 and Republic Act 8484.

Aspe said the corporation started as a single proprietorship in 1999 and converted into a corporation only in 2007.

Aspe and Rosales expressed hope that the closure of the establishments will serve as a warning to other taxpayers.

"Once we effect the closure the shortest period that the establishment will be closed is five days. However, it will remain close until the taxpayer complies with his obligation to pay the correct revenue tax to the government," Aspe said.

Operation Kandado, as provided for in the tax code, empowers all regional offices to close establishments in their areas found to be cheating on their taxes. Nationwide, some 120 establishments have been closed under Operation Kandado and generated about P100 million in tax payments.

Rosales said there are about 80 establishments more on their list for closure within the Ilocos Region, including several in Pangasinan. —LM

http://sundaypunch.prepys.com/archives/2009/09/20/8-drug-stores-closed-by-bir-for-tax-evasion/#STS=fzuyxi3d.11a8

wow! talaga naman patalbugan ang CSI at MAGIC.siguro kasumpal ya 10 taon amin ya ba;ey dyad pangasinan wala lay mall.

Kumon mangawa ira na community stores or 24/7 "convenience store" type pian amin lan baley walay Magic tan CSI. Isan wala met lay kalaban na 7eleven.

HI dude,kumusta ka la ?kulantula la may kekerewen kod sika ya picture na bayambang ?Pasensya aro, agak ni akala na pictures. unuuran, DSLR so gamit ko. next week lalamet! sorry

aneneng ko la may picture na ROYAL MALL masangting met pa post ak ah ,salamat ya balbaleg post mo labat dia. Ibaan mo ak ya man post dia.

Gagawen ko met may GoogleMapmaker. Asumpal ko lay may Bayambang tan Malasiqui. Check mo pa no accurate so gagawen ko :)

kamusta kila kabaleyan...

natepet ko labat, abasak iramay arum ya thread dya... sa kwanto met et sa commercial airport et na-aprubaan lad Alaminos... mas marakep komun no dyad sta. barbarra labat... pian asinger ed central pangasinan... say sakey nen tepet ko et,,, amay commercial airport parehas labat tan kasi ed international airport ya singa NAIA?

salamat ed sicayo... Kamusta! Welcome to SSC-Pangasinan Thread!

Tuwa tay imbagam aro. Masgabay ko met no diad Sta Barbara la may airport. Wala lay investor ya nampakita na interest na manpaalagey na airport ed Sta Barbara. Matuloy kumon. Aprubado la na municipal council.

Angkelag ya version na NAIA so gawen da. Singe diad San Fernando tan Laoag. Wala ray domestic/ international commercial flights, aga labat panay general aviation tan flying school so mangamit.

Natepet ko, taga iner kayo ed Pangasinan? :)

Listaan na Shopping Malls/ Community Malls/ Hypermarkets/ Lifestyle Centers/ Town Squares/ Convenience stores (PLEASE EDIT or UPDATE)

SM City Rosales
* Another proposed SM mall either in central or western Pangasinan
NepoMall Dagupan
*Robinsons Department Store
*Robinsons Supermarket

Robinsons Place Calasiao
*Planned/ coordinated with municipal council

NepoMart Alaminos
BHF Dagupan
CB urdaneta
*Super 8 Supermarket

CSI
The City Mall - Dagupan
Alaminos Warehouse Club
San Carlos Warehouse Club
Urdaneta Warehouse Club
Dagupan - AB Fernandez
Malasiqui
Bayambang
Mangaldan (Under Construction)
Tayug (Approved)

Magic
Dagupan - Malimgas
Dagupan - Warehouse Club
Urdaneta Mall
Urdaneta
Binmaley
Lingayen
Mangaldan
San Carlos
Manaoag
Alaminos
Villasis
Malasiqui (Under Construction)
Tayug (Under construction)

7eleven
Dagupan - Perez/Victory
Dagupan - Junction
Dagupan - Region 1 Hospital
Urdaneta - McArthur
Rosales - Carmen West
Calasiao - Poblacion
San Carlos -VMU

Natepet ko, taga iner kayo ed Pangasinan? :)

taga ak ed mapandan... katon mas marakep no dia labat ed sta. barbara komun so kulaay airport... sakey ni ya pakapan applayan trabaho na saray asinger ya baley ditan...

sika ey... taga iner kimet...

Rice-processing complex to rise in Pangasinan (http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=12&fi=p090918.htm&no=79)

Dagupan City (18 September) -- The sangguniang panlalawigan of Pangasinan has authorized Gov. Amado T. Espino, Jr. to enter into a memorandum of agreement between the Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and the Department of Agriculture for the establishment of a modern integrated rice processing complex (RPC) in the province.

Pangasinan is included in the first batch of four provinces that stand to benefit from the establishment of modern rice processing complex under a $13 million grant from the Korean Government.

Pangasinan as per MOA will provide at least a hectare of clear and leveled area where the complex will be constructed.

As expected, more than 200,000 Pangasinan farmers stand to benefit from the establishment of the P112 million modern RPC at the provincial Nursery in Sta. Barbara town.

The modern rice processing complex will be equipped with state-of-the-art post-harvest facilities and will serve as one-stop service center for milling, drying and storing, aside from providing contemporary production technologies to produce high quality rice.

As stipulated in the MOA, the province will be the owner of the facility and will initially manage and operate the RPC until a farmer's organization will be ready to assume the operation of the complex.

KOICA is the principal agency of the Korean Government that manages its grant and technical cooperation programs to promote international cooperation and sustainable development among developing countries. (PIO/PIA Pangasinan)

taga ak ed mapandan... katon mas marakep no dia labat ed sta. barbara komun so kulaay airport... sakey ni ya pakapan applayan trabaho na saray asinger ya baley ditan...

sika ey... taga iner kimet... Taga Bayambang ak. Ka-distrito ta ka ni manaya. Antoy balita ditan ed Mapandan ey? Umbatik nin bise-gobernador si Calimlim?

No trabaho labat, walay industrial area'n component to tay airport diad sta barbara no matuloy. Imbaga to ni nen Mayor Velasco gawen toy amin para maipalagey tan ya dream airport.

*** I'm so glad there's a lot of Pangasinan speakers here! Our language is uniquely beautiful. Be proud. Don't let it die. Keep on posting guys! :)

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New Calasiao town hall opens in January

CALASIAO–This town's new municipal building is expected to be completed by the end of the year.

Mayor Roy Macanlalay, speaking during last week's Kapihan sa Besco sponsored by the Pangasinan Press and Radio Club, said the building will be fully operational by January next year.

He cited the municipal council for immediately approving the plan to secure a loan from Land Bank of the Philippines to carry out the construction.

The town’s hall was destroyed in a fire last year.

The cause of the fire that razed the old building, including all the municipal office's records, and the adjacent Señor Divino Tesoro shrine in September last year remains unresolved.

The municipal government offices have since been temporarily transferred to offices behind the old town hall.

http://sundaypunch.prepys.com/archives/2009/09/20/new-calasiao-town-hall-opens-in-january/#STS=fzvl9ev4.1n8p

Flooding to continue despite Agno project

LINGAYEN–Relief from flooding is not coming soon to residents in the eastern towns of Alcala and Bautista despite the construction of the Agno River Flood Control System.

Engr. Fidel Ginez, project director, said work on the flood control system is still ongoing and its full benefits have yet to be established.

He said floods in fact are expected once they close the Agno River in the last week of September or first week of October, and warning notices have already been sent out to the affected barangays to prepare for this.

Speaking before the provincial board, Ginez explained that phase 2 of the projects involves four contract packages with packages 1 and 2 for the main flood control components, packages 3 for the social development components, and package 4 for the bridge component.

Packages 1, 3 and 4 have been completed while package 2 is 73.44 percent as of August 25, 2009, he said.

Members of the provincial board invited Ginez last week for the Question Hour following the severe flooding suffered by farmers in Bautista as well as in the towns further north, San Nicolas and Sison, due to Typhoon Kiko.

One death was reported due to the flood.

Classes in Sitios Namolan and Cuarenta were also cancelled, as majority of the students could not go to school due to flashfloods.

Ginez stressed that the project is aimed at increasing the flow capacity of the river stretch to cope with a 10-year probable flood.

He said the channel going to the Calvo Bridge in Bayambang town would only be limited to 25 percent discharge of floodwater while the remaining 75percent will be diverted to the floodways that affects mostly Bautista town.

http://sundaypunch.prepys.com/archives/2009/09/20/flooding-to-continue-despite-agno-project/#STS=fzvl93ec.1evw

Integrated fishery law proposed for quality water

DAGUPAN City Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr. is calling for the adoption of an integrated fishery ordinance for his city, Binmaley and Lingayen after learning of the results of a three-year hydrographic survey that showed the very poor quality of water that they all share.

Fernandez said an integrated fishery ordinance would be the best approach to address the water quality problem plaguing the river system that runs through the three areas.

Speaking at a forum on Thursday organized by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), Fernandez urged the agriculture officers of Dagupan, Binmaley and Lingayen to meet soon to discuss the planned ordinance.

The forum formally presented to the officials of the three local government units the results of the hydrographic study in the three areaswhich was funded by the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) and National Integrated Fisheries Technology Development Center.

The city mayor also proposed the need to integrate the oyster farming activities in the three areas to help improve water quality. Oysters secrete and absorb coliform bacteria in the water, thus help improve the quality of the water.

Regino Regpala, a member of the team that surveyed the water, said they used the water quality parameter equipment to determine the quality of water and found that the water in Dagupan and Binmaley "is not too good for aquaculture", unlike in Lingayen.

He noted that oyster farming is no longer feasible in Binmaley water because of the serious depletion of oxygen in the water.

Dagupan and Binmaley are the leading areas in Pangasinan in the production of bangus, yet their water remains poor in quality, unlike in Lingayen.

He said the study also confirmed high coliform count level in the water, especially in Dagupan and Binmaley, which reached as high as 10,000 to 20,000 most probable number (MPN), especially during the rainy season. The standard is 5,000 MPN.

Regala endorsed the proposal of Fernandez for an integrated fishery ordinance, saying it is along overdue initiative.

Also recommended include proper zoning of the water, placement of fish pens in proper areas, and the number of fish pens allowed must be pegged to the minimum.

NIFTD Director Westly Rosario also said that proposal for the adoption of a unified ordinance in fisheries among the three areas had long been sought by stakeholders.

He noted that among the three areas sharing the same river system, Binmaley has the worst because the dismantling of the fish pens came belatedly.

Rosario, also executive director of the National Fisheries Research Institute, said when the fish pens in Binmaley were finally dismantled, the oxygen level in the water was already depleted and it would take years to repair the river's damaged eco-system.

Fernandez' proposal for a unified fisheries code was hailed by. Josefina Victorio, municipal administrator of Binmaley who represented Mayor Simplicio Rosario, and by Barangay Chairman Jaime Ferrer, representing Mayor Ernesto Castaneda of Lingayen. —LM

http://sundaypunch.prepys.com/archives/2009/09/20/integrated-fishery-law-proposed-for-quality-water/#STS=fzvl9a5x.1q6a

Illegal ordinance cannot lapse into law—Lambino

MALASIQUI—Former Vice Governor Oscar Lambino lashed out at Mayor Armando Domantay anew for claiming that the controversial ordinance he used as basis in entering into a lease contract with Magic Group of Companies already lapsed into law and therefore valid.

"On the contrary, it is not – an ordinance which was null and void from the very beginning cannot lapse into law," said an obviously piqued Lambino.

Domantay contended that Ordinance 005-2003 of the Malasiqui Municipal Council automatically became a law when the provincial board failed to return it to the council within the 30-day period set out under the Local Government Code.

The proposed ordinance was submitted to the Sangguniang Panlalawigan for approval but was rejected and remanded back to the Malasiqui council.

It covered the conversion of the more than 1,100 square meter government-owned property beside the municipal hall for private or commercial use.

Lambino, who was vice governor then and presiding officer of the provincial board, said he himself, ordered that the ordinance be remanded back to the municipal council.

He maintained that the questioned ordinance was null and void because it did not have the required number of votes by the SP.

Further, Lambino said his brother Osmondo, former Malasiqui mayor, has entered an intervention in the case filed before Branch 57 of the Regional Trial Court against Domantay and other municipal officials because he knew that the council did not take action on the remanded ordinance.

Domantay had earlier said that the lease contract he executed with Magic for more than 1,100 square meter lot owned by the municipal government was based on a valid authorization provided by the municipal council through a resolution.

At the same time, Lambino maintained that the building being constructed by Magic has encroached on the Binalbalolong River contrary to the claim of Domantay that the company was only doing rip-rapping work.

"The people of Malasiqui have photos to support this and as far as we are concerned pictures don't lie," Lambino said.

He further refuted Domantay's claim that he had the approval of the National Historical Institute when he demolished monuments of national and local heroes at the site.

"The truth is, he already had the monuments demolished before he asked the approval of the NHI as gleaned from a letter of Executive Director Ludovico Badoy." —LM

http://sundaypunch.prepys.com/archives/2009/09/20/illegal-ordinance-cannot-lapse-into-law%E2%80%94lambino/#STS=fzvl83af.cdl

Taga Bayambang ak. Ka-distrito ta ka ni manaya. Antoy balita ditan ed Mapandan ey? Umbatik nin bise-gobernador si Calimlim?

No trabaho labat, walay industrial area'n component to tay airport diad sta barbara no matuloy. Imbaga to ni nen Mayor Velasco gawen toy amin para maipalagey tan ya dream airport.

*** I'm so glad there's a lot of Pangasinan speakers here! Our language is uniquely beautiful. Be proud. Don't let it die. Keep on posting guys! :)

bayambang... nan aasingeran ti labat sirin. di ba 3rd district ni so mapandan? pero awey no dia may akabasaan ko et... singa niri shuffle da amo o anto amay walay inyarom dan distrito katon singa asalatan may 3rd district ya 4th district... diak met man amo abasa...

agko anta labat no umbatik ed pagka bise-gov si calimlim ta anggapo ak ditan ed sicatayod pangasinan. wadya ak natan ed paway na pinas ya mantratrabaho... kato lantin marakep iratay ipoposte yun picture ta singa wadtan kami met labat ya akaarawi ed baley tayo...

Rice-processing complex to rise in Pangasinan (http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=12&fi=p090918.htm&no=79)

Dagupan City (18 September) -- The sangguniang panlalawigan of Pangasinan has authorized Gov. Amado T. Espino, Jr. to enter into a memorandum of agreement between the Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and the Department of Agriculture for the establishment of a modern integrated rice processing complex (RPC) in the province.

Pangasinan is included in the first batch of four provinces that stand to benefit from the establishment of modern rice processing complex under a $13 million grant from the Korean Government.

Pangasinan as per MOA will provide at least a hectare of clear and leveled area where the complex will be constructed.

As expected, more than 200,000 Pangasinan farmers stand to benefit from the establishment of the P112 million modern RPC at the provincial Nursery in Sta. Barbara town.

The modern rice processing complex will be equipped with state-of-the-art post-harvest facilities and will serve as one-stop service center for milling, drying and storing, aside from providing contemporary production technologies to produce high quality rice.

As stipulated in the MOA, the province will be the owner of the facility and will initially manage and operate the RPC until a farmer's organization will be ready to assume the operation of the complex.

KOICA is the principal agency of the Korean Government that manages its grant and technical cooperation programs to promote international cooperation and sustainable development among developing countries. (PIO/PIA Pangasinan)

bayambang... nan aasingeran ti labat sirin. di ba 3rd district ni so mapandan? pero awey no dia may akabasaan ko et... singa niri shuffle da amo o anto amay walay inyarom dan distrito katon singa asalatan may 3rd district ya 4th district... diak met man amo abasa...

agko anta labat no umbatik ed pagka bise-gov si calimlim ta anggapo ak ditan ed sicatayod pangasinan. wadya ak natan ed paway na pinas ya mantratrabaho... kato lantin marakep iratay ipoposte yun picture ta singa wadtan kami met labat ya akaarawi ed baley tayo... Kaiba tayoy Sta Barbara, Calasiao, Malasiqui tan San Carlos. Wala may proposal nen Rep. Arenas, agko labat anta no aprobado la. :) no walay litatom ed sicayo, post mo met.

aneneng ko la may picture na ROYAL MALL masangting met pa post ak ah ,salamat ya balbaleg I-post mo la! :)

Pacific eyes acquisition of three hydroplants to expand operations into power generation

By Marie S. Neri

MANILA, Sept. 22 (PNA)—Oil exploration firm Pacific Inc. has expressed interest in joining the government's auction for three power plants to expand its business operations into power generation.

Pacific Inc., in a letter to the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE), expressed interest to bid for the contracted capacity of independent power producers San Roque plant in San Manuel, Pangasinan; Bakun plant in Alilem, Ilocos Sur; and Benguet plant in Benguet, Cordillera Administrative Region.

The Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corp. (PSALM) is expected to bid out the 345-megawatt (MW) San Roque plant, the 70-MW Bakun plant and the 30-MW Benguet plant by November.

Pacific said it was joining the bidding for the three plants basically to expand the company's presence in the power industry.

“One of the business purposes of the corporation is to construct and maintain power plants; therefore, Pacific is expanding its business opportunities into power related activities,” Pacific said.

The company also said it has formed a joint venture partnership with another firm G7 Mega Power Corp. to acquire power plant business operations in the future.

Incorporated on Sept. 2, 1957, Pacific is engaged in exploration, drilling and exploitation of oil, gas and other volatile substances.

PSALM will bid out the contracted capacities of the hydro plants on Nov. 11. The hydro plants are under build-operate-transfer contracts between state-owned National Power Corp. (Napocor) and independent power producers (IPPs).

Japanese firm Marubeni Corp. and US company Sithe Energies, Inc. operates the San Roque hydro while the Aboitiz Power Corp. operates the Bakun and Benguet hydro facilities.

PSALM said the winning bidders would have the right to market the plants' output as IPP administrators and assume ownership of the facilities themselves once their BOT contract with the government lapses.

Interested investors could also bid for all of the hydro facilities, although separately.

Earlier, PSALM has successfully bid out the IPPAs of the 1,000-MW contracted capacity of the Sual coal plant and the 700-MW Pagbilao coal plant.

Food and beverage giant San Miguel Corp. won as the IPPA of Sual while the Aboitiz Group won for Pagbilao. (PNA)

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=0&nid=3&rid=230986

Pangasinan State University to put up ninth campus

By Leonardo V. Micua

ALAMINOS CITY, Sept. 22 (PNA) -- The Pangasinan State University (PSU) is set to establish its campus here, its ninth all over Pangasinan.

This was contained in a memorandum of agreement signed recently by Alaminos City Mayor Hernani A. Braganza and Dr. Victoriano Estira, PSU president, and witnessed by top officials of the city and PSU.

The PSU-Alaminos City Campus, to be located in Barangay Boliney here, will be the youngest and the 9th campus of the PSU system.

Other PSU campuses are in Asingan, Bayambang, Binmaley, Infanta, Lingayen, San Carlos, Sta. Maria, and Urdaneta.

The campus will be an entrepreneurial non-stock educational institution with the vision and mission of extending educational opportunities to the residents of the western Pangasinan, most especially to the less fortunate.

Establishment of the PSU Alaminos City Campus was approved by the PSU Board of Regents sitting en banc on April 2009 at the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City.

The city council here, headed by Vice Mayor Teofilo Humilde Jr., approved a resolution that authorized Braganza to enter into a memorandum of agreement with Dr. Estira for the establishment of the PSU campus here.

When erected and finally opened, it is expected to enroll students coming from western Pangasinan as well as northern Zambales.

Based on the enrollment records of the PSU, which maintains eight other campuses in Pangasinan, students coming from first district of the province comprised about 20% of the total population of the state university.

Under the MOA, PSU will provide access and learning opportunities for its degree and ladderized degree programs, extension and research program/services to individuals and clientele groups to be operated and maintained at the school building to be built by the LGU (Alaminos City).

The university will also provide faculty, professors, instructors, administrative and support personnel as well as the necessary instructional materials, lab equipment, classroom and office facilities and student support.

On the other hand, the city government, will provide the site and physical structure of classrooms, labs, administrative buildings and academic offices on its own lot.

It will also mobilize and organize information campaigns and seminars to invite neighboring towns and their constituents to avail of the services and facilities of the campus.

The MOA shall take effect on the date of its signing up to a period of 30 years after and it may be renewed by mutual agreement of the parties.

Estira hailed Mayor Braganza’s vision and initiative of bringing PSU university system in Alaminos City despite the fact that his family owns and manages a school from pre-school to college.

He said Braganza's intentions are genuine and good.

Mayor Braganza considers the establishment of a PSU campus in the city as one of the true and long-term solutions to address various problems affecting the city’s youth.

He said many Alaminian students and those coming from the first district of Pangasinan are studying at PSU.

But despite the emergence of so many colleges and universities, drop out rate in college is still high, and, worst, many students could not afford the high cost of college education.

“We have to put in place the campus in the city of Alaminos to cater to and for our children to be able to access not only to affordable but most importantly the quality education they deserve,“ he added.

“We thank PSU not only for building a campus in the city of Alaminos but because of their president’s vision and our goal of making Alaminos a center of education in western Pangasinan."

Among others, PSU Alaminos campus will support the eco-tourism industry of the western part of Pangasinan and the City of Alaminos as the center of tourism, education, commerce, trade, industry and services.

It shall also serve as the source of manpower required for the conduct of trainings and manpower development programs tied up to its short term, medium term and long-term development goals.

Among the courses offered by PSU Alaminos Campus are Teacher Education Program, B.S. in Hospitality Management, Agriculture, Medical Courses, and ladderized B.S. in Fisheries Education. (PNA)

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=0&nid=2&rid=230977

Hundred Islands now has Reef Rangers

ALAMINOS CITY–Welcome the Reef Rangers.

The new group, organized with the help of US Peace Corp volunteer Garrett E. Feldpausch, aims to complement the Alaminos City government's efforts to protect the marine ecosystem at the Hundred Islands National Park.

Feldpausch said the Reef Rangers' work will revolve around the Buhay Dagat (Life in the Sea) program, which promotes guided snorkel tours around the Hundred Islands as a means of alternative livelihood among members of the town's fishing communities.

Aside from providing guided snorkel tours, the Reef Rangers conduct environmental education, habitat monitoring, beach clean-ups and the promotion of eco-friendly tourism for residents.

The members of the Reef Rangers, chosen by the local government from the coastal communities in December last year, underwent a training program on skills development on community-based enterprise and eco-tourism.

Feldpausch said the new recruits have pledged to continue their efforts for environmental awareness in the coastal villages.

http://sundaypunch.prepys.com/archives/2009/09/20/hundred-islands-now-has-reef-rangers/#STS=fzx1fv1e.21r4

Listed holding company to join Aboitiz Power, TeaM Energy in bid for hydropower contracts

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The 345-megawatt San Roque Multipurpose Hydroelectric Power Project in Pangasinan

LISTED PACIFICA, Inc. said yesterday it would participate in the bidding for independent power producer administrator or IPPA contracts involving hydroelectric plants.

In a disclosure to the stock exchange, the holding firm said it had submitted a letter of interest to the privatization, bids and awards committee of state-led Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corp. (PSALM).

The hydroelectric facilities up for bidding are the 345-megawatt (MW) San Roque plant in Pangasinan, the 70-MW Bakun plant in Benguet and Ilocos Sur, and the 30-MW Benguet mini-hydropower facility.

Other companies that are going to participate in the bidding for the IPPAs of state hydroelectric assets are Aboitiz Power Corp. and TeaM Energy Corp., which had bought the Philippine assets of Mirant Corp.

PSALM published early this month the invitation to bid for the contracted capacities of the hydropower facilities. The deadline for bids is Nov. 11.

The winning bidders will manage the contracted capacities of National Power Corp. for the plants, and can secure ownership of the facilities after existing build-operate-transfer agreements expire.

Pacifica said it had formed a joint venture with G7 Mega Power Corp. "for the purpose of acquiring power plants."

"One of the business purposes of the corporation is to construct and maintain power plants, therefore Pacifica is expanding its business opportunities into power-related industries," the company told the stock exchange.

Pacifica was formed in 1957 to engage in the exploration and drilling of oil and gas.

In 2000, the Securities and Exchange Commission approved Pacifica’s conversion into a holding firm. Funding constraints, however, prevented the company from pursuing investments in build-operate-transfer projects as well as in real estate and bioethanol.

In 2007, major shareholder Strategic Alliance Development Corp. sold its 33.61% interest in Pacifica to Mikro-Tech Capital, Inc.

Pacifica’s shares closed at P0.09 apiece, down from Friday’s close of P0.0925. — J. B. F. Santos

http://www.bworldonline.com/BW092309/content.php?src=3&id=045

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OPLAN KANDADO. BIR Deputy Commissioner Nelson M. Aspe (right) pastes Tuesday the Notice of Closure on the shutter/roll-up of Jan Mark Drugstore in Lingayen for violation of the Tax Code of 1997. The Lingayen store is one of the eight Jan Mark branches closed by BIR teams which simultaneously implemented the Oplan Kandado in Mangaldan, Urdaneta City, Alaminos City and Tayug. Aspe earlier presided over a press conference at Hotel Consuelo in Lingayen before the teams proceeded to their targets. With him is BIR Regional Director Tomas Rosales (left). Rosales says there are around 80 establishments in Region 1 being targeted by Oplan Kandado. (Photo by Rolan Naoe / PIA-Pangasinan)

http://northernwatchonline.com/2009/09/22/closed/

Resuello case ‘too hot to handle’

September 22, 2009

By Yolanda Z. Sotelo

SAN CARLOS CITY – The cases filed against the suspected killers of late Mayor Julian Resuello are proving to be “too hot to handle” for government prosecutors.

The more than two-year old cases have not taken off the ground, or still in the level of prosecutor which decides whether or not there was probable cause for the case to be heard by a judge.

The cases are now being handled by the fourth prosecutor after the first three either asked to be inhibited or were asked by the contending parties to be inhibited.

“I hope the fourth prosecutor will not ask to be inhibited,” Mayor Julier “Ayoy” Resuello, son of slain mayor Julian.

The late city mayor was about to crown the city fiesta queen on the night of April 28, 2007 when a gunman shot him several times at close range, causing his death two days later. His civilian aide Jojo Martinez covered the mayor with his body and instantly died also from gunshot wounds.

Resuello and the Task Force Resuello of the Criminal Investigation and Detention Team filed a double murder and multiple frustrated murder cases against a former city mayor and several others whom the task force suspected as the perpetrators of the killings.

San Carlos City Prosecutor Alejo Salo, who sworn in Resuello as mayor after his father’s death, inhibited himself from the case.

Acting City Prosecutor Reynaldo Lacasandile dismissed the cases citing lack of probable cause.

“We asked Lacasandile to be inhibited from the case,” Resuello said. He said Lacasandile “gravely erred and abused his discretion in dismissing the case of double murder and multiple frustrated murder for lack of probable cause despite the presence of overwhelming substantial evidence and the testimony of credible witnesses.”

The case was taken over by Baguio City Prosecutor Paulyn Maurie Aquino who was designated acting prosecutor of San Carlos .

Aquino reversed Lacasandile’s findings, saying there was “overwhelming and substantial evidence through the statements of credible witnesses to show that probable cause exist to hold the respondents liable for the crimes complained of.”

But even before Resuello received a copy of Aquino’s resolution, the defendants headed by one Loida Mendoza were already given a copy and were able file a motion to dismiss the case and to inhibit Aquino from handling it.

The defendants did not cite reasons for asking for Aquino’s inhibition.

The case was passed to Dagupan City Prosecutor Gonzalo Marata.

Resuello said he was hoping that Marata will not inhibit himself from the case.

The mayor also said he would ask the Commission on Elections to declare the city under its control during the 2010 elections because he was afraid for his safety and that of his family and city mates.

http://northernwatchonline.com/2009/09/22/resuello-case-‘too-hot-to-handle’/

Maramba Blvd, Lingayen

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LG optimistic of claiming No.1 spot

CEBU CITY — LG Electronics Philippines, Inc. is expanding its operations and pursuing an aggressive marketing campaign to make LG the top consumer electronics brand in the country next year.

While other companies are holding back because of the global economic slowdown, LG Electronics Asia President Woody Nam said the firm has been investing more in strengthening the brand and providing better support for customers.

"This is a difficult time. Sales and profits are down. But it’s an opportunity for us. We believe that if we invest now, while the competition is not investing, we will get the most benefits. We aim to be No. 1 in all products," Mr. Nam said.

LG ranks third among the consumer electronics brands in the Philippines. Its LCD television has captured 16% of the market as of last month, eight times more than the 2% share last year.

The target is to increase this further to a third of the market next year, Mr. Nam said.

In the mobile phone sector, LG holds 2%-3% of the market.

As other brands retreat because of the global recession, LG Electronics Philippines President Lee Seung Chul said the firm would be more aggressive in penetrating the market to capture at least 10% next year.

"We don’t have a tangible market share yet because we’re a latecomer [in the mobile phone segment]. But we believe that it won’t take a long time for LG to become a very strong brand," Mr. Lee told BusinessWorld.

LG will push LCD television and mobile phones although other products from the home appliance, audio/video, and information technology lines will also be marketed aggressively. LG boasts of having achieved a balance between "stylish design and smart technology" in its products.

The company is reestablishing its foothold in the provinces by opening a service and marketing hub in Dagupan to serve Northern Luzon and a similar facility in Cebu to serve the Visayas. Another service center will be set up in Davao for the Mindanao market before the year ends, Mr. Lee said.

Similar hubs are also being planned in Bicol, Iloilo in Western Visayas, and Cagayan de Oro in Mindanao next year.

The company shut down a manufacturing facility and regional sales centers in the Philippines earlier this decade in the aftermath of the 1997 Asian financial crisis.

"We had to reorganize and retreat to Manila because we were affected by the crisis. It was a difficult situation then," Mr. Lee said.

There were no immediate plans to reestablish a manufacturing facility here because production costs are not competitive compared to China, Thailand and Indonesia.

LG opened recently its first concept store at Robinsons Galleria, its first mobile concept store at SM Megamall and the country’s first airconditioning academy. — Marites S. Villamor

http://www.itmatters.com.ph/news.php?id=091409a

Mall operator launches cellphone waste project

By Liway C. Manantan-Yparraguirre

ROSALES -- SM City Rosales and the other SM Supermalls simultaneously launched its project called “Cellphone Waste Collection Bin” recently.

The event was led by Assistant Mall Manager Jersey Y. Mendoza with Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Senior Environmental Specialist Zeny Cortez and Rosales Mayor Ricardo Revita as guest speakers.

SM City Rosales Information Officer Gerlou del Rosario-Melecio said with this program, SM Supermalls continues to fulfill its Corporate Social Responsibility towards things that protects the lives of the people.

The program aims to introduce to everyone the significant yield in the collection wastes out of unserviceable cellphones and its accessories like housing, batteries, charges, to include other electronic devices.

“By this move, we hope that you help us help our environment and be a part a long-lasting endeavor,” she stated.

The project, launched in partnership with Nokia, is in consonance with Republic Act No. 6969 or “An act to control toxic substances and hazardous and nuclear wastes.”

“SM would like to draw concern to the responsible collection of this type of waste. As the community's increasing demand for new electronics will certainly pose problem on unit switchovers as electronic devices becomes more sophisticated and as we use, lose, abuse and eventually upgrade – we are leaving behind a massive transistor-filled leftover known as eWaste. In cooperation with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), SM Supermalls aims to educate cellphone users of proper disposable of eWastes and the promise of electronic recycling is the project's goal,” she stated.

http://www.sunstar.com.ph/pangasinan/mall-operator-launches-cellphone-waste-project

Operation vs dengue starts in fourth district

Pangasinan Rep. Jose de Venecia and wife, Gina, are leading the fight against dengue in the province by conducting a mist-spraying operation in the whole 4th District of Pangasinan.

The mist-spraying will start this Monday, September 21 in Barangay Pantal, Dagupan City.

Aside from Pantal, De Venecia’s office has prioritized the misting of Barangays Mayombo,Gueset, Caranglaan and Lucao. The misting operation continues until the whole district is covered.

Ms. De Venecia said that they will use misting process instead of fogging operation to eradicate mosquitoes that carry the dengue virus. Mist-spraying is environment-friendly, and proven to be more effective than fogging.

She is urging the public to be more pro-active and to consult barangay health centers if they suspect that a family member has dengue. She also stressed the importance of maintaining a clean environment to prevent mosquitoes from breeding.

Dengue fever is an acute febrile viral disease characterized by sudden onset of fever for 3-5 days, myalgia, arthralgia, retro-orbital pain, anorexia, GI disturbances and rashes.

Minor bleeding phenomena such as petechiae, epistaxis and gum bleeding may also occur at any time during the febrile phase.

Dengue fever is endemic in the Philippines since 1966.

http://northernwatchonline.com/2009/09/22/operation-vs-dengue-starts-in-fourth-district/

Maki Pulido

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Journalist vie for congress

DAGUPAN CITY-In a bid to offer the people in Western part of the province an inter active choice of leader as the tag name Maki is concern for Maki baka,Maki alam at Maki lahok GMA channel 7’s veteran reporter will be off the air for a while and will join the local politics in the province.

In a press forum dubbed as Kapihan, Anda Mayor Nestor Pulido has announced that Maki will be joining the first district congressional race in the next 2010 elections.

Mayor Pulido said that he is now ready to retire as apolitical figure and go back to his old career being a media practitioner and worked to cover his daughters bid in a different face of public service.

He said that the family’s love for public service in the field of politics has come up with a consensus among them and support Maki’s bid in the congressional race.

“Maraming mga programa ng gobyerno ang dapat ay matagal ng inilaan din sa Bayan ng Anda na hindi masyadong napagtutunan ng pansin pagdating sa countrywide development assistance kaya siguro kailangan na rin na may mag rerepresnta para dito at ganun din ay pagtuunan ang pagpapatuloy sa mga programang may kinalamna sa pag papaunladf ng buong distrito na tutulak sa turismo at ekonomiya nito.” He said

Pulido added that the qualification of Maki being a graduate of the University of the Philippines and her experienced as among the top brass in the field of journalism which earned her respect and networks or connections that she might use in bringing forth developments in the said district if given chance.

He said that the qualifications and experienced that Maki now has might just be the one that will break the barriers between silence and knowledge in the field of legislation representing the people of the province in the first district of Pangasinan.

While her exposure to the real lives of real people could help her in molding the right program of works in the field of infrastructure developments focused in farm to market roads, school buildings and infrastructures that could entice more business investments.

He admitted though that they do not have much to spend but he believes that with the concerted effort of the people who believes that Maki can do something for the district then I guess the election day will speak for itself he said.

Meanwhile, Maki is presently in the US and will soon be around the district by October.

Maki as her famous name is Ma. Judea “Pulido in real life and is the daughter of Anda Mayor Nestor and Provincial Board member Alice Pilido of the first district of Pangasinan.

Maki has two daughters of her own.

Maki Pulido became a household name when the whole nation watched her run across Malacaňang (the official residence of the Presidential Family) to her camera crew, keen on delivering the exclusive update on the Estrada family behind Palace gates.

Her passion for the news extends to covering significant national issues.

At the close of the Subic rape trial in December 2006, Ms. Pulido was again running in her effort to deliver the latest on the convicted US Marine as he was brought to the detention center, amid pressure from the foreigner’s security escorts.

Pulido’s zeal for reporting has won her both local and international acclaim.

Her in-depth report on Filipinos who illegally enter Malaysia through the country’s “Backdoor” won the Silver Screen Award at the 2005 US International Film and Video Festivals.

The same story was also highly commended at the Asian TV Awards the same year. In 2007, the US International Film and Video Festivals awarded third place to her reports entitled “Slaughterhouse” and “Trigger”.

She has also had the honor of having two of her stories, “Batang Kargador” (Child Haulers) and “Sex Slaves” named Finalists at the New York Film Festivals. In 2008 she won the Gold World Medal for Best Human Interest Story for Batang Kalakal.

http://pangasinantoday.wordpress.com/2009/09/22/803/#more-803

Barba showcases river garbage collector

WHY not grab some garbage while enjoying a Jet Ski ride or on a boat to catch some fish?

This would be possible with the recent invention of Senior Superintendent Percival Barba, provincial police director, which is a floating garbage collector.

Barba demonstrated a prototype of the machine on Friday along the Pantal River in Dagupan.

Barba, in an interview with The PUNCH, said this initiative is part of his contribution to environment protection by encouraging fishermen on their motorized banca and the rich on their jet ski to help clean up the rivers.

Barba said his invention is open for adoption by others, and that the design can be modified for particular needs and the materials available.

Barba's floating garbage collector, which he said can be built for less than P1,000, can be made from either bamboo poles or PVC pipes with attached recycled nets that can trap floating garbage while being pulled by a water transport.

He said his invention, intended to collect floating trash, complements the Escubasurero program initiated by Philippine National Police Chief Director General Jesus Verzosa wherein he dives to collect garbage underwater.

Leduina Co, provincial environment and natural resources officer of Pangasinan, told The PUNCH in a separate interview that she was impressed by Barba's creation which can gather as much as 120 kilos of trash.

She said she will encourage local government units with coastal waters to adopt it.

http://sundaypunch.prepys.com/archives/2009/09/20/barba-showcases-river-garbage-collector/#STS=fzx1dowh.1xzp

'Lingguhang Talakayan sa Kapitolyo', gaween natan ya agew ed kapitolyo

DAGUPAN CITY – Igaween natan ya kabwasan so 'Lingguhang talakayan sa KapitoIyo' ya dauloan nen Gov. Amado Espino, kaibay amin ya Dept. Heads, chief of Offices tan Chief of Hospital.

Ongapo iya na alas otso na kabwasan diad opisina na Provincial Disaster Coordinating Council o PDCC Function hall diad second floor na Narciso Ramos sports and Civic Center.

Impalapag nen Provincial Information Officer o PIO Butch Velasco, ya dia et nayarin tepeten na media iray Dept Head, chief of Offices tan Chief of Hospital nipaakar ed sray issues ed opisina da ompiang naipasabi iray programa.

Kabiangan ed saray issues ya nayarin natepet et nipaakar ed reklamo ed pagiging magasal na ugali na pigaran staff na Dist Hospitals.

http://www.bomboradyo.com/newsdetails1.asp?ID=109620

Monitoring na DOH Region I ed saray drug stores tan ospital, tuloy

DAGUPAN CITY - Tuloy-tuloy so gagaween ya monitoring na Dept. of Health Region I ed saray drug strore tan aray ospital no ipapatunton day cheaper medicines Law.

Impalapag nen Dr. Eduard Janiaro, DOH Regional Director ya base ed monitoring, 50% na aray botika tan ospital diad Rehiyon et ag ono-unor ed ipapatunton ya maximum drug retail price tan govt. mediated access price.

Imbaga to ya diad Pangasinan, ed 191 ya amonitor da, 122 so ontotonton , diad Dagupan, 19 so unu=onor tan 18 so ande balet.

Kalegenan tonya pinasakbayan to so aray botika ya manlalakod arapan na aray ospital, ta karaklan ed sikara et ag mangipapatonton ed Cheaper Medicines Law.

Sulatan daraya kuno tan pasakbayan, balit no sansya niran ag ontutuor ed ley, ngaranan dala no anton parmasya ya tan no siopay makangawa insan da ipawit ed Bureau of Food and Drugs o BFAD Office parad dusa.

Kabiangan na aray dusan nayarin iter dad sikara et kanselasyon na business permit tan multa ya 500,00.00 anggad 10 million pesos.

http://www.bomboradyo.com/newsdetails1.asp?ID=109623

Veterans Bank ranks among RP's top 20 commercial banks

By Leonardo V. Micua

LINGAYEN, Pangasinan —The Philippine Veterans Bank (PVB), owned by the Filipino war veterans and their kin, is now one of the most stable commercial banks throughout the country today.

PVB president and chief executive Ricardo Balbido said the PVB now ranked among the top 20 commercial banks in the country from only 33rd five years ago.

Balbido visited the province during the inauguration of the newly refurbished Pangasinan Veterans Memorial Park at the back of the Provincial Capitol.

The inauguration was spearheaded by Governor Amado Espino Jr. and Vice Governor Marlyn Primicias Agabas as part of the celebration of the Tourism Week in Pangasinan.

Balbido said the PVB's assets now stood at P51 billion and was still going up.

He said the PVB served about 60,000 original veterans of World War II who were still around and drawing their monthly pension with the bank.

“But the number is more than 60,000 if you will include widows of soldiers and guerrillas of World War II who are also drawing their pensions”, he said, adding that the bank's role was to earn and give out dividends to its shareholders.

Veterans continue to go to the bank to withdraw their pensions and use the opportunity to meet and renew their friendship with their former comrades in arms once a month.

But those who do not want to go to the bank can be issued with Automated Teller Machine (ATM) cards or that their pensions are delivered to them door-to-door.

Balbido said that the bank supports projects like the putting up of veterans memorial parks to instill in the minds of the second and third generations of Filipinos about the sacrifices made by their parents and grandparents to preserve freedom and democracy in the country.

The PVB donated early this year rare historical paintings of the episodes that transpired during the Liberation of Luzon by the American Liberation Forces, led by General Douglas Mac Arthur, from the Japanese forces.

“What is most important to us is the second and third generations of Filipinos who should be reminded always of the sacrifices of the elder Filipinos during the war,” Balbido said.

He also said that the PVB had partnered with with local governments and the Department of Education so the latter can encourage children to make frequent visits to historical markers. (PNA)

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=0&nid=3&rid=230963

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agawam balet aga talaga man post no .gif link. nayarin iter mod siak may source mo?

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Balon rendering tan. Dati singa GOTESCO Ortigas, kulay ponkan tan walay balbaleg ya golden crown. :lol: nagawa ray balo lapud mayamay so komentaryo.

Nen niman ni kumon walay Jollibee ed sikatayo, angapo labat available commercial space ed baley.

Pangasinan livelihood assistance benefits small industries, marginalized sectors

Dagupan City (23 September) --- A total of P1 million worth of livelihood assistance has benefitted 10 different women's associations which qualified for the third batch of livelihood beneficiaries of the province's livelihood loan assistance program.

The beneficiaries were: Imbo Women's Association in Anda, Quinaoayanan in Bani, Sapa Grande in Burgos, Calzada in Mabini, Aliguas Cooperative Enterprise of Songkoy Multi-Purpose Coop in Calasiao, Kalipi ng Mapandan in Mapandan, Angayan Sur in Balungao, Nama Women's Association in Pozorrubio, Mejia-Sison Trading Furniture Shop in San Nicolas and Zeus Lucky Pancit Misua in Tayug town.

Each association received check worth from P90,000 to P120,000.

There are now 37 associations and 825 individuals who benefited from the program which started in October 2008. Of the P4.5 million released, some P1.1 million was already collected.

The loan assistance program mostly caters to different sectors engaged in micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) including marginalized farmers/fisherfolks, community-based women's group and individual entrepreneurs.

Facilitated by the provincial population office, the province's livelihood program aims to generate more livelihood and employment opportunities for the underprivileged to increase their income and improve access to basic needs.

Ellsworth G. Gonzales, program population officer who heads the 10-man team which monitors and evaluates the program's beneficiaries said the province's livelihood program has a 100 percent repayment rate.

The province provides a maximum credit assistance of P100,000 with four percent interest in six months. However, a rebate of 2.5 percent is given if payments are made before the due date. The rebate will go back to the association as capital share.

This repayment scheme strategy, he said, encourages borrowers to become responsible and thus help the association sustains itself to the benefit of its members. (PIO/PIA Pangasinan/dos)

http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=12&fi=p090923.htm&no=33

Updated historical panel of Lingayen Gulf landing inaugurated in Pangasinan

By Leonardo V. Micua

LINGAYEN, Pangasinan, Sept. 23 (PNA)—The updated World War II historical panels located at the Pangasinan Veterans Park in Lingayen was inaugurated and unveiled on Tuesday by the provincial government and the Philippine Veterans Bank (PVB).

The inauguration, coinciding with the celebration of the World Tourism Week, was attended by leaders of the Philippine veteran chapters throughout Pangasinan.

Spearheaded by Governor Amado Espino Jr., Vice Governor Marlyn Primicias-Agabas, and Ricardo Balbido, PVB president and chief executive officer, the activity also featured songs, folk dances and skit that instilled love of country.

Balbido considers the historical panels as outstanding tributes to the Filipino freedom fighters who participated and supported the historic landing of the allied forces nearly 65 year ago in the Lingayen Beach under the command of General Douglas MacArthur.

The landing paved the way for the complete retaking of Luzon and the surrender of the Japanese forces led by General Yamashita months later in Kiangan, Ifugao.

The PVB president and CEO said the updated historical panels contain photographs, a time line and paintings focusing on Pangasinan and the Lingayen Gulf history on World War II.

“The pillars in the center of the veterans park memorial contains World War II memorabilia and artifacts, one pillar of which contains the diorama portraying a lone Filipino guerrilla fighter who, upon the risk of his own life, tried to signal the landing American Forces by waving an American flag to inform them that the Japanese had retreated and to stop the carpet bombing of the coastal area,” Balbido said.

"The centerpiece signifies the tribute that we, as Filipino people, should give to our World War II heroes for risking their lives so that they can free our land from tyranny and injustice," he added.

The PVB joined forces with the provincial government in paying tribute to the Filipino veterans who, Balbido said, “are also share holders of our bank.”

On the other hand, Governor Espino hailed the historical panels which, he said, are graphic accounts and expression of the veterans’ great love of country, acts of valor, self-sacrifice and heroism.

Thanking the PVB for donating the historical panels, Espino called on all Pangasinenses to visit the Pangasinan Veterans Park to see for themselves what their forefathers did to save their country and future.

“Just like our forefathers, who were willing to die for our country, we must wage war against those who may wish to destroy our land, forest, rivers and environment, our moral and cultural values,” Espino said. (PNA)

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=0&nid=2&rid=231096

KAARON DUDE ...DUGA TAY IBABAGAM WALAY BALEG YA CROWN TO ,tapos 2 palapag labat ,aya kasi so ipalagey da kasi si nga melag labat .tepeten ko pa sirin no emay public market et kaIBA MAN ED BOT na agreement da?o imay royal supermarket labat so a biding da. soure;dyad google labat .type mo bayambang tapos click moy images un na un.

to allan dude, puno nb ng mga tenants ang sm city rosales?

allan dude ....agaylay irap ya man post ya picture
agko anta may anapen to sa url ,,,,,,panon to man tsek,tsek,tsek:ohno::ohno::ohno:

allan dude ....agaylay irap ya man post ya picture
agko anta may anapen to sa url ,,,,,,panon to man tsek,tsek,tsek:ohno::ohno::ohno:

sa flickr ka ba?? try using photobucket...:)

:cheers:

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ok nag sign up na ko sa photobucket.kaso panon to so man share kasi masangting yay i post kun pix na bayambang....:ohno::ohno

plsssssssssssss...anybody here to help me howto post an images ?

^ from your photobucket below your desired photo for upload, right click on the image address then select copy..afterwards paste it on your post here on this thread..hope this helps

ok nag sign up na ko sa photobucket.kaso panon to so man share kasi masangting yay i post kun pix na bayambang....:ohno::ohno

There, i edited your post. It should look like this:

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eto po ba yun?? anton lugar tan alingwanan ko...:D

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:bash::bash::bash:ito lang muna kasi di k pa maperfect,sencia na po ,,,

:bowtie::bowtie::bowtie:ito bayan namin ,say baley ya BAYAMBANG PANGASINAN.YAN UNG BAGONG CALVO BRIDGE NA DATI,Y AALOG ALOG , pi malejana itan may balon CSI MALL dyad bayambang,last year ni nanbukas tan 1 year to la no oct.12.:okay::okay::okay:

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pi_malejana ,sa bayambang lahat yan ,ang bagong ALIGUAS BAYAMBANG DEVELOPMEMT PROJECT :banana::banana::banana:,sya nga pala balbaleg ya salamat ed sikayon amin , ed panbabangat yo.:):):)

malejana san po kau sa pangasinan?:

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^^ Kamusta koreanboy? Salamat ed saray pictures! updated ni. :)

Busy masyado so too, pasensya ka la delayed ak man reply. wadya ak natan ed baley tayo.

Update na Royal: Aderal nen bagyon ondoy amay rendering to. sayang. View lapud plaza

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Chowking ed gilig na Plaza. Mainiyan ira kuno na Chowking tan Jollibee ed Royal Mall..

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New school building, hotel, hospital

Thursday, October 1, 2009

By Liway C. Manantan-Yparraguirre

ALAMINOS CITY -- The City Government will hold three ground breaking ceremonies during the third week of this month.

Mayor Hernani Braganza said they city will simultaneously construct the building for the Pangasinan State University (PSU)-Alaminos City campus worth P10 million and the P50 million secondary hospital beside it in Barangay Bolaney.

They will also construct a P30 million two-storey hotel in the same site the PTA Hotel in Lucap Wharf used to stand. The hotel will have a 400 sitting capacity convention hall.

Braganza said all of these projects will be funded by the city.

Meanwhile, PSU Alaminos City will be the ninth PSU campus.

The construction of a PSU campus here was a proposed by the mayor to the state university.

Vice Mayor Teofilo G. Humilde Jr. had the approval of City Council Resolution 2000-89 authorizing the city mayor to enter into an agreement with PSU for the establishment of its campus in the city.

The council later approved the project as contained in Resolution Number 2007-84 adopted on November 6, 2007.

On April 2009, the PSU Board of Regents sitting en banc at the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City approved the PSU Alaminos City.

On September 13, 2009, Braganza and PSU President Victoriano Estira signed the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA).

Under the MOA, PSU shall provide access and learning opportunities for its degree and ladderized degree programs, extension and research program to individuals and clientele groups that will be operated and maintained at the soon to be built school building.

The university will also take care of the faculty, professors, instructors, and administrative and support personnel as well as the necessary instructional materials, lab equipment, classroom and office facilities and student support.

The City Government, on the other hand, will provide the site and physical structure of classrooms, labs, administrative buildings, and academic offices on its own lot.

It will also mobilize and organize information campaigns and seminars to invite neighboring towns and their constituents to avail of the services and facilities of the campus.

As for the hospital, Braganza said the city will provide the building and it will be managed by the university.

With the construction of a spacious convention hall in the hotel, they hope to host big conventions and other gatherings to boost the local tourism industry even more.

http://www.sunstar.com.ph/pangasinan/new-school-building-hotel-hospital

Pangasinan sends aid to Ondoy victims

LINGAYEN -- The provincial government of Pangasinan extended P100,000 cash assistance each to Marikina City, and the provinces of Rizal and Bulacan, which were severely hit by tropical storm Ondoy.

Governor Amado Espino Jr. said they opted to send cash for the mentioned local government units (LGUs) to decide where the money could be more of use or help to their affected constituents.

Last Monday morning before the start of the Talakayan sa Kapitolyo, Espino led a silent prayer for the victims of the typhoon.

“Typhoon Ondoy created and left so much devastation at the said areas as we saw from the television. The damage and effect to the people is so great, and they need help from everybody,” he said.

Espino said Pangasinan’s calamity fund for 2009 is P72 million, of which P12 million has been used after Typhoon Emong. The P300,000 financial assistance to the three LGUs was taken from the province’s calamity fund.

The province was spared this time from the recent typhoon. Initial reports of damages are on some mango trees and onions planted early.

The governor said they are still waiting for reports from the different towns and cities.

Meanwhile, the four fishermen from Bolinao and the nine fishermen from Dasol who were reported missing by their respective families when they were not able to come home on the expected day, has been rescued by the Coast Guard and the Philippine Navy, said Espino.

Some parts of Pangasinan experienced moderate, at times, strong winds and some rains Saturday afternoon till evening. (LCMY/Sunnex)

http://www.sunstar.com.ph/pangasinan/pangasinan-sends-aid-ondoy-victims

Pangasinan extends P100,000 cash assistance to Rizal, Bulacan and Marikina

LINGAYEN, Pangasinan, Sept. 30 (PNA)--The province of Pangasinan gave cash assistance of P100,000 each to the provinces of Rizal, Bulacan and Marikina City for the victims of typhoon "Ondoy" in these areas.

Governor Amado Espino Jr. ordered the release of the cash donation, noting that these three places absorbed the brunt of the flood spawned by the typhoon.

Provincial information officer Butch Velasco said the donations were delivered to each of the three local government units on Tuesday by Provincial Administrator Rafael Baraan.

Velasco said Rizal, Bulacan and Marikina City also helped Pangasinan when it was devastated by typhoons "Cosme" on May 7, 2008 and "Emong" on May 17, 2009. (PNA)

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=0&nid=2&rid=232493

Planned commercial airport in Pangasinan to first serve domestic line before going international

By Leonardo V. Micua

ALAMINOS CITY (PNA) — The soon to be built commercial airport here is set to first initially serve as a domestic airport once completed in 2012, but will be eventually transformed into an international airport in 2022 or 10 years later.

This was bared by Alaminos City Mayor Hernani Braganza who signed the memorandum of agreement for the construction of the Alaminos Airport Development Project last week with Department of Transportation and Communication Undersecretary for Civil Aviation Doroteo Reyes.

Braganza said the entire budget for the project, with a runway length of 3.5 kilometers and a width of 300 meters, is almost P3 billion.

But he admitted that this will not be completed within the term of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo but is confident that anyone who will succeed her will continue the project till its eventual completion.

The most important thing is that, it must be started now although its continuity by the succeeding administration is already a certainty, said Braganza, once press secretary of President Arroyo.

Under the MOA for the project signed by Braganza and Undersecretary Reyes, construction of an airport of international standard in Alaminos City has been included as one of the flagship projects of the national government.

Once in place, the project will serve the needs of North Western Luzon Growth Quadrangle, specifically the provinces of Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, La Union and Pangasinan that are not otherwise fully served by existing airport facilities.

Engr. Eduardo Garcia, project officer III of the City Planning and Development Office of Alaminos, said although the runway measures 3.5 kilometers by 300 meters, only two kilometers by 35 meters would be initially constructed.

Braganza explained that the initial two-kilometer runway to be built will already have a category of a principal airport and can accommodate turbo prop planes bringing in tourists as well as goods.

According to Garcia, the project will be constructed in Alaminos City’s Sabangan-Pandan area, among the eight sites looked into as possible site for the project.

The total area set to be acquired as location of the project is 150 hectares.

The other sites looked into were the Alos-Quibuar-Bakatiw area and San Vicente-Bued-Sabangan area, both in Alaminos City; Lingayen, Sta. Barbara, Binalonan, Rosales and Bani towns.

The winning bidder for the conduct of the feasibility study with a budget of P7.8 million coming from the DOTC was Philip Technical Consultant Corporation.

The Sabangan-Pandan-Telbang area in Alaminos was finally chosen for the project-based multiple criteria analysis in accordance with the parameters of technical, economical, financial and environmental considerations, said Garcia.

The city government of Alaminos will commence land acquisition three months after the transfer to the city of part of the first trance of the P150 million to be allotted by DOTC soon.

At the same time, Braganza reiterated that the establishment of the airport would bring more opportunities not just for the city of Alaminos but the province of Pangasinan.

He said the airport will complement a proposed international seaport to be built by the government in adjacent Sual town.

Since the Philippines is considered as the center of Asia, the Alaminos airport therefore is ideally located, being just five hours away from big Asian cities, Braganza said. (PNA)

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=0&nid=2&rid=232443

Pangasinan to mass produce teachers' guidebook for better school instruction

By Leonardo V. Micua

LINGAYEN, Pangasinan (PNA) — The teachers’ guidebooks in English, Math and Science published by Pangasinan I and II school divisions last year will be mass produced soon to help other teachers.

It will be published with the help of the provincial government.

This was disclosed by Governor Amado Espino Jr. due to the insistence of the three city school divisions of Pangasinan — San Carlos, Alaminos and Urdaneta to have their teachers avail of the guidebooks despite earlier stern orders from the Department of Education (DepEd) central office seeking deferment of usage of the books till after their review.

Despite the order of Governor Espino for the teachers to return the guidebooks in view of the seeming negative reaction of DepEd for its usage, no teacher returned the guidebooks and insisted on using these as early as when the schools opened this school year.

Espino said that he was encouraged by the admission of teachers that they were using the guidebooks in their instruction.

That is why the provincial government is printing other copies for distribution to teachers from Alaminos, San Carlos and Urdaneta cities who were not included in the first deliveries of these instructional materials.

Espino said the initial beneficiaries of the guidebooks were elementary school teachers from Pangasinan I and II school divisions who insisted on using the same at the risk of getting slapped with the charge of insubordination for violating the DepEd order telling them not to use the materials.

Pangasinan 1 Schools Superintendent Aurora Domingo revealed on Wednesday that despite the order of DepEd for teachers not to use the guidebooks, teachers in her school division continued on using these since the start of the opening of the schools as they found the same to be very useful in their instruction.

“We did not stop on using these," he said, adding that it’s the teachers themselves who did the necessary corrections if there were any.

She pointed out that teachers found them not only as very useful guides but also as a resource book.

Domingo clarified that Education Secretary Jesli Lapus did not actually order the recall of the guidebooks but sought that these be reviewed by an office in the DepEd after noting some minor errors but which the teachers themselves already readily corrected.

“In fact they (teachers) had started correcting some of the minor errors noted,” Domingo said, insinuating that as far as she is concerned, all is now well that ends well between DepEd central office and the office of Governor Espino on the issue of the teachers’ guidebooks.

Asked if the guidebooks can help improve instruction in public elementary schools, Domingo, who is former City Schools Division Superintendent of Dagupan, said these can help teachers very much.

She recalled that for lack of instructional materials, some of her teachers are, in fact, even buying lesson plans on sale along sidewalks.

Domingo appealed to the provincial government to also help publish guidebooks for secondary school teachers so that there will be uniformed instruction all over Pangasinan, thus raising the level of basic education all over the province.

“I would like to say that we did not really stop using these (guidebooks) because when our governor asked us to return these books, not even one teacher and school administrator complied,” said Mrs. Veraluz Raguindin, division superintendent of Pangasinan II.

She admitted that the guidebooks elicited some comments from the Instructional Material Secretariat (IMS) of DepEd but these were just very minor defects, vowing to refine the guidebooks "as we go along”.

Superintendent Rowena Banzon of San Carlos City said her teachers resented a bit when the first tranche of the delivery of the guidebooks did not include them.

However, Governor Espino explained that Alaminos, San Carlos and Urdaneta are component cities of Pangasinan and are not remitting their Real Property Tax collections to the province and therefore are not beneficiaries of school board funds of Pangasinan.

Banzon said they are, in fact, also preparing teachers guidebooks on their own in San Carlos City which they call curriculum development materials but with the teachers’ guidebooks designed by master teachers and printed by the provincial government, it would now be easier for them teaching their pupils.

She said teachers from San Carlos City should be given one that is common to all teachers in Pangasinan.

Meanwhile, Superintendent Oscar Tadeo of Alaminos City School Division said he is happy that Governor Espino gave the go-signal for them to be also given the guidebooks which are of much valuable help to teachers.

“Actually, these (guidebooks) were the products of bright minds of our teachers whose curricular contents are beyond question,” he added.

These guidebooks are very useful in the improvement of instructional performance of our teachers and the academic achievements of our pupils and students, so we are more than happy to use these guidebooks,” Tadeo stressed.

Meanwhile, Maria Celia Fernandez, schools superintendent of Urdaneta, said with the endorsement of fellow school superintendents, school teachers of Urdaneta are also willing to get copies of the guidebooks. (PNA)

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=0&nid=2&rid=232483

Tarlac-La Union expressway project hits a snag

By Liway C. Manantan-Yparraguirre

ROSALES – The Tarlac-La Union Expressway (TLEX) project hit another snag due to the right of way problem in Tarlac, Sec. Hermogenes Esperon Jr. of the Presidential Management Staff (PMS), said.

Esperon said a meeting to thresh out problems was held on September 18 in Clark, Pampanga, to thresh-up everything. It was attended by the mayors from the concerned towns in Tarlac, heads of the local Register of Deeds and other officials concerned with the right-of-way problem.

“As soon as we get the right-of-way settled in the Tarlac to Gerona stretch, which is actually 70 percent done, we will start the construction. There is not much problem here in Pangasinan because what we did, learning from the negotiations in Tarlac, is by expropriation,” Esperon said.

“We issue expropriation order and we get the writ of possession on the lands. With the writ of possession, we can start with the construction,” he added.

The 88.6-kilometer Tarlac-La Union Expressway (TLEX) starts at La Paz town in Tarlac down to Rosario town in La Union.

Taken into consideration was the recommendation of Rosales Mayor Ricardo Revita which was approved by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.

Esperon said instead of the proposed exit at barangay Tumana, the expressway was moved to barangay Palakipak (about two kilometers away) and will split into exit points –to barangay Carmen (near SM Rosales) and to the Balungao-Cabanatuan road going to the town proper.

The TLEX will be parallel to the MacArthur Highway. It will pass through the towns of Victoria, Paniqui, Moncada and San Manuel towns in Tarlac.

From barangay Carmen, it will curve to the left side in Villasis town and will pass through the Urdaneta City, Laoac, Binalonan, Pozorrubio and Sison in Pangasinan down north to Rosario, La Union.

The Tarlac-Gerona stretch is 19 kilometers while Gerona to barangay Carmen, Rosales is 25 kilometers while the distance form barangay Carmen to Rosario town in La Union is 41 kilometers.

The P11-billion TLEX project is expected to be completed by 2011.

http://northernwatchonline.com/2009/09/26/tarlac-la-union-expressway-project-hits-a-snag/

New Jollibee store

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JOLLIBEE. Dagupan City Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr. (left), Reagan Lim of the RLL Group; Beng Huyong, Jollibee vice president for Northern Luzon Regional Business Unit; and Rosita Lim of the RLL Group, cut the inaugural ribbon of the newest Jollibee branch at A.B. Fernandez Avenue in Dagupan City last September 17.

http://northernwatchonline.com/2009/09/26/new-jollibee-store/

PSU offers fishery classes in Bani

LINGAYEN — The local government of Bani “saved the day” for the fishery college of the Pangasinan State University when it gave scholarship support to Bani students who wanted to take up fishery courses.

PSU President Victoriano Estira said the university’s college of fishery in Binmaley lost its center of excellence designation when its enrollment dropped to 86 in 2008-2009 school year, way below the required minimum of 100.

But when the local government of Bani partnered this school year with the PSU for an extension class in the town and paid the school fees of students, about 40 enrolled in the fishery program.

“We now have 122 enrollees in fishery and were able to take back the center of excellence status,” Estira said.

Being a center of excellence means a university has demonstrated the highest degree of level of standards along the areas of instruction, research and extension.

Bani Mayor Marcelo Navarro Jr. said it partnered with the PSU for the fishery extension classes because the town is basically a fishing area with its more than 2,000 hectares of fishponds. It is also has coastal villages along the South China Sea and the Lingayen Gulf .

The scholarship program caters mostly to children of fishermen and farmers, Navarro said.

The local government also supports students taking up Associate in Arts in the Bani Community College which has a total of 87 enrolles, including the fishery students.

But half of the students are supported by the provincial government, Navarro pointed out.

The AA students are taking up general educatin courses thus, if they wish, may continue to other fields like engineering, commerce and others.

The newly opened Bani Community College holds classes at the East Central School.

Eventually, the East Central and the West Central Schools will be merged, and an area of the campus will be alloted for the Bani Community College , Navarro said.

He added that the agreement with the PSU is that it will support the college in offering environmental studies.

The arts-inclined students may also enroll at the school which will eventually open a school of music, culture and the arts.

http://northernwatchonline.com/2009/09/25/psu-offers-fishery-classes-in-bani/

SM City showcases farmers’ produce

By Virgilio Sar. Maganes

ROSALES – Fruits and vegetables are ornately and freshly displayed in one of the corridors of SM City here on September 12 as part of the company’s marketing support to the farmers who graduated under the “ Kabalikat ng Kabuhayan” – a training initiated by SM Foundation in coordination with Harbest Agribusiness Corp.

It will be recalled that in 2008, SM Foundation conducted series of farmers’ trainings to make farmers in the province aware and abreast of the latest technologies in fruits and vegetables production.

Harbest, a private agricultural firm known for propagating and marketing organic fruits and vegetables, was tapped as partner in those trainings.

After six months of cultivation and production wherein farmers have been taught on “seed to seed” technology, their products need marketing in which SM City provided them space for their produce.

Thirty farmers are participating in this market encounter, which sells fruits and vegetables at low prices, until the end of this month.

Displayed during the opening were red papaya, cucumber, tomato, long chili, gabi (taro), squash, upo (bottle gourd), ampalaya, string beans and many more. These fruits and vegetables were neatly wrapped and displayed with crisp skins showing their freshness.

One of the farmers whose products on display and personally attending the sale with his wife Rowena Quintela was Gregorio Quintola, 46 of Vacante, Alcala. His red papayas are noticeably bigger as compared to those inside the Hypermarket of the mall.

He said that he was very thankful to the SM Foundation and Harbest Agribusiness for their trainings which helped him a lot not only technology-wise but also income-wise.

“I am tending a ¼ hectare of lot which is planted to 400 papaya trees and different varieties of vegetables. We used to have an income of P100,000 per cropping but now it has more than doubled,” he said proudly.

A woman-farmer Gemma Dumaguing, 40, widow with three children of Mauban, Balungao boasted of her vegetable products.

Cultivating a one-hectare land inherited from her parents, she said that the technologies she learned from the trainings are paying off for her family’s economic needs. She used to be a factory worker in Taiwan for nine years but decided to come home when her parents died.

“Tending the farm brings me joy and happiness,” she said with apparent glow in her eyes. She added that she personally look at the needs of her children and keeping their relationships closer with each other.

“Unlike when I was in Taiwan, I just give them material things but now I could give them both materials and care,” she further said. Her first child is studying nursing, the second child a college agriculture student and the youngest a 2nd year high school at the Balungao National High School.

Quintela and Dumaguing are two of the 190 trained farmers on fruits and vegetable production.

http://northernwatchonline.com/2009/09/26/sm-city-showcases-farmers%E2%80%99-produce/

Mayors urge strong women’s organizations

By Brando Cortez

SAN QUINTIN – Two outstanding mayors of Pangasinan urged women of this town to have strong and vibrant women’s organizations for cosio-economic and political empowerment.

San Quintin Mayor Clark Tiu and and Mapandan Mayor Jose Ferdinand Calimlim, Jr., speaking before a meeting of the women of this town, encouraged them to strengthen their organizations so that they will be empowered and their issues will be heard.

“The need for women to be organized is primary,” Calimlim said. “As an organization they will have a louder and more forceful voice in good governance.”

Mayor Tiu on the other hand said that the women of San Quintin should not only content themselves with household chores and the latest chismis but should now give their views on local and national issues.

Punong Barangay Darwina Sampang said that when there are no strong women’s organizations, women tend to vote on personalities and personal loyalties.

“It is in strong women’s organizations where issues and platforms can be discussed and upon which voting decisions are reached,” Sampang said.

Calimlim said that women’s concerns have not been hears like for example… the poverty of single mothers, the need for child care, the need for additional income, the need to improve oneself.

http://northernwatchonline.com/2009/09/27/mayors-urge-strong-women%E2%80%99s-organizations/

BIR Urdaneta padlocks drug store

By Mortz C. Ortigoza

URDANETA CITY – The Revenue District Office padlocked through “Operation Kandado” chains of Janmark Drug Stores after the management shortchanged the government in tax payment.

RDO head Merlyn Vicente said the closure of these stores was upon the order of tax Commissioner Sixto Esquivias .

According to Assistant RDO-6 Attorney Jo Jaen, business establishments like Janmark weres liable for closure because of 30 percent underpayment in taxes.

He said there were several surveillances sometimes in May 2009 on the drug store and that Janmark’s management was even informed earlier to comply with their tax delinquencies.

He said the owner of the drug stores even gave BIR officials a run-around when they served a notice of tax shortfall.

Janmark was registered as single proprietorship with an address at this city, at the same time it was registered as a corporation based in Binondo, Manila.

“Whenever somebody from our office went there, somebody told us that they are registered as a corporation in Binondo. But when somebody went to Binondo, they were told that they are registered in Urdaneta,” Jaen said.

“Operation Kandado” was simultaneously implemented for the second time this year in Pangasinan by the three revenue district offices in Pangasinan. It is meant to boost the anemic collection of the BIR as a result of Republic Act 9504, and the global economic recession.

R.A 9504 exempts minimum wage earners from paying income tax, increasing tax exemption for all earners and additional exemptions for individuals with dependents/children.

Jaen said “Operation Kandado” is one of the programs of the tax office in persuading taxpayers to pay. The other was RATE (Run After Tax Evaders).”

RDO-6 covers this city, and 15 towns in the eastern part of the province.

http://northernwatchonline.com/2009/09/29/bir-urdaneta-padlocks-drug-store/

Wanna be a singing star? Join Magic Idol

DAGUPAN CITY – Want to start a singing career? Do you possess the idol attributes which are “idol voice” and “idol appeal?”

Join the Magic Idol Season 4, a singing contest sponsored by Magic Group of Companies.

The contest which has two categories – Bulilit (aged 7-12), and Teen (13-19) is open to those born or with roots from Pangasinan, La Union, Ilocos Sur and Ilocos Norte.

The weekly screening for the contest started last September 12 but those who missed the dates may join the audition on September 25 at Magic Binmaley and September 26 at Magic Mall Urdaneta.

They should bring barangay clearance, certified true copy of birth certificate and proof of purchase of any sponsoring brands.

They should also bring minus one CD on the audition dates.

The showdown dates are on October 10, 17, 24 and 30, all to be held at Magic Club in Guilig Street in this city. The championship night is on December 12 to coincide with Magic Adventure 10 grand draw.

The contest started as “Magic Bulilit Quest” and became Magic Idol in 2006.

Unlike other singing contests, Magic Idol helps in the personality development of the contestatns which include lessons on stage projection and voice coaching.

They will also be accompanied by a 40-piece orchestra during the championship night.

For more information, contestants (amateur singers only who have not won any national singing competition and never had recording contracts), can get applicatons at any Magic stores near their residence.

Or they may call up 515-8088 from Monday to Thursday or text 0928 8759188.

http://northernwatchonline.com/2009/09/25/wanna-be-a-singing-star-join-magic-idol/

Pangasinan unemployment rate goes down

LINGAYEN – Despite the country’s rise on jobless Filipinos, Pangasinan unemployment rate went down to 8.3 percent in April this year from 9.2 percent during the same period last year posting a decrease of .9 percent.

News dispatch dated September 15 by the Agence France Presse (AFP), an international and the oldest news agency in the world, reported that unemployment in the Philippines jumped to 7.6 percent from year-ago rate of 6.8 percent, or an increase of .8 percent.

But Pangasinan posted a decrease in unemployment which, according to Pangasinan Employment Services Office head Alex Ferrer, can be attributed to the effective implementation of various manpower and employment development program of the provincial government.

“From 9.2 percent unemployment rate last year it went down to 8.5 percent in January this year and in three months time because of the intensified employment program that include job recruitment, special program for employment of students, career guidance or employment counseling and testing and OFW assistance, the province’s jobless rate sank to 8.3 percent,” Ferrer said.

Ferrer added that since Governor Amado T. Espino, Jr. assumed his post in July 2007, the PESO has accomplished more than what is expected starting from high turn outs of job fairs, job placements and assistance.

“Job solicitation was intensified and even the provincial government had its share of absorbing job applicants, mostly skilled workers and laborers for its various infrastructure projects. Of course, the influx of big companies like the SM Shoemart in Rosales served as another contributory factor,” he disclosed.

The current total labor force of Pangasinan according to the National Statistics Office (NSO) is 1.8 million.

In this connection, PESO Pangasinan continuously conducts impact projects for students under the Special Program for Employment of Students in addition to the scholarship program being offered. Career guidance and employment counseling or testing is regularly held in coordination with the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE).

All these, Ferrer said are geared toward improving the unemployment rate posting 91.7 percent placement rate during the first quarter of 2009 noting that more than one million Pangasinenses have better jobs now compared to the previous years.

The PESO also reported that most of the job openings being offered in their job fairs were mostly for skilled workers like welders, hotel workers that include cooks and housekeepers, medical workers and factory workers.

Just recently, the Technical Education and Skills Development Administration (TESDA) and PESO Pangasinan had a tie up for Job Bridging Program wherein interested individuals may train under housekeeping, commercial cooking and household services for better skills that will surely bridge them to innovative job access in cooperation with the TESDA.

Other intervention program designed to assist displaced workers to avoid unemployment is thru the assistance of OWWA’s entrepreneurial capability enhancement scheme that allows former OFWs to set up their own enterprise after acquiring the needed skills.

Specialized skills training for OFWs include welding, carpentry, plumbing and culinary arts that are considered highly in demand in the tourism and industry sectors, including front desk and tour.

http://northernwatchonline.com/2009/09/27/pangasinan-unemployment-rate-goes-down/

Overseas Dagupeños vow to join "Pawil Dagupan"

IT will be Pawil Dagupan for thousands of overseas Dagupenos this Christmas and during the Bangus Festival in April next year.

This was disclosed by Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez who led a delegation of Dagupan officials to the United States for the signing of a city-sisterhood agreement with Milpitas and to encourage Dagupenos in the US to come home to join the two celebrations.

The members of the delegation included Councilors Farah Decano, City Administrator Alvin Fernandez and Councilor Karlos Reyna.

The group met with Dagupenos in San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego and New York.

They held meetings with members of the United Pangasinenses Association, Dagupan Association of Southern California and the Dagupan Association of San Diego headed by Sammy Francisco.

Vice Mayor Fernandez recalled how the Dagupenos, who were all excited to hear news from home, warmly welcomed them.

The vice mayor also hailed The PUNCH Online for keeping overseas Dagupenos and Pangasinenses constantly abreast of developments in the province.

Pawil Dagupan, a program launched by Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr. during his first term of office in 1992, is aimed at promoting the city's activities to Dagupenos based abroad.

Reyna is this year's hermano mayor for the Dagupan City Fiesta, from December 15 to 31 this year.

Vice Mayor Fernandez, meanwhile, remains chair of the Dagupan Bangus Festival. —LM

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Pangasinan bets on its poverty reduction program

PANGASINAN, the poorest province and having the top four poorest towns in the Ilocos Region, has joined the Search for the Best LGU Poverty Reduction Implementer in the region.

The search, being conducted by the Regional Development Council through the Regional KALAHI Convergence Group (RKCG), aims to recognize the local government units that had shown exemplary performance in managing and coordinating their poverty reduction program in terms of implementation, structure, leadership, sustainability and other governance principles.

The search will assess the extent of LGU implementation of poverty reduction program within the identified poverty-stricken barangays.

The provincial government had formed a Provincial Poverty Reduction Team (PPRAT) tasked to provide poverty-alleviating programs in affected barangays identified as Kalahi areas.

The search will be evaluated using six indicators with corresponding points: planning, 15%; resource allocation 15%; program structure, 10 %; monitoring and evaluation, 15 %; and localization and sustainability, 15%.

Two winners will be selected, one for province and one for municipal level from the 5th class LGUs.

The winners will be announced and awarded during the Regional Celebration Day for Overcoming Extreme Poverty in October. (PIO)

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DSWD distributed P79 M in 4 towns

PANGASINAN IS POOREST IN REGION

Some 10,350 beneficiaries in the poorest towns of the province received P79 million in financial assistance in the first year of operation of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4P) being implemented by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD).

The grantees came from Urbiztondo, Bolinao, Aguilar and Mabini, the four towns identified as the poorest in the 2006 poverty incidence survey conducted by the National Statistics Coordinating Board.

Venus Rebuldela, 4P coordinator in Pangasinan, pointed out that the province is considered as the poorest in Ilocos Region and the four towns top the list among municipalities.

The 4P is a poverty reduction strategy of the national government that provides cash grant to extremely poor households to allow them to meet certain human development goals in exchange of compliance to set responsibilities.

Under the program, beneficiaries get P6, 000 a year or P500 per month per household for health and nutrition expenses, and P3, 000 for one school year per child for educational expenses. A maximum of three children per household is allowed.

In return, 4P beneficiaries are required to comply with set requirements, including: pregnant women must avail pre and post natal care, parents must attend responsible parenthood sessions, 0-5 year old children must receive regular preventive health check-ups and vaccines, 3-5 year old children must attend day care or pre-school classes at least 85 percent of the time, 6-14 year old children enrolled in elementary or high school must attend at least 85 percent of the time and must receive de-worming pills twice a year.

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80 firms in BIR watchlist

AFTER shutting down the operations of eight drug stores of Jan Mark Corporation in Pangasinan, Teodulo Paragas, chief of the Special Investigation Division of the BIR Regional Office, said about 80 more establishments, most of which are located in Pangasinan, remain in the watchlist.

The closure order for the drug stores issued last week by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) under Operation Kandado, remains effective at presstime after the company failed to settle its tax deficiencies.

Paragas said advisory letters have been sent out to the listed establishments informing them of their tax liabilities to give them a chance to settle these with the BIR before closure orders are issued.

Those who will fail to respond to the BIR’s notice will be forcibly closed by the government, under its Operation Kandado program, based on the 1977 Tax Code of the Philippines.

In the case of Jan Mark drugstores, Paragas said the company was given five days by the BIR after closure within which to settle its tax deficiencies before the closure order can be lifted.

Paragas declined to disclose the value of Jan Mark's tax deficiencies.

Jan Mark is a chain of drug stores with three branches in Urdaneta City, two in Lingayen and one each in Alaminos City, Mangaldan and Tayug.

Earlier, five popular restaurants in Pangasinan were also temporarily closed down by BIR for failure to declare and pay the correct amount of taxes. All five have since reopened after settling their dues within 5 days which totaled about P4.5 million. —LM

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Pangasinan sees bumper rice harvest this year

By Leonardo V. Micua

LINGAYEN, Pangasinan— Despite several typhoons that hit the province this year, Pangasinan is still capable of producing another bumper rice this coming harvest season, according to the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist.

Dalisay Moya, officer-in-charge in the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist, on Tuesday said that with only few weeks more to go before the start of the harvesting season, it was likely that Pangasinan would repeat its bumper rice harvest last year.

Pangasinan is Ilocos region's biggest rice producer and the country's third largest producer of the staple, trailing the provinces of Isabela and Nueva Ecija in that order.

Noting that water is key to rice sufficiency, Dalisay said her office continuously helped the National Irrigation Administration's (NIA) projects in providing water to croplands, especially during the dry season.

The biggest of these projects is a P4-billion re-regulating pond, the irrigation component of the San Roque Dam in San Manuel town, which is expected to be started this year through a loan set to be extended to the Philippine government by the China Export and Import Bank.

Moya is confident that once operational, the project will be able to supply the Agno River Irrigation System and the Lower Agno River Irrigation System with all their water needs.

Many said that with the re-regulating pond, Pangasinan is capable of overtaking Isabela as the second biggest rice producer throughout the whole country soon.

The re-regulating pond to be built downstream of the San Roque Dam, is capable of irrigating no less than 70,000 hectares of land in Pangasinan, northern Tarlac and part of Nueva Ecija.

Moya said that Pangasinan, with its average one million metric-ton rice production yearly, has a rice sufficiency level of 140 percent.

“This means that we can meet our rice consumption and still have extra to be sold to other provinces, she said.

Pangasinan has 2.7 million people. (PNA)

http://positivenewsmedia.net/am2/publish/Cities_And_Towns_23/Pangasinan_sees_bumper_rice_harvest_this_year.shtml

'Bridge of life' facility brings affordable healing to Pangasinan's elderly

LINGAYEN, Pangasinan (PNA) -- Forty-one senior citizens suffering from renal disorder consider Julian Resuello Dialysis Center (JRDC) in San Carlos City, Pangasinan as their ‘bridge of life.’

Located at Pangasinan Provincial Hospital (PPH) and established only in July this year, JRDC already extended a total of 389 affordable dialysis sessions to these patients using machines donated by the United States-based DaVita Bridge of Life Mission.

PPH Dr. Policarpio Manuel said the patients now enjoy better health.

Since the extent of dialysis depends on each patient’s condition, he said the patients undergo treatment either once, twice or thrice a week.

The first patient to avail of JRDC’s dialysis treatment is Virginia Rosario, a 57-year-old nursing supervisor at PPH.

Before her treatment, Rosario stopped working for two months because of her kidney problem.

After being diagnosed of this disease, Rosario’s physician advised her to undergo dialysis treatment twice a week.

She started receiving dialysis last summer at a private hospital in Dagupan City, paying a maximum P7,000 per session.

This amount includes laboratory fee, injections and required medicine but excludes her maintenance drugs which are estimated to cost some P600.

“The charge is too expensive at private hospitals,” she said, noting her family then did not know where to get the money for her treatment.

Rosario considers JRDC’s establishment as a turning point in her battle with renal disease.

She thanks God for enabling the provincial government to establish JRDC which offers services at par with those in private hospitals but at lower cost.

The treatments enabled Rosario to resume working full-time at PPH where she has served for the past 34 years.

She still undergoes treatment twice a week at JRDC.

Being a PhilHealth member, Rosario said she pays P1,500 per session while non-members are normally charged P2,500 per session.

Her maintenance medicine’s cost now is also cheaper than that in the private hospital where she first sought treatment.

Dr. Manuel is reminding people to look after their health as kidney disease is rising and is now among the country’s leading causes of mortality.

Statistics show incidence of kidney disease among Filipinos is increasing every year, requiring almost 10,000 Filipinos to either seek kidney transplant or undergo dialysis for the rest of their lives.

The disease’s most advanced stage plagues about 31 percent of them.

Equipped with 15 brand-new dialysis machines, JRDC is manned by Dr. Francisco Untalan along with 12 highly-trained and competitive nurses, three biology technicians and in-house back-up physicians from PPH.

JRDC’s income goes directly to a trust fund to be utilized for its operating expenses like purchase of materials such as reagents.

Salaries of JRDC’s personnel come from PPH’s budget.
“JRDC is a big help to our people, particularly those who can’t afford services of expensive private hospitals,” Manuel said. (PNA)

http://positivenewsmedia.net/am2/publish/Health_21/Bridge_of_life_facility_brings_affordable_healing_to_Pangasinan_s_elderly.shtml

Pangasinan now has 1.45 million voters

PANGASINAN, one of the biggest provinces in terms of population, has 1,454, 477 registered voters as of July 20, making it the 5th nationwide with the highest number of voters.

Provincial election supervisor Reddy Balarbar said the number is still growing with the ongoing registration of voters.

The 3rd congressional district has the highest number of registered voters among all the six congressional districts at 336,115 with San Carlos City leading with 98,828 voters, followed by Malasiqui , 66,756 and Bayambang, 59,273.

Second is the 5th district with 241,667; 2nd district, 234,469; 6th district, 225,213 4th district, 220,210; and 1st district, 196,803.

In the 1st district, Alaminos is highest with 37, 233, followed by Bolinao, 33, 610 and Bani, 23, 545.

In 2nd district, Binmaley is highest with 49,937 followed by the capital town of Lingayen, 45,876 and Mangatarem, 38,085.

The 4th congressional district has Dagupan City as top with 83,662, Mangaldan with 47,420 and San Fabian with 37, 840.

In the 5th district, Urdaneta City leads with 62, 729, followed by Villasis town, 36,384 and Pozorrubio, 34, 635.

In the 6th district, Umingan is top with 36,643 while Asingan has 32,557 and Rosales, 29,200.

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Lingayen Gulf war memorial updated

LINGAYEN–The updated World War II historical panels displayed at the Pangasinan Veterans Park in Lingayen was unveiled on Tuesday by the provincial government and the Philippine Veterans Bank (PVB).

The updated historical panels, funded by the PVB, contain photographs, a time line and paintings focusing on events in Pangasinan and the US forces landing in the Lingayen Gulf.

The inauguration, coinciding with the celebration of the World Tourism Week, was attended by leaders of the veterans' chapters in Pangasinan.

Gov. Amado Espino Jr., Vice Governor Marlyn Primicias-Agabas and Ricardo Balbido, PVB president and chief executive officer, led the activity, which also featured songs, folk dances and a short stage play on patriotism.

Balbido said the historical panels are significant tributes to the Filipino freedom fighters who participated and supported the historic landing of the allied forces nearly 65 years ago at the Lingayen Beach under the command of General Douglas MacArthur.

Meanwhile, Espino hailed the depiction of the graphic accounts and expression of the veterans’ great love of country, acts of valor, self-sacrifice and heroism in the panels.

“Just like our forefathers who were willing to die for our country, we must wage war against those who may wish to destroy our land, forest, rivers and environment, our moral and cultural values," Espino said. —LM

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WW II marker unveiled at Pangasinan capitol

Dagupan City -- The World War II historical marker at the Veterans Memorial Park was unveiled during the World Tourism Week celebration at the provincial Capitol last Tuesday.

The enhanced War Memorial now features the new marker and the updated historical panels with photos, a timeline and paintings focusing on the history of Pangasinan and Lingayen Gulf.

"These memories are now immortalized in pictures and illustrations enshrined in this war museum," Governor Amado T. Espino, Jr. said in his speech as he renewed his call against those who wish to destroy the environment of Pangasinan and its moral and cultural values that play pivotal role in the province's tourism industry.

"We must work together to continually transform not just Pangasinan but the country into a dreamland that is worth our forefathers' struggle and sacrifices and worth the life that they have offered," the governor said as he recognized the bravery of the World War II veterans.

Espino expressed appreciation of the signing into law the National Tourism Act of 2009 which prescribes an encompassing approach to tourism development that is ecologically sustainable, economically viable and ethnically and socially equitable for local communities.

Meanwhile, Vice Governor Marlyn Primicias-Agabas said that the unveiling of the historical marker is part of the provincial government's tourism approach as she stresses that, "Pangasinan tourism will not be complete without this part of our history being immortalized where we stand."

This, according to her, "goes to show that our quest for tourism development does not merely center on beautification efforts and identification of scenic spots in our province, because even beyond beauty and grandeur, and even more than the encouragement of friendship and understanding between people of different creeds and orientation, are efforts to develop our tourism potentials as a province that promotes our land, our people, our culture and our history."

The affair also saw the induction of the newly formed Pangasinan Tourism Officers Association (PTOA) headed by Miguel Sison of Alaminos City. (PIO/PIA Pangasinan/dos)

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Pangasinan is insurgency-free, declares PNP

Dagupan City -- Pangasinan is now insurgency-free.

Police Provincial Director Percival Barba disclosed this finding based on the assessment made by the Armed Forces of the Philippines. The official declaration, however, is yet to be made on October 28.

Barba said the AFP is keen on making the entire region insurgency free. Two weeks ago, the province of La Union was declared as such.

Governor Amado Espino, Jr. said the assessment is a big benefit to the province because this means that Pangasinan has won the fight against insurgency.

Espino said this will also mean that the Internal Security Operations under the Provincial Security Council where he is chairman, will be re-studied closely vis-a- vis the presence of the Philippine Army units including the auxiliary forces.

He clarified that being declared insurgency free does not mean there will absolutely be no sightings of rebel groups. There are certain parameters and systems that led to the favorable assessment which he said are not meant to be publicized. (VMHS/PIA-Pangasinan)

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Pangasinan consumer council gears up for info drive

By Venus H. Sarmiento

Dagupan City -- The Pangasinan Consumer Council, a non-government organization, gears up for its information caravan in time for the Consumer Welfare Month this October.

Roberto Merrera, PCC president said the info drive aims to make consumers more productive and pro-active about their consumer rights.

The Department of Trade and Industry which serves as the secretariat of the group said various government and non-government agencies will tackle consumer rights and responsibilities, salient points on the consumer welfare act and agency and product complaints.

The caravan will be held initially in Basista town on October 2 and in Lingayen on October9. Other towns tentatively scheduled are Labrador- October 13, Urbiztondo-October 16, Mangatarem, October 20, Bugallon- October 23, Binmaley October 27 and Aguilar October 29. Municipal and barangay officials and consumer welfare advocates are expected to participate in the info drives.

Aside from DTI, other agencies tapped for this undertaking are the Department of Health – Bureau of Food and Drugs, Department of Justice, Department of Agriculture, Philippine Information Agency, National Food Authority and the National Economic Development Authority. (PIA-Pangasinan)

http://www.pia.gov.ph/default.asp?m=12&fi=p090928.htm&no=29

Agriculturists advocate mangrove planting in Pangasinan

By Venus H. Sarmiento

Dagupan City -- Agriculturists in Pangasinan have encouraged planting of mangroves as these provide both aesthetic and ecological benefits.

Supervising aquaculturist Zeny Ugaban of the office of the provincial agriculturist said mangroves not only beautify surroundings but also prevent siltation.

Ugaban said mangroves serve as breeding ground of fishes. "Yung mga dahon ng mangroves ay nagsisilbing pagkain ng mga isda at iba pang crustaceans," Ugaban added during the 'Pantongtongan Tayo' radio program of the Philippine Information Agency.

She said there are three varieties of mangrove that are now being distributed by the provincial government to various organizations. These are the species of Bakawan, Bangalon and Pagatpat.

Ugaban encouraged planting in open areas during the months of October to February to get best results. Planting in areas near river systems can be done anytime.

She said that the province has been donating mangrove seedlings to organizations which are willing to plant mangroves. Among those with approved applications are the Philippine Coast Guard, Mangaldan town and the city government of Dagupan.

Dagupan City agriculturist Emma Molina said the seedlings will be planted along the highway in barangay Bonuan and along the new De Venecia expressway.

Molina said planting mangroves will encourage eco-tourism, protect embankment and provide a healthy recreation area for the public. (PIA-Pangasinan)

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Pangasinan gov answers charges point by point

By Danny O Sagun

Dagupan City -- "Hindi hospital ang Kapitolyo, kung may sakit dapat dalhin sa hospital."

Gov. Amado T. Espino, Jr. made this terse statement Tuesday as he chided his predecessor for the traditional manner he had accommodated visitors at the Capitol particularly at the governor's office and acted on their various requests to include medicines, monoblock chairs and GI sheets.

Espino, who before allowed his men to speak in his behalf on criticisms aired against his administration, took center stage Tuesday in the newly-launched Lingguhang Talakayan sa Kapitolyo at the Narciso Ramos Sports and Civic Center function room. Flanked by all department heads to include hospital chiefs, Espino answered point by point the four major issues raised against him by former Gov. Victor E. Agbayani, now second district congressman.

The governor was so incensed by the claim that his reign looked like a martial law and democracy was already dead at the provincial Capitol. "Undemocratic ba na inayos natin ang traffic dito sa Capitol? Undemocratic ba na magreport ang mga empleyado 8 to 5 at alisin yong mga nakapayroll lamang na hindi nagtatrabaho? Undemocratic ba na di dapat maglakad sa grass at may inilaang sidewalk?"

He said he wondered what his detractors meant when they talked about democracy. "What democracy were they talking about?," he asked even as he stressed that he could readily talk about democracy himself having fought for it by fighting communist insurgents during his days at the defunct Philippine Constabulary and also when he joined the Reform the Armed Forces Movement (RAM).

On the issue of his being unreachable at the Capitol, he said that he is always present except when he is abroad. "I'm a 24/7 governor," he said. He clarified that the "One-Day Governor" tag on his predecessor did not come from him. "I never said that," he stressed, even as he balked on the term "Nevernor" being attributed to him.

He said that he cannot do what Agbayani did during his time as regards entertaining visitors and constituents on a scheduled day in a week. He said that he follows his appointments to the letter. Other matters which the various departments can handle are forwarded to them. "I have better things to do," he said, adding that he disliked the idea of many people lining up at the governor's office just to submit their various requests like mono block chairs, bags of cement, etc. "Hindi ko talaga gagawin yan," he said.

Espino, who had served Pangasinan as police provincial director, said that peace and order remained his top priority along with health, education and agriculture. He recalled that during his time the province was cited two times as the best provincial police command.

Serving as proof that Pangasinan remains one of the more peaceful provinces in the country, he said, was the decision of the Philippine Army to pull out its detachments. "Ibig sabihin kaya na nating pangalagaan ang peace and order dito sa lalawigan. Hindi aalisin ang mga yan kung di estabilisado and situasyon dito," he noted.

On the recent spate of killings, he said that the police cannot watch all 2.7 million Pangasinesnes. "Di natin mapigian yang pagpatay pero records will show na tahimik pa rin dito sa atin," he said.

Espino likewise reacted negatively to the claim that he only repainted the Capitol and nearby buildings. He said that the Capitol compound looked very different now when compared to the past. He also said that the various government hospitals which were in a state of disrepair before have either been renovated or are being repaired, along with construction or addition of new buildings and facilities.

Asking the media to help elevate the campaign on a high level, Espino said he agree to a suggestion that he and Agbayani engage in a debate. "Why not sponsor that … kahit saan," he said.

Agbayani has announced that he will fight Espino in the coming gubernatorial election.

The media forum will become a regular feature to present the programs and projects of the various departments. (PIA Pangasinan)

http://www.pia.gov.ph/default.asp?m=12&fi=p090924.htm&no=41

Espino to Agbayani: Let's debate

A PRELUDE TO 2010

The 2010 campaign period is still 5 months away but the first political salvo has already been fired between the expected contenders.

Gov. Amado Espino Jr., taking center stage Tuesday in the newly-launched Lingguhang Talakayan sa Kapitolyo, countered point-by-point the four issues raised against him by his predecessor and expected opponent in next year's gubernatorial race.

Talking tough, Espino, who previously simply allowed his subordinates to speak on his behalf, responded to the criticisms thrown by former governor now 2nd District Rep. Victor Agbayani and challenged him to a public debate on governance.

The governor said said he is ready to face off with Agbayani in a public debate. "Why not sponsor that kahit saan," he told the local media.

Shortly thereafter, Ruel Camba, former provincial information officer of Agbayani, who got wind of the challenge, sent a text message to The PUNCH saying the former governor has accepted the challenge to debate.

"Ok daw kay Cong Victor yung debate at proper time and venue,” the message read.

Camba also confirmed that Agbayani is bent on retaking his old seat as governor of Pangasinan but he has yet to decide on who will be his vice gubernatorial candidate be.

NO DICTATOR

An evidently furious Espino said his administration style is by no means a "dictatorship".

"Undemocratic ba na inayos natin ang traffic dito sa Capitol? Undemocratic ba na magreport ang mga empleyado 8 to 5 at alisin yong mga nakapayroll lamang na hindi nagtatrabaho? Undemocratic ba na di dapat maglakad sa grass at may inilaang sidewalk?" he said.

He said some of his policies may be unpopular, but he insisted that his objective is to instill discipline and dedication to work among provincial government employees.

On the issue of his being unreachable at the Capitol, he said that he is always present except when he is abroad.

"I'm a 24/7 governor," he said, adding that the "One-Day Governor" tag on his predecessor did not come from him.

"I am not saying that the past governor was a "one-day governor', but neither do I accept that I am a 'never-governor'," Espino clarified.

He said that he couldn’t do Agbayani's practice of entertaining visitors and constituents on a scheduled day during the week. Instead he said that he follows his appointments to the letter regardless of the day.

He said, "Other matters that the various departments can handle are forwarded to them."

"I have better things to do," he said, adding that he dislikes seeing people lining up at the governor's office just to submit their various requests like help for the sick, donations for mono block chairs, bags of cement, etc.

"Hindi hospital ang Kapitolyo, kung may sakit dapat dalhin sa hospital," Espino said, noting that programs are being implemented for the improvement of health services.

On the recent spate of killings, he said that the police cannot watch all 2.7 million Pangasinesnes.

"Di natin mapigilan yang pagpatay pero records will show na tahimik pa rin dito sa atin," he said.

Espino likewise reacted negatively to the claim that he only repainted the Capitol and nearby buildings. He said that the Capitol compound has seen major improvements under him.

The Talakayan sa Kapitolyo, will become a weekly media forum to allow the provincial government to present its programs and projects.—LM

http://sundaypunch.prepys.com/archives/2009/09/28/espino-to-agbayani-lets-debate/#STS=g09ms1n0.eti

At 102, Pangasinan's super lola can still sing, add numbers

By Eva Visperas

LINGAYEN, Pangasinan, Philippines – This super lola (grandma) is still strong and healthy at age 102 – and even has sharp memory. She can still add numbers as well as sing the popular Pangasinense love song Malinac Lay Labi (Calm is the Night).

When The STAR visited her at her residence in Barangay Naguelguel here yesterday, Bai Ebay, as lola Genoveva Paragas is fondly called, had just finished her breakfast and was drinking her coffee with milk and taking about three types of multi-vitamin supplements, without anyone assisting her.

Bai Ebay, who used to sell bangus (milkfish) and other goods in the market, wowed her visitors with her ability to add numbers, even two-digit ones.

It is her youngest daughter, Narcisa, 62, a retired teacher, who keeps Bai Ebay’s memory active by making her add numbers and telling her stories about their family every day.

Asked what her husband’s name was, Bai Ebay quickly answered Daniel, even adding that her parents were Insiang and Sianong and naming some of her neighbors.

When Bai Ebay turned 101 last year, she was named “Super Lola” during the barangay fiesta, and has since become an instant local celebrity.

Born on June 3, 1907 in Barangay Naguelguel, Bai Ebay is the eldest in a brood of four and the only survivor now.

From the time she turned 90 and every year thereafter, her birthday has become a family reunion. She got a grand celebration when she reached 100.

Her children are all professionals: Estrellita Casipit, 77, and Narcisa, both retired teachers; Victorino Paragas, 73, and Agustin, 69, both engineers; and Emerita Batingan, 66, a retired teacher based in the United States.

Surprisingly, at her age, Bai Ebay still has normal hearing but her eyesight is quite blurry although she still can recognize her children and some of her grandchildren.

Bai Ebay maintained a simple and healthy lifestyle during her younger years, and up to now eats ordinary yet nutritious foods. Narcisa said her mom has good appetite and enjoys fish and fruits, especially bananas (there should be one in every meal) and coconut meat – either young or mature (grated) – with broiled fish.

“So you see, there is truth in the saying that coconut is life and banana a day keeps the doctor away,” Narcisa quipped.

During the day, Bai Ebay is assisted by Zeny, and at night, by Narcisa. The two swear she is not hard to take care of.

On a wheelchair, Bai Ebay religiously attends Sunday Mass at a nearby chapel.

Before we bade her goodbye, Bai Ebay obliged to our request for a song.

Seated on her bed, she, with this writer singing along, sang Malinac Lay Labi: “Malinac lay labi, oras lay mareen. Mapalpalnay dagem, katekep toy linaew (It is early dawn, and the gentle breeze blows in the quiet night).”

“Samit lay kugip ko, binangonan kon tampul, lapud say limgas mo, sikan sikay amamayoen (I wake up from sweet sleep, remembering you and your loveliness).”

She continued: “Lalo la bilay no sika lay nanengneng” (Especially beloved when I see you once again). Napunas lan amin so ermen ya akbibiten (All my cares and worries disappear from view).”

“No nanonotan ko lay samit day ugalim (When I remember your nurturing ways), agtaka nalingwanan (I shall never forget you) anggad kauyos na bilay (until life ebbs away).”

http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=508266&publicationSubCategoryId=207

Work first before politics, exhorts Alaminos mayor

By Danny O Sagun

Dagupan City -- "Trabaho muna tayo, we’re elected to serve the people, huwag munang mamulitika."

Thus stressed Alaminos City Mayor Hernani Braganza during the Kapihan sa Besco Wednesday when told that his possible opponent in the next mayoralty election is incumbent first district Congressman Arthur Celeste, who reportedly constructed a big house in that city in preparation for his mayoralty bid.

Braganza, who is now on his second term, noted that filing of the certificate of candidacy is in November yet while the campaign for local candidates starts on February. "Matagal pa naman ang kampanya, unahin muna natin ang dapat gawin para sa ating kababayan," he said.

Projects up for implementation, he said, include the construction of a hotel that will have a function hall that can accommodate up to 350 persons, a school building for use by the Pangasinan State University and a hospital.

He said that at present the city has no facilities like hotels with function rooms or convention halls that can accommodate a big number of people. Powerful Typhoon Emong last May destroyed the restaurants and hotels located at the Lucap strip, a jump-off point to the famous Hundred islands.

"Hindi katulad dito sa Dagupan na puedeng mag-stay ang mga bisita ng ilang araw, don sa amin uwi na sila after an activity or visit," he said, referring to the absence of hotels there unlike here in Dagupan.

The PSU campus is practically a joint venture by the university and the city. Such courses as tourism and medicine will be offered, he disclosed. The city hospital project will complement the planned PSU college of medicine, he said.

The mayor sounded ecstatic about the commercial airport to be constructed in Alaminos. A memorandum of agreement for the purpose was signed last week between the city government and the Department of Transportation and Communication. Some P155 million was initially set aside for land acquisition. "This year ang groundbreaking," he said.

The P2.2-billion airport project is expected to bring economic benefits not only to the city but to the entire province, he said. "This is a God-given gift not only to Alaminos but to the entire province," he said.

He pointed out that investors are reluctant to do business in the province because of lack of a commercial airport. "Travel time ang problema nila, mga 3 to 4 hours between Pangasinan at ng pinakamalapit na airport," he said.

Alaminos was chosen over other places primarily because of the presence of the Hundred Islands National Park, a certified tourist drawer.

But Braganza clarified that he is not against the move of other towns like Sta. Barbara to put up an airport facility. "Dapat ituloy ni Mayor (Reynaldo) Velasco yong plano nya," he said, noting that other smaller provinces have two big airports.

He said that he is ready to help Sta. Barbara achieve its plan to have an airport. Velasco was quoted earlier as saying the airport project in his town will be funded thru private investors.

The Alaminos airport will be funded by the national government. It is expected to be operational by 2012. (PIA Pangasinan)

http://www.pia.gov.ph/default.asp?m=12&fi=p090930.htm&no=66

No fishkill in Dagupan City despite high tide

By Venus H. Sarmiento

Dagupan City -- There was no fishkill in the city despite the abnormal level of high tide during the past days.

Ciity agriculturist Emma Molina confirmed this Tuesday during an interview at the 'Pantongtongan Tayo' radio program of the Philippine Information Agency aired live over Radyo ng Bayan.

Molina said the high tide, aggravated by typhoon Maring and Lando last week, caused a 1.7 salinity level in the city's river systems. Thankfully, she said, no high volume of fish mortality was recorded.

Molina explained that the lower the salinity, the more problematic the situation becomes. If salinity level reaches .9 to 1.2, waters surge inside fish cages and fish pens.

While being interviewed, salinity level in the city waters was at 2.1, she said.

On the incidence of missing fishermen during storms, Molina repeated his call to barangay captains and fisherfolks to heed warnings being issued during storms.

"The notion that more fishes come out during storms attract farmers to go fishing despite strong warning signals. However, our fisherfolk community must remember that their lives are much more important than the volume of their fish catch." Molina said. (PIA-Pangasinan)

http://www.pia.gov.ph/default.asp?m=12&r=&y=&mo=&fi=p090924.htm&no=36

who is lying? says De Guzman

By Janice Hidalgo

STA BARBARA- Municipal administrator Albertini De Guzman belies all allegations that former Mayor Carlito Zaplan expounded last Wednesday against incumbent Mayor Reynaldo Velasco.

De Guzman in an inclusive interview told PangasinanToday that this might be one of Zaplan’s way of emphasizing his intentions to run again for Mayor in the next 2010 elections.

The administrator also questioned the timing of Zaplan’s pessimistic statements against Velasco since the Mayor is out of the country and asked why not made these statements while the Mayor is here.

De Guzman also explained point by point some facts that Zaplan has said over the radio in the past few days.

“Sa mga sinasabi nyang mga proyekto na sinansabi nyang kini claim namin like the Maramba Bridge, Sinu ba ang nag pagawa noon siya ba?”He said.

He said that while the project was built by the national government.

He has also explained that what they have been doing at present is implementing projects that the town needs.

“We have seen that this town has no fire truck, the old fire truck that this town used to have is not at a running condition instead it is just park along the road so what we did is find a way to have a new fire truck and gave the fire department a budget in order to rehabilitate the old fire truck to equipped this town a functioning fire response team during emergency for the town and its nearby town. He added.

De Guzman also explained that the V sign in some of the projects of Velasco does not necessarily mean Velasco instead it’s a sign of his battle cry against poverty and victory against poverty and victory over ignorance.

“This has been the battle cry of Mayor Velasco from the time of his first campaign up to now and it means Victory since the program of the Mayor in education is to elevate the education system of this town at least to equal the private education by improving the educational facilities of both elementary and high school education of this town.”

He said that the Department of Education ( DepEd) has already acknowledged the tremendous increased in the enrollment at all of their public schools which he said is a sign that the parents are now confident that the public schools in this town may now equal to what the private schools have in terms of educational facilities.

He added further that not all school buildings have the V markings like the projects that were built by congresswoman Rachel Baby Arenas instead he questioned the LSZ markings on the municipal Plaza which clearly means Lito Zaplan and the name embossed at the street lights which read Jinky Zaplan.

He has also belied the allegations of Zaplan regarding the putting up of an international airport, He said that this idea was an initiative of the former third district congressman Gener Tulagan approved by the Department of transportation and Communications (DOTC) then and was endorsed by almost all congressmen except for Congressman Arthur Celeste and it was never an initiative of Zaplan,.

And it happens now that Mayor Velasco was the one who told President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo that there was a pending bill in congress for putting up an airport in the said town after the President announced that Hundred Island will soon have an airport.

” The Mayor is working hard for the realization of this project so he has talked with the Department of transportation and Communications (DOTC) and they have instructed the local chief to find for an investor and that it is now quite possible as American financiers have shown interest in making a free feasibility study which could later turn into a realization of the project.” He said

He also said that there was never an incident to the claim of Zaplan that Velasco was getting personal over his private business,.

“What he was saying was the time when he was caught quarrying in some parts of Sta. Barbara when the Mayor was looking for necessary permits allowing him to quarry in this town when the Department of Environment and Natural Resources(DENR) has said it clear that quarrying is not allowed in this town so the Mayor has to stop him from what he is doing and ordered him to vacate his heavy equipment uinits.” De Guzman explained

Moreover, there were some instances where the areas where Zaplan quarried and used it for his personal business are now presently irreparable so what the local government did was to make it a livelihood area for the residents like turning it into a fish pond for tilapia culture

Furthermore, He said that there is no truth on Zaplan’s allegation that Velasco has been bringing home the old school building materials at his farm in Batangas.

Meanwhile the administrator has assured the public that Velasco will be ready with his answers as soon as he gets back from the US and said that they will be working on the agenda’s of Velasco’s administration which they are bent to pursue in order to show the people that they mean business now and not politics within the next eight months.

Vice Mayor now OIC Mayor Ruben M. Jose told Pangasinan Today that he was saddened by the facts that this things has to happen now and said that he has not yet thought of the coming 2010 elections and instead he has focused himself in working harder to think of what else could be donje in serving the people of this town by presiding in the Sanguniang Bayan and instill discipline in the hall as the leader of the council and a role model being a chairman of the vice mayor’s League in region 1.

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Zaplan dares Velasco

By: Roland Hidalgo

With reports Danlor Hidalgo

STA BARBARA-Former Mayor Carlito S. Zaplan of this town dared Mayor Reynaldo Velasco that he is very much willing and ready to face the mayor in the next May 2010 elections.

He made this announcement during the Kapihan held last Wednesday Sept 16 at the Besco restaurant in De Venecia Hiway Dagupan City.

“His personal attacks against me and my family even on my own private businesses has not only inflicted damage against myself, my family but has created a very bad impression by the towns people of Sta. Barbara.”

He said that he has no more intention in joining politics when he went back to being a private citizen after he lost the 2007 elections since he was able to concentrate on his usual business being a private contractor in fact he was able to buy more vehicles and expand his business ventures but he said that his love for his town is greater than his own ambitions.

Moreover he explained that the projects claimed by the mayor such as the Construction and beautification of the municipal plaza has been his projects before the 2007 elections since most of this budget allocation was approved during his term which includes the raising of the Daniel Maramba bridge.

He added that the idea of putting up an international airport in the said town was his initiative and it was approved by the Department of Transportation s and Communications during his term which was also endorsed by five of the six congressmen of the province and it was during congressman Gener Tulagan’s last term as the third district representative that time, along with congressmen former second district now Gov. Amado T Espino Jr.Jose De Venecia Jr of the 4th district and Marc Cojuangco of the 5th district and Conrado Estrella III of the 3rd district of Pangasinan.

Zaplan reiterated that the only project of Mayor Velasco is the repair of different public school buildings and it is not true that this are newly constructed buildings since most of the old materials were being brought to his backyard in Batangas.

He also questioned the V markings in these school buildings since the money used for the construction of these buildings is not his personal money since this is the taxes of the Filipino people.

”Even the buildings that were built by the Filipino –Chinese chamber of commerce were also built with the V markings”which should not be he said.

Zaplan added that Velasco has become arrogant and was no longer the same Velasco when he was not yet the Mayor of this town.

Zaplan who was in the company of councilor Rey Tamayo Santos told Pangasinan Today that Velasco does not speak to his leaders with respect anymore and often times cannot be talked to even if he is in his office and instead talk to those he prefer to talk with.

The former Mayor and his group however have not yet decided on who will be his vice Mayor and is now presently ironing the line ups in the council.

Zaplan will be recalled is one among the co- founders of Biskeg party which was organized under the leadership of Under Secretary now PASG chief Antonio Bebot Villar Jr.

Biskeg is a duly registered by the COMELEC as local political party in the province of Pangasinan.

Meanwhile, Mayor Reynaldo Velasco is in the United States of America as of press time.

http://pangasinantoday.wordpress.com/2009/09/23/zaplan-dares-velasco/#more-814

Manay Gina gets Erap's support

FORMER President Joseph Estrada, who was in Pangasinan on Friday for his Alay sa Pasasalamat ni Erap tours, said he fully supports Gina 'Manay' de Venecia who is eyeing to replace her husband as congressman in the 4th district of Pangasinan.

Estrada, accompanied by Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile, former Ambassador Ernesto Maceda, ZTE-NBN Deal whistle-blower Joey de Venecia III, came to Dagupan before going around the province with a stop-over in Binmaley and Lingayen to meet old political allies.

De Venecia, who is in Khzakstan with her husband, Rep. Jose de Venecia Jr., for the International Conference of Asian Political Parties of which he is the founder, said in a text message that she is happy and thankful to Estrada for the endorsement.

Among the local officials who met Estrada in Pangasinan were Board Member Alicia Pulido, whose daughter, Maki Pulido, is being groomed to run for congress in the 1st District, and Dagupan City Councilor Alfredo Quinto Jr., an old friend of the former President.

MEDICAL MISSION

Meanwhile, the Office of Rep. De Venecia in Dagupan said there are now more than 5,600 people in 10 barangays of Mangaldan who have been served by the daily medical mission he initiated.

The activity is being conducted by mobile medical clinics manned by staff of Rural Health Units.

The mobile clinics will be stationed in Dagupan starting September 29 to cover Bonuan Gueset, Pantal, Bonuan Boquig, Malued, Caranglaan, Lucao, Mayombo, Bonuan Binloc, Poblacion Oeste and Pogo Chico.

Operation "Iwas Dengue” was also started last week in Pantal, Mayombo, Caranglaan, Lucao and Perez-Herrero, Bacayao Sur, Bacayao Norte, Salisay, Bolosan, Tambac and Mamalingling.—LM

http://sundaypunch.prepys.com/archives/2009/09/27/manay-gina-gets-eraps-support/#STS=g09necul.1fop

Abono pledges support to fisherfolks

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October 1, 2009

By Mortz C. Ortigoza

DAGUPAN CITY – Abono Partylist Rep. Robert Raymund Estrella assured national participants to a shellfish summit of Abono’s ceaseless financial support for the National Fisheries Research and Development Institute (NFRDI) to free the Filipino fisher folks from the bondage of poverty.

In his speech delivered by Abono president Ponciano Ona, he said Abono has already assisted the NFRDI in many ways.

Estrella was the guest of honor during the opening program of the summit held from September 23-24 at the Asian Fisheries on the culture and processing of shellfishes.

He stressed that he was supportive of the endeavors of the fisher folks because they share the same goals and aspirations of Abono.

“We will again appropriate funds for this institution so that it could continue the development of our country,” Onia reads the speech applauded by participants that came from all over the country.

The summit has a theme: “Enriching Fisher folks’ Lives through Culture and Processing of Shellfishes.”

Onia also said the Abono had helped farmers and fisher folks in the Luzon areas and is geared to help their counterparts in the Visayas and Mindanao areas.

The two-day summit cum workshop in shellfish was the first national gathering of stakeholders on the aquatic specie.

Onia said Abono has been giving bangus fries, tilapia fingerlings, and others since its electoral inception in 2007.

http://northernwatchonline.com/2009/10/01/abono-pledges-support-to-fisherfolks/

GAIA helps Alaminos attain “Zero Waste”

Many cities in the country today have yet to come up with a long term solution to solid waste handling problem.

On the part of Alaminos, Pangasinan’s 4th and youngest city, it has taken a giant step towards a attaining a garbage-free city with the help of Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA).

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Mayor Hernani Braganza signed, in behalf of the city government, a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with GAIA to achieve a “Zero Waste Alaminos City” in the future.

The MOA signing was held last Monday morning at the office of the City Mayor to formalize the collaborative project that promotes a vibrant and eco-conscious city.

GAIA is a global civil society network that is championing Zero Waste as a vehicle for health, environmental and climate protection and for green jobs and enterprises.

With this timely collaboration, the city’s ecological solid waste management will be fully strengthened with enhanced Zero Waste policy and social mobilization for waste prevention, reduction, reuse, recycling and composting.

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Mayor Braganza thanked GAIA for considering Alaminos as one of the beneficiaries of their very noble initiative.

“This is indeed very timely and laudable program, he stressed. It gives us much pleasure to collaborate with GAIA in implementing their initiative that will assist our city government and our citymates in meeting our shared goal for a vibrant and eco-conscious city through a Zero Waste strategy.

The environmental mayor also noted that “A Zero Waste Alaminos City is in accord with his administration’s mission of preserving, protecting and rehabilitating the city vast environment.

“The Zero Waste Project likewise helps us create a community-driven system for managing discards as well as providing opportunities for community involvement, skills-building and livelihood for our people,” he added.

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The said project, with assistance from the Planet Wheeler Foundation, will add to a growing list of eco-friendly initiatives in this city, which is very famous for its pride-the Hundred Islands National Park.

“With this collaborative venture, we hope to demonstrate how communities can escape the costly and ecologically-destructive ‘bury or burn’ trap,” said Manny Calonzo, co-coordinator of GAIA.

“With the indispensable support and participation of the city’s leaders and people, Alaminos will put into practice the most economical climate mitigation program that can cut greenhouse gas emissions from reckless consumption and disposal,” he added.

According to GAIA, the destruction of waste resources in open dumps, landfills and incinerators, including cement kilns, contributes to a climate changing cycle “by depriving the economy of reused, recycled and composted materials, thus requiring increased extraction of raw materials.”


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To achieve zero waste disposal, the Zero Waste Alaminos City project will boost up current efforts under the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act with a Zero Waste policy and action plan.

It also augments community recycling and composting activities, eliminate open dumping and open burning, spread information and knowledge and cultivate people’s support and participation.

GAIA plans to tap Zero Waste specialists from within its local partner, the EcoWaste Coalition, which has a pool of active Zero Waste educators, strategists and planners.

GAIA will further link up with Zero Waste champions around the world to enrich and bolster the collaborative venture towards “Zero Waste Alaminos City.” (CIO (http://www.alaminoscity.gov.ph/news/newsdetails.aspx?newsid=556))

16 LGUs qualify for UK government and UA&P technical assistance

ILOILO CITY, Oct. 1 (PNA) -– The United Kingdom, through the British Embassy in Manila and the Center for Social Responsibility of the University of Asia and the Pacific (UA & P), have extended technical assistance to 16 local government units (LGUs) from Luzon and Visayas with the goal of capacitating them to become more financially independent.

The project, dubbed as Alternative Financing Options for LGUs (Project ALFI), is a three-year technical assistance to “encourage continued economic reforms and promote higher standards of economic governance among LGUs in the Philippines.”

Karen Dumlao, project liaison officer of Project ALFI, explained that 16 qualified LGUs were provided with assistance starting from training, mentoring on how to prepare proposals and project implementation.

The 16 LGUs are the municipalities of Ajuy, Miagao and San Joaquin in Iloilo; San Jose, Antique; Panay, and Pontevedra in Capiz; Goa, Camarines Sur; Boac, Marinduque; Rosales, Pangasinan; Jaro, Leyte; Palompon, Leyte; Loon, Bohol; Tiwi, Albay; Guian, Eastern Samar; Bulalacao, Oriental Mindoro and Tuao, Cagayan.

The project stared in 2008 and will end in September next year, according to Dumlao.

Project ALFI she said has been helping these LGUS find funds for their identified projects such as referring to the Municipal Development Fund Office under the Department of Finance and other agencies.

Tuesday’s mid-project assessment was graced by British Ambassador to the Philippines Stephen Lillie and Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Director Malcolm Sarmiento. (PNA)

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Finally, a Pangasinan full-length movie

By Gabriel Cardinoza
Philippine Daily Inquirer

FINALLY, a full-length movie in the Pangasinan language has been produced, thanks to the pioneering work of Christopher Gozum, a multiawarded independent filmmaker, who is the movie’s director, producer, scriptwriter, sound and video editor, and colorist.

Shot entirely in Pangasinan, “Anacbanua (The Child of the Sun),” will have its premier at the 11th Cinemanila International Film Festival on October 15-25.

The one-hour, 44-minute film is among the finalists in the Digital Lokal Section (Philippine digital films) of the competition.

Gozum, who was born and raised in Bayambang town, said he used the Pangasinan language in the film because it is the breadth and soul of every Pangasinense.

“If a [Pangasinense] stops speaking his native tongue right at the very heart of his homeland or even away from home, he will start to smell like a rotten fish. He is also as good as dead because he had lost his soul,” Gozum said in an e-mail interview.

Gozum has been based in Saudi Arabia since 2007 where he works as videographer and editor.

“I believe this type of filmmaking [that] I do – low-budget digital films that speak and assert a distinct ethnolinguistic identity communicated in my native tongue Pangasinan –is my way of reclaiming what had been lost in my consciousness and identity as a [Pangasinense] because of the politics of a so-called ‘Filipino national language’ and a ‘Filipino national culture,’” he said.

Anacbanua, which is about returning to one’s roots and the current condition of language and culture in Pangasinan, is Gozum’s second Pangasinan film.

Last year, he produced “Surreal Random MMS Texts para ed Ina, Agui, tan Kaamong ya Makakailiw ed Sika: Gurgurlis ed Banua (Surreal Random MMS Texts for a mother, a sister and a wife who longs for you: Landscape with figures),” a 15-minute experimental film based on a Pangasinan translation of Carlos Bulosan’s 1942 poem, “Landscape with Figures.”

The short film won Gozum the Ishmael Bernal Award for Most Outstanding Young Filipino Filmmaker during the 10th Cinemanila International Film Festival.

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to allan dude, anu po ung 1 to 4 provinces nationwide na may pinakamaraming registered voters.?

to allan dude, anu po ung 1 to 4 provinces nationwide na may pinakamaraming registered voters.? Top 4 in no particular order: Bulacan, Cavite, Cebu & Negros Occ.

Multi-purpose hall ya pundoan na kulang kapalduan milyon pesos, iletneg ed GK Bangusville

Mapalar so Gawad Kalinga Bangusville ed siudad na Dagupan lapud sakey iyad saray apilin lugar ed interon Pilipinas ya napangaroan na multi-purpose hall.

Sakey ya non-government organization so angipasabi na itulong to tan isuportad Gawad Kalinga panamegley na pangiter na pundo ed pamaletneg na multi-purpose hall ed pigaran lokasyon na Gawad Kalinga. Saya so impakabat nen Lyndon Bonzon, Community Building Coordinator na GK National ed imbisita na grupo tod Dagupan tan akituyawan da met iray kabiangan na GK Local Council sanen Septyembre 25, 2009.

Onong ed kinen Bonzon, nanenengneng da so maples ya mehoras laot lad dasig na impra-istraktura iran proyekto ed GK Bangusville, ontan met so iyaaliguas na panamilay na saray onresidentis ed abitlan pasen panamegley na pampopoger na gobiernoy siudad tan kabiangay GK caretakers/volunteer workers ya mangikakalukar na nanduroman proyekto.

Iletneg so multi-purpose hall ya ipangaro na Angelo King Foundation, Incorporated ed 80 metriko kuwadrado ya porsyon na dalin ed loob na GK Bangusville. Onliligadad P441,000.00 so inggetar ya pundo parad abitlan proyekto.

Maliket met ya inaksobi di City Legal Officer George Mejia ed dasig na LGU tan say balon GK Pangasinan – Provincial Director Ricky Castillo so abitlan proponin pangipasen na asalitan edipisyo ed GK Bangusville.

Aminado si Bonzon ya say gabay na Angelo King Foundation, Incorporated et nagawa la so ground breaking ed amin ya lugar na GK ya pangiletnegan na ipangaro dan multi-purpose hall sano primeron simba na bolan na Oktubre kanyan personal da lan impakabat ed kabiangan na GK Local Council ed Dagupan so abitlan panangaron proyekto.

Saray arom nin akahiliran proyekton iletneg ed GK Bangusville et pikabiangan na parke parad saray ogogaw (children’s park) tan land marker. Diad dasig piogagep ya aliguas ed dasig na saray benepisaryo et pangkapigaen so grupo na GK Kapitbahayan pian lalon napabiskeg so ulopan tan pankakasakey daranya.

Kaleganan tonya, nagawa so GK Expo 2009 sano Oktubre 10 ed Bonifacio Global City, Taguig City ya iilaloan ya dagupan na 70,000 katao manlapod nanduroman sektor na sosyodad ed interon bansa ya pikabiangan na GK Kapitbahayan (saray residentis), GK caretakers tan volunteers, lideres tan komikimey na gobierno, unsusuportan grupo ed GK, saray estudyante tan arom nira.

Diad nagawan expo natan a taon et bibirbiren na GK so matuan pakapanyari na panguman ed bansa et mansasansia ed kada pinoy kanyan say tema parad GK Expo 2009 et “Lakas ng Pagbabago: Anong taya mo para sa Bayan.”

Mipartisipad nagawan GK expo iray kabiangan na Dagupan GK Local Council tan GK Kapitbahayan no iner pamprepreparaan da lay pangilako na nanduroman produkton bangus manlapod GK Bangusville a singa boneless, tinapa tan sardinas. Wala met so plano nen City Cooperative Officer Teddy Villamil ya pangawaen na tinapay iray pimmasilong ed bakery training ta pian ilako met ed nagawan GK Expo 2009.

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Taloran agew ya Children’s Health and Nutrition Congress, nagawad Dagupan

Mikakasakey so siudad na Dagupan ed nasyunal a selebrasyon na Children’s Month 2009 sano Oktubre. Pigaran aktibidadis so peles lan ipreprepara.

Sakey so City Health Office ed saray opisinay gobierno ya nantibokel na espesyal ya proyekto parad pamaliket, pangkaabigan tan pakaasolan na aral na saray ogogaw, ontan met ed na saray atateng daranya.

Akabatan ed kinen City Health Officer Doktor Leonard Carbonell ya nagawad Dagupan so sangkaprimeroan ya taloran agew ya Children’s Health and Nutrition Congress, ungapod Oktubre 6 anggad 8, 2009. Akasentro so abitlan proyekto ed pangipasabi na komprehensibon serbisyo ed abig-laman, pangikamayat na impormasyon tan kampaniya parad promosyon na pamasansiay marakep ya abig-laman na ogogaw, tan saray malokon ya ina.

Onong ed kinen Dr. Carbonell anggan anggapoy sakit na ogaw et sarag iyan awiten ed
Don Alipio Fernandez Sr. Peoples Astrodome sano Oktubre a-sais, say insitan agew parad Health Service Delivery a singa Micronutrient Supplementation odino Vitamin A Supplementation, Medical/Dental check-up, , deworming, Supplementary Feeding, Iron Deficiency Anemia Screening, Visual/Sight Screening, Renal Disease Screening/Urinalysis tan immunization.

Onabet ed 3,500 ya ogogaw so puntiryan naserbian dad sayan sanagew ya aktibidadis. Katulungan na CHO ya mangipasabi na serbisyo iray doktores manlapod Region One Medical Center, Villaflor Hospital, Philippine Medical Society, Philippine Dental Society-Pangasinan Chapter, onasiste met iray kabiangan na City Nutrition Office, City Social Welfare and Development Office, Barangay Health Workers, tan arom niran grupo.

Wala met so nagawan pambangat ed saray ina tan ed saray ogogaw sano Oktubre 7 ed Dagupan City Museum nilirad Promotion of Breastfeeding, Newborn Screening, Prevention of Accidents and Injuries, Hygiene Promotion and Disease Prevention, Child Nutrition,Oral/Dental Health/Hygiene tan Integrated Management of Childhood Diseases.

Manliliket met iray malokon sano Oktubre 8 lapud nagawa so Buntis Party ed Peoples Astrodome ya walay katekep to metlan pambangat ed saraya nipaakar ed pre-natal, breasfeeding tan newborn screening.

Say focal person ed abitlan proyekto et si Dr. Evelyn Dy na CHO kanyan diad kaplesan et mikokoordina met laray pigaran puntiryan nabenipisyuan ed abitlan doctor a singa Department of Education (DepEd), Dagupan DSWD -Day Care, Children at Risk Protective Unit,Haven for Children, Liwawa ed Asinan Foundation (LEAF), Stimulation Therapeutic Activity Center (STAC), Kalinga ng Ama tan arom niran grupo ya unsusuporta tan mangitatanduro na pangkaabigan na ogogaw, tan ulopan ya mankokomponi met ed saraya. ***

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