Pangasinan Capitol and Sison Auditorium @ night

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National Federation of Junior Philippine Institute of Accountants - Region 1-Car Council

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Results:

List of ACADEMIC EVENT WINNERS

3rd SGV Cup
Champion Marc Francis Cagaoan(CDD)
2nd place Romel Cayabyab(KSBF) << taga basista ya.schoolmate ko nen hs
3rd place John Clifford P. Riego (UNP)

CAT Cup I
Champion John Carlo W. Rabang(UNP)
2nd place Kim Lester Valdez(MMSU)
3rd place Christian Lester F. Menor(UPANG)<<kabarangay ko ya ay :D

CAT Cup II
Champion Marc Francis Cagaoan(CDD)
2nd place Juan L. Sarmiento(UB))
3rd place Chiena Kay T. Totañes(UNP)

CAT Cup III
Champion Rosemarie P. Tubo(UNP)
2nd place Hector B. Columbino(CDD)
3rd place Mark Anthony A. Tara(UNP)

Meet the Standards Quiz Bowl
Champion Roddie Gene Alfonso(UPANG)
2nd place Vincent T. Unciano(UNP)(SLU)
3rd place Wayjorie Depayso(SLU)

Region 1 and CAR Accounting Wizard
Champion Karren Jade C. PIzzaro(UNP)
2nd place Chiena Kay T. Totañes(UNP)
3rd place Marc Francis Cagaoan(CDD)

Ismael Cup
Champion Romel Cayabyab(KSBF) << taga basista ya.schoolmate ko nen hs
2nd place Jessa C. Ferrer (KSBF)
3rd place Shiela Mae Dagwase(UC)

*the winners of the presidents' cup will be posted soon.

Orange - Dagupan univ/colleges
Green - Vigan
Blue- Baguio
Red - other Cities/Provinces in R1 and CAR

^^ hakot awards ulit ang Dagupan universities :D lahat ng categories may nasungkit sila :D :banana:

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PREEMPTIVE RELEASE The San Roque Dam in San Manuel, Pangasinan, opens one gate to release water on Thursday to ease pressure on the facility from the expected heavy rains of the incoming Tropical Storm “Quiel.” Pangasinan towns located downstream are bracing for possible floods. The dam collects water released by the Binga and Ambuklao Dams in Benguet. WILLY LOMIBAO/CONTRIBUTOR (http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/67707/6-luzon-dams-release-water-worsen-floods)

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Pinay beauties vie for international titles in the Czech Republic, Fiji and Italy

AFTER Shamcey Supsup’s amazing 3rd runner-up finish at the 60th Miss Universe Pageant in Sao Paulo, Brazil two weeks ago, three more Filipino beauties are proudly carrying the Philippine colors in international tilts in the Czech Republic, Fiji and Italy.

Brenna Cassandra Santiago Gamboa, a 20-year-old, 5-foot-9 BS Nursing student from Tagaytay City who won as Bb. Unibersidad 2011 last June, is now in Nadi, Fiji Island along with 24 other contestants worldwide for the Ms. World Supermodel Pageant happening in the South Pacific island’s Amunuca Resort Hotel this Friday night, September 30.

After her pageant campaign in Fiji, Brenna will also represent the Philippines at the World Miss University Pageant in Seoul, South Korea in December. Brenna was sent to Fiji by Totale Image Asia which co-produced the Bb. Unibersidad Pageant at the UP Theater last June 23.

Tomorrow, October 1, Jea-Ann Casuga Finuliar, a 19-year-old 5-foot-11 budding model from Urdaneta City, Pangasinan, will compete alongside 50 other finalists worldwide for the Look of the Year modeling search to be staged in Palanaxos Catania, Italy. A 4th year BS Tourism student of UST, Jea-Ann was picked from several dozens of applicants for the international tilt by Megastar Productions’ Ovette Ricalde.

Finuliar’s trip to Italy was made possible by the able support of Jaime Acosta, president and CEO of Psalmstre Enterprises Inc., makers of New Placenta and Olice Skin-C skin care products.

Finally, on October 3 in Prague, Czech Republic, 20-year-old Diana Sunshine Manabit Rademann will compete against more than 30 other delegates worldwide for the Miss Princess of the World Pageant. A 3rd year BS Biology student of Palawan State University in Puerto Princesa City, Diana is a half-Filipino, half German who was born in Hamburg, Germany; her father, Frank Rademann, is a retired seaman. Diana was a runner-up in the Miss Puerto Princesa and Mutya ng Palawan pageants. Last month, she was a top 10 finalist at the Miss Casino Filipino pageant.

Diana was also sent by Megastar Productions’ Ovette Rivalde, the local licensee to the Princess of the World Pageant.

All the best to Brenna, Jea-Ann and Diana... carry the Philippine colors proudly in your international tilts!

http://www.malaya.com.ph/sep30/ent5.html

Another power plant in $1B expansion
BY JOHN LOURENZE POQUIZ (http://www.malaya.com.ph/sep30/busi1.html)

US-based AES Corp. is just awaiting completion of its environmental compliance certificate before proceeding with the construction of a third generating unit at its 600-megawatt power plant.

Andrew Horrocks, AES country chairman, said once the certificate is completed by November, construction will start by next year.

"We have had no problems to date," Horrocks said.

The company is planning to double the capacity of the plant in Zambales.

Horrocks said AES expects to complete the first additional 300 MW unit by 2015 and the second 300-MW unit by 2018.

The whole 600-MW expansion will cost around $1 billion, he said.

"Should the market be there and the commercial position be there, then we believe the next addition will be another 300 MW required moving forward," Horrocks said.

AES won the bid for the Zambales-based facility with its bid offer of $930 million in 2007.

The expansion of the power plant was formalized when President Aquino went to the United States for a state visit in October last year.

The AES plant expansion, as well as the upcoming addition of capacity at the Pagbilao plant in Quezon, will ease the pressure to build new power projects in the Luzon grid.

The Luzon grid currently has a total generating capacity of 8,000 MW. The Department of Energy, however, projects that 600 MW in additional generating capacity must be in place by 2014 or 2015 to prevent the return of brownouts.

The DOE projection is based on a 4.5 percent annual growth in demand. The Manila Electric Co. projects demand to grow 3 percent to 4 percent annually in its franchise area.

Recently, Marubeni Corp. of Japan has given the go-ahead for the capacity expansion of the 734-MW Pagbilao coal-fired power plant by 400 MW.

Aboitiz Power Corp., the independent power producer administrator of Pagbilao’s output, said the new generating unit to be installed will cost between $600 million and $700 million.

Marubeni is part owner of Team Energy Corp., operator the Pagbilao plant under a build-operate-transfer contract with the National Power Corp.

The expansion project will be jointly undertaken by Aboitiz Power and Team Energy. It is expected to be completed by 2015.

Marubeni is also firming up plans for the expansion the 1,200 MW Sual coal-fired power plant in Pangasinan.

PIA Press Release
Thursday, September 29, 2011

Espino cites closer coordination with San Roque

LINGAYEN, Pangasinan Sept. 29 -- The provincial government under Gov. Amado T. Espino, Jr. and the San Roque Power Corporation have established closer coordination in monitoring the water elevation water at the San Roque dam.

The governor noted that San Roque management provides report regularly to the provincial disaster risk reduction and management council as to the water level to avoid unannounced spilling or release which can cause massive flooding in Pangasinan.

Espino explained that when the dam reaches 275 meters above sea level (masl), which is five meters away from its spilling level of 280 masl, maximum power generation can be achieved.

By generating power to its full capacity, the governor said, the dam is actually releasing water by not even opening its spill gate.

This benefits the people because it generates maximum power while it slowly reduces water from its reservoir.

But because of the threat of typhoon Quiel, National Power Corporation has decided to open one gate at half meter at 12 noon today as precautionary measure.

“Ang concern ko dito ay ang mga tao,” the governor said as he added that the staggered release of water is favorable to avoid flash floods that can risk the lives of his constituents.

The provincial chief executive assured that what happened at the height of Typhoon Pepeng will no longer be repeated. That time water releases of unprecedented volume were done abruptly.

“Mas maganda na pakonti-konti ang pag-release at hindi biglaan ang pagpakawala ng tubig,” he said. (ANL/DOS-PIO/PIA 1 Pangasinan)

http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=1&t=1&id=56767

San Roque Dam managed better

LINGAYEN, Pangasinan — Governor Amado T. Espino Jr. assured Thursday the safety of his constituents residing in areas that serve as a catch basin of water released from San Roque Dam through more efficient management of spilling operations.

As such, water was released to its spillway at 12 noon Thursday to preempt any sudden release in water that caused flashflooding in low-lying areas in the past. Espino put to task the San Roque Power Corporation to have an efficient coordinating system with the provincial government to prevent sudden flooding that puts lives at risk. (Liezle Basa Iñigo)

http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/336046/hanging-bridge-opened-bukod

7-Eleven Binmaley
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ngayon pala yung opening.. :banana: :banana:

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Now Open: 7-Eleven Binmaley

Soon To Open: 7-Eleven Caranglaan (beside Villaflor Hospital, Dagupan City)
:banana: :banana: :banana:

^naduling naman me! hehehe good location ha parami na nga parami 7eleven

Minimal rise of water noted downstream of Agno River in Pangasinan

SAN MANUEL, Pangasinan, Sept. 30 (PNA) — The National Power Corporation (Napocor) maintained that the opening of one gate of the San Roque Multipurpose Dam Project (SRMDP) by one meter Thursday noon resulted in only minimal rise of water of the downstream portion of the Agno River in Pangasinan.

The flood warning system of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) reported that water slightly rose by 0.3 meter in Sta. Maria town section of the Agno River since SRMDP gate was opened by one meter.

Data as of 9 a.m. Friday showed that SRMD reservoir has an elevation of 280.90 meters above sea level (masl), just .90 meter more than the critical level of 280 masl.

The present inflow of water into the dam was at 368.14 cubic meters per second considering the fact that three gates of Binga Dam in the upper stream of the Agno River were opened at 1.5 meters and one gate of Ambuklao Dam further upstream was opened at one meter.

Total outflow of water from the dam was 333.78 cubic meters per second. Of this, 72 cubic meters per second was attributed to the opened one gate of SRMDP by one-half meter.

The rest of the water outflow was attributed to power generation. As a hydroelectric dam, SRMDP is at present generating 408 megawatts of power for the Luzon Grid.

Napocor as well as the San Roque Power Corporation continue to provide the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) with an hourly update of the elevation of the dam since one of the dam's six gates was opened by half meter.

Napocor considers the opening of one gate of SRMDP by one half meter just a preemptive move on account of the coming typhoon "Quiel" which already entered the country’s area of responsibility and is threatening Northern Luzon. (PNA)

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=&nid=2&rid=376085

RT @ProvinceofPangasinan as of 11PM, September 30, 2011: PANGASINAN is under Signal #2.

Typhoon 'Quiel' to aggravate situation in flooded Pangasinan areas

DAGUPAN CITY, Sept. 30 (PNA) — The ordeal of residents of the flooded areas in Dagupan City and Pangasinan could be much harder with the coming of typhoon “Quiel” just after typhoon “Pedring” had left.

This after Pangasinan was placed by weathermen under Public Storm Signal No. 1 on Friday, along with the provinces of Aurora, Nueva Vizcaya, La Union, Ilocos Sur, Ilocos Norte and Abra.

There is no rain yet anywhere in Pangasinan but floodwater is still rising in Dagupan, Sta. Barbara, Calasiao and Bayambang, which is along the Agno River and where the Tarlac River and the Agno River meet.

The ordeal of Bayambang residents was compounded by the release of water from the San Roque Dam at noon of Thursday.

Bayambang Mayor Ricardo Camacho said nine of his town’s barangays close to the Agno River are still flooded and evacuation of affected residents is still going on.

The same is true in Dagupan where 10 barangays remain under water.

Dagupan officials do not believe in the statement of Tom Valdez, vice president of the San Roque Power Corporation (SRPC), that released water from the dam is not compounding to the flood in their city.

At the San Roque Dam in San Manuel, the National Power Corporation (Napocor) reported that the water level of the dam already became steady at 280.98 meters above sea level (masl) as of noon Friday.

Napocor said this was the same level measured at 9:00 a.m. today as the water inflow to the reservoir is now the same as the outflow at 334.11 cubic meters per second.

Gate 4 of the dam is still opened by half meter and continuously spilling 72 cubic meters of water to the lowlands. Thus, the remaining 262.11 is thrown up downstream from the turbines in the course of generating 408.6 megawatts for the Luzon Grid. (PNA)

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2 Pangasinan towns remain flooded

abs-cbnNEWS.com
Updated as of 08/30/2011 9:28 PM

MANILA, Philippines – Two towns in Pangasinan remain flooded due to heavy rains brought by Typhoon “Mina”.

The towns of Calasiao and Santa Barbara are still submerged in floods, according to Butch Velasco, head of the Pangasinan Provincial Information Office.

“This area is where Sinukalan River passes through, so I think that’s the reason. It is also part of the catch basin where all floodwaters come in,” Velasco told ANC’s “Top Story” on Tuesday.

Velasco added that 12 barangays in Dagupan City are still flooded, prompting more than 100 families in lowland barangays to evacuate.

However, he said further evacuation is not necessary.

“The floodwaters are receding and we are just monitoring closely the various municipal disaster risk reduction management councils to take care of their evacuees and evacuation centers. Once the flood has totally receded, we can ask them to return to their homes,” said Velasco.

A dam in San Fabian is being repaired after it was damaged by the floods.

Velasco said authorities are also closely monitoring the water level at San Roque Dam.

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6 dams continue releasing water; Angat Dam still 3 meters above spilling level (http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=&nid=1&rid=376124)

MANILA, Sept. 30 (PNA) – The Hydro-Meteorological Division of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said that six major dams in Luzon continue releasing water through their still-opened gates even as Angat Dam’s water level is still three meters above its spilling level.

Based on its monitoring on the major water reservoirs as of 10 a.m. Friday, the Hydro-Meteorological Division reported that Angat, Ipo, Ambuklao, Binga, San Roque and Magat Dams have still their gates opened as they continue to release water.

Angat with three gates opened exceeds its spilling level of 210 meters by 3.22 meters, with its present water level of 213.22 meters. This might be the reason why there is flooding in some Bulacan towns, particularly Calumpit, Hagonoy and San Miguel.

Still over its spilling level is Ipo Dam which is 0.32 meter above 100.20 meters, with its present monitored water level of 100.52 meters.

The San Roque Dam situated in Pangasinan and which catches the water spilled by Ambuklao and Binga Dams is now 0.99 meter (up from its measured 0.97 meter as of 8:00 a.m. Friday) over its spilling level of 280 meters, with it present water level of 280.99 meters. Again, this is supposed to be the cause of the flooding of many Pangasinan towns.

Ambuklao Dam is almost reaching its spilling level of 752.00 meters by 1.05 meters, with its present water level at 750.95 meters, while Binga Dam is 0.95 meter short of its spilling level of 575.00 meters, with its present water level of 574.05 meters.

Magat Dam, which spilled its water Thursday, is still near its spilling level of 193.00 meters by 0.79 meter, with its present water level of 192.21 meters.

Meanwhile, the water level of La Mesa Dam in Novaliches, which overflowed Thursday, has now receded by 0.23 meter of its spilling level of 80.15 meters, with its present water level of 79.92 meters.

Pantabangan Dam in Nueva Ecija is the only dam not in critical situation as it is still 15 meters below its spilling level of 221 meters. (PNA)

another 7-Eleven Caranglaan branch in Dagupan Opening soon, beside Villaflor Hospital, pang 8th branch na sa Dagupan City.

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STATUS OF MONITORED MAJOR RESERVOIRS IN LUZON as of 10pm, September 30, 2011

another 7-Eleven Caranglaan branch in Dagupan Opening soon, beside Villaflor Hospital, pang 8th branch na sa Dagupan City.

Wow dumarami na talaga! :banana::banana::banana:

Kamusta sa Mayumbo-Caranglaan Area wala na po ba baha?

Wow dumarami na talaga! :banana::banana::banana:

Kamusta sa Mayumbo-Caranglaan Area wala na po ba baha?

baha sya kanina gawa ng spill ng tubig sa dam plus high tide

^Clarification lang po.. anong dam po yan?

sana lang po walang misinformation na kumakalat

Ang tubig mula po sa San Roque Dam hindi po dumadaan ng Dagupan.. Sa Agno River po nangagaling ang tubig mula sa dam na ito.. ang nag overflow po ay ang Sinucalan River na dumadaloy sa Pantal and other tributaries na galing pa po sa Benguet ang Tubig.. same with Bued River in San Fabian galing rin ito sa Benguet.. magkakaiba ang source ng mga Rivers na ito.. :cheers:

RT @ProvinceofPangasinan San Roque Dam status at 12AM 280.94 meters against spilling level of 280meters.

UPDATE FLOOD BULLETIN: http://kidlat.pagasa.dost.gov.ph/ffb/ffb.html (http://kidlat.pagasa.dost.gov.ph/ffb/ffb.html)

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^naduling naman me! hehehe good location ha parami na nga parami 7eleven

ganun po ba haha..pasensya na cp lang ginamit ko akala ko normal lang yung size.edit ko na lang hehehe :lol:

another 7-Eleven Caranglaan branch in Dagupan Opening soon, beside Villaflor Hospital, pang 8th branch na sa Dagupan City.

wow pang-apat na opening nyan ng 7-eleven sa Dagupan ngayon taon. :banana:

RT @ProvinceofPangasinan
‎10/1 San Roque Dam status at 12NN 281.43 meters against spilling level of 280meters.

Gate opening: .5meter/2gate

Pangasinan upgraded now under signal number 3

TY QUIEL will bring rains in northern Luzon. Habagat/Southwest Monsoon will bring rains in Central Luzon and NCR.

The expected trackline of TY QUIEL is Isabela > Quirino > Nueva Vizcaya > Benguet and out of La Union by 4 to 6PM today.

MTSAT-EIR Satellite Image for
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Time to create a national dam safety program (http://www.gmanews.tv/story/233971/nation/time-to-create-a-national-dam-safety-program)
A US dam safety engineer (intrafil@aol.com)
10/01/2011 | 12:24 PM

GMA News Online received the following comment from a US-based dam safety engineer whose mother is trapped by flooding in Bulacan. He withheld his name. He says the Philippines must create a National Dam Safety Program.

A few hours ago, I spoke on the phone with my crying and helpless mother in Hagonoy where I grew up and where the flooding now is almost six feet. Most of my kababarrios are desperate knowing that another typhoon is coming. They are desperate for food and help. I could only encourage my mother and emphasize that the most important is their safety. Material things can be replaced but not their lives.

As a Bulacan-born dam safety engineer in the US, I have emailed government officials in the Philippines and highlighted the importance of creating a National Dam Safety Program in the Philippines. That was even before typhoons Ondoy and Pepeng ravaged the Philippines, which caused severe flooding in Pangasinan. Flood damage was aggravated due to the excessive release of water from the San Roque Dam spillway (based on the report by the investigative committee created under the Department of Energy). Years passed — no action, no news.

I find it hard to believe that until now there is no agency in the Philippines that has the authority to manage the safety of dams. In the US, dams are regulated by state and federal governments and if any dams, whether government or privately owned, caused or has the potential to cause any danger to the public, mandatory actions are taken to eliminate the potential risk. State and federal laws are implemented to protect people from the danger of failure, mis-operation, and flooding caused by constructing a dam. We are spending millions of dollars to monitor, evaluate, maintain and even retrofit our dams and design them to a level where potential risk is minimized or eliminated. Why? Because safety of the people and not profit is our first priority.

The lack of technical expertise, instrumentation, regulation, and political will are main problems that need to be addressed in the Philippines. In recent news, Napocor’s Gana claimed that the release from Angat Dam is not the cause of flooding in Bulacan. I can only agree with Napocor’s Dennis Gana if he can prove with hydrological and hydraulic analyses showing that any release they made did not result in incremental rise/damage to already flooded areas that put people's live in danger and resulted in severe economic and property loss.

If proven, they must be held liable and the government, whether local or national, can start implementing a law that would require dam operators to evaluate the risk for operating their dams — whether due to spill or potential failure. If the results showed severe consequences, then the government should require them to retrofit or change their operations to provide safety to people living downstream of their dams.

A good question to ask Napocor is the level of safety they have for the dams they operate. Unless they have the technical know-how about the design and structural stability of their dams, they can only speculate and release water that the dam itself can still contain.

Good hydrological and hydraulic analyses will help them to forecast and manage water to prevent the excessive and unavoidable release of water. If any of their dams were not designed for a 100-year storm then the government needs to do something to modify the dam or its operation so that a higher level of safety can be achieved.

Sadly, this is the existing system that is currently implemented in the Philippines. Nobody is accountable! Millions if not billions of pesos were lost and will be lost. There will be loss of lives and property, and environmental consequences but after a week, a few months, a year from now everyone will forget about this calamity. No action will be taken until another typhoon will come to devastate the same places. When will we learn? - HS, GMA News

Preemptive measurements against typhoon "Quiel"

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PROVINCIAL OFFICE IN ACTION!

NO DOUBT BEST MANAGED PROVINCE IN NORTHERN LUZON

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RT @WhatSUpDagupan
NALGAE (QUIEL) losing strength as it traverses Northern Luzon...now moving across Ifugao...will pass north of Baguio City before Sunset. Typhoon Conditions still being felt across the Cordilleras.

CURRENT STORM INFORMATION (QUIEL):

Time/Date: 12:00 PM PhT Sat October 01 2011
Location of Eye: 16.7º N Lat 121.4º E Lon
Distance 1: 11 km WNW of Santiago, Isabela
Distance 2: 40 km NNE of Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya
Distance 3: 39 km SW of Ilagan, Isabela
Distance 4: 70 km SSW of Tuguegarao City
Distance 5: 92 km ENE of Baguio City
Distance 6: 46 km SE of Banaue Rice Terraces
Distance 7: 118 km ENE of San Fernando City
Distance 8: 146 km SE of Vigan City
Distance 9: 187 km SSE of Laoag City
Distance 10: 141 km NE of Dagupan City
Distance 11: 237 km North of Metro Manila
MaxWinds (1-min avg): 195 kph (105 kts) near the center
Peak Wind Gusts: 240 kph (130 kts)
Present Movement: West @ 26 kph (14 kts)
Towards: Ifugao-Benguet Area
24hr Rainfall Accum (near center): 350 mm (High)
Rainrate (near center): 20-30 mm/hr (Mod-Heavy)
Minimum Central Pressure: 944 millibars (hPa)
Saffir-Simpson Typhoon Scale: Category 3
Size (in Diameter): 630 km (340 nm) [Average]
Wind Area Distribution (in Knots): Current Wind Profile
Max Sea Wave Height (near center): 28 ft
Possible Storm Surge Height: 9-12 ft [2.7-3.9 m]

RT @WhatSUpDagupan

FLOODWATCH (1330)
14 Barangays in Dagupan now flooded. Estimated flood water level: Bacayao Sur- chest level, Lasip Chico- 5ft, Lasip Grande- waist deep/ 3-4ft, Malued- 2ft-5ft.

PIA Press Release
Friday, September 30, 2011

Cha-cha not priority at this time - Escudero (http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=7&r=r01&id=56963)

by Danny O. Sagun
DAGUPAN CITY, Sept. 30 -- While it may be all right for the Filipino people to discuss the planned change in the Constitution particularly its economic provisions, its timing is out of the question, a senator supportive of the Aquino administration has said.
Senator Francis Escudero said he has yet to be convinced that Charter change at this time is needed and thus be made a priority.
"While Charter change remains and will always be an important political exercise in a dynamic society for such to progress and endure, timing and adequate resources to push for such move should be carefully factored in," he said in a text message sent to media outlets.
"It's OK to discuss it," he said, adding that he had "no objections to studying and discussing it."
Leaders of both the Senate and the House of Representatives have agreed in principle to adopt bicameral constituent assembly as mode of amending the economic provisions of the Constitution.
Escudero's position on the issue seemed to jibe with that of the administration.
Budget and management Secretary Florencio Abad was quoted as saying that Cha-Cha was not a priority of the Aquino presidency. (ANL/DOS-PIA 1Pangasinan)

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For proper guidance: These are the following municipalities and city that are directly affected by the slow and gradual release of water from San Roque Dam- San Manuel, San Nicolas, Asingan, Tayug, Sta. Maria, Rosales, Villasis, Sto. Tomas, Alcala, Bautista, Bayambang, Urbiztondo, San Carlos City, Mangatarem, Aguilar, Bugallon, Lingayen, Labrador.

Flooding in other areas (especially in Dagupan and nearby towns) are caused mainly by the high tide and the accumulation of rainwater from the uplands that have made their way downstream through the Sinocalan-Dagupan river system (which eventually is overflowing)

LINK (http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150307829438602&set=pu.134441078601&type=1&permPage=1)

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Flood photo as of 11pm (Rizal St. infront of Lenox hotel) Photo by www.facebook.com/whatsupdagupan — with George Valdez.

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Flood photo as of 11pm (Rizal St. cor. Perez blvd) Photo by www.facebook.com/whatsupdagupan — with George Valdez.

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Flood photo as of 11pm (A.B. Fernandez Ave. infront of Padis Point Dagupan) Photo by www.facebook.com/whatsupdagupan — with George Valdez.

RT @WhatSUpDagupan

DAMWATCH: Reservoir High Water Level of San Roque Dam as of 12nn today is 281.80meters. Update on Water release/ Gates Open at 2:30pm: Gate 1- 2.5meters, Gate 2: 2 meters

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Surface run-off of water can lead to landslides, flashfloods and floods.

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With the soil of Northern Luzon almost water-saturated, almost all rains related to TY QUIEL will not be absorbed.

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Landslides, flashfloods, floods, tornadoes, strong winds and storm surges are natural hazards related to TY QUIEL.

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Take note that TY QUIEL has a diameter of 500kms. That means the a substantial part of Luzon will be directly affected by the TY.

PIA Press Release
Saturday, October 01, 2011

Pangasinan to host bursars, assessors national sportsfest

LINGAYEN, Pangasinan, Oct. 1 -- Pangasinan will host the first national sportsfest of the Association of Treasurers and Assessors on October 4-7 at the Narciso Ramos Sports and Civic Center here.

The sports event will gather more than 1,000 delegates of the Philippine Association of Local Treasurers and Assessors from all over the country, including regional directors and regional association heads as part of their National Sharing of Best Practices on Treasury and Assessment Operations and Wellness Program.

Governor Amado T. Espino, Jr. has instructed the special events working committee to assist the local treasurers and assessors in the preparation for their upcoming event.

Provincial Assessor Nestor Quiambao, overall coordinator of the special events working committee, disclosed that as host province, Pangasinan will stage a trade fair and exhibit featuring the various products of the province to further boost tourism.

A tour to the premier tourism sites in the province issuing the provincial buses will form part of the activities, he said.

The group will also be treated to a presentation of Pangasinan’s rich culture and history through the Dangoan Pangasinan Cultural Show.

The events include volleyball, basketball, tennis, relay obstacle race, walkathon, marathon, chess, billiards, bowling, practical shooting, 100-meter dash, tug-of-war, dance sport and cultural competition. (JCR/DOS-PIA 1 Pangasinan/PIO)

http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=7&r=r01&id=57028

Dagupan administrator advised planners to adapt developmental concerns for key projects

by Alex Romeo R. Fernandez

DAGUPAN CITY, Sept. 30 (PIA) -- City and municipal planners must first identify the weaknesses of their communities before they draw up plans for development.

City Administrator Vladimir T. Mata said all local government units (LGU) have their own weaknesses that, if not properly addressed before hand, may hinder or render ineffective any planned development program.

This developmental constraints are realities that must be considered before embarking on any program.

“Development programs must be anchored to these realities. ‘Yong mga planners at ang kanilang CPD [city development plans] hindi akma sa realidad, hindi naman naiku-consider ang environmental factors,” he said during the KBP Forum at the Philippine Information Agency on Thursday.

He identified low ground elevation and rising sea level due to global warming as among this city’s “developmental constrain”.

Local planners, he advised, must also draw up plans that jive with the national government programs.

Reconstruction efforts after major disasters are another setback as such drain funds that should have been used for other purposes, he stressed. (ANL/ARRF-PIA 1 Pangasinan)

http://pia.gov.ph/?m=7&r=r01&id=56964

RT @ProvinceofPangasinan: San Roque Update (as of 4pm, 1 Oct 2011): current level=282.02m against 280m normal water level. Total 2 gates/3 m

Follow interim Protocol, Gov. Espino tells SPRC
by Province of Pangasinan (Official) (http://www.facebook.com/notes/province-of-pangasinan-official/follow-interim-protocol-gov-espino-tells-sprc/291971907495547)

In the midst of continuous rains brought about by typhoon Pedring, Governor Amado T. Espino, Jr. persistently sought the cooperation of the San Roque Power Corporation (SRPC) to abide by the interim protocol agreement that has been agreed upon by the SRPC, NPC and the provincial government together with the other line agencies to allay fears of the people of Pangasinan especially during the occurrence of typhoons that may result to massive floodings.


This developed as the San Roque Power Corporation opened one spill gate of the San Roque Dam in San Manuel at 12 noon last Thursday, September 29, to release 0.5 meter of water estimated at 79 cubic meters per second as its water elevation reached 279.77 meters above sea level (masl) which is nearing the spilling level of 280 masl.


Gov. Espino said in an interview that as agreed upon in the interim protocol, SRP should start releasing at 278 masl to allay fears of the people. “Ang akin lang kasi, hindi huminto ang tawag sa akin kung bakit hindi pa sila nagre-release dahil ang daming nakakaalam diyan na dapat 278 masl magrelease na sila. Nahirapan din akong mag-explain sa mga tao dahil hindi nga nasunod,” the governorcited as he added that the decision still lies in the hands of the NPC.


However, the Governor said the spilling of water conducted by the SRP this time is much better compared to what happened during typhoon Pepeng two years ago.


Engr. Virgilio Garcia, chief of the Agno Flood Control Forecasting and Warning System on Dam Operation said the water release witnessed by the media with the staff from the provincial office was prompted by the rains brought about by typhoon Pedring causing the water level at San Roque Dam to almost reach its spilling level at 280meters above sea level.

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RDC oks Tri-City tourism, Agno River watershed projects

THE planned Tri-City Tourism Development involving the cities of Alaminos and Dagupan in Pangasinan and San Fernando in La Union will finally push through with the recent go-signal from the Regional Development Council (RDC).
At the same time, the Executive Committee of RDC Region 1 also approved for implementation the Agno River Basin Watershed-Coastal Area Management Program (IARB-CAM).
The National Economic and Development Authority Region 1 Office as the secretariat of RDC-1 is now expected to finalize the two proposed projects for implementation, including coordination among all stakeholders.
The Tri-City Tourism Development Project intends to link the development and promotion of the tourism destinations in the three cities and adjacent municipalities to attract more visitors to the area.
It will integrate the tourism destinations in these areas into a single package to promote the historical, cultural, religious and natural attractions.
This is a component of the Tourism Area Plan for the four provinces of Region 1that also includes Ilocos Norte and Ilocos Sur.
The project will involve the construction or improvement of port facilities for the ferry system between the three cities, full development of the tourism attractions, and community organizing.
AGNO PROJECT
Meanwhile, the Agno river basin serves as the lifeblood of a big part of northwestern Luzon, supplying major portions of water in the Cordillera Autonomous Region and, Regions 1 and 3.
However, the basin is currently faced with a growing strain on water quality, water quantity and water space brought about by competing demands for water.
The IARB-CAM will put in place an inter-regional management program that will cover the affected upland, lowland and coastal areas for the Agno River basin watershed to sustainably conserve, protect, and rehabilitate the Agno River basin.
The project components are watershed resources improvement, watershed protection, disaster/hazard mitigation, wetlands and coastal area management, livelihood opportunities, and legislative and policy agenda.
The RDC is also currently assessing other proposals for Agribusiness Development that will focus on strategic commodities.

http://sundaypunch.prepys.com/archives/2011/10/02/rdc-oks-tri-city-tourism-agno-river-watershed-projects/

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Pangasinan towns flooded due to flashfloods from breached dikes, storm surges

By Gabriel Cardinoza, Yolanda Sotelo
Inquirer Northern Luzon
10:02 pm | Sunday, October 2nd, 2011


SAN NICOLAS, Philippines—Typhoon “Quiel” spawned winds that generated storm surges and breached dikes, causing flooding in at least 41 villages in 17 Pangasinan towns.

The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) said the coastal towns of Anda, Infanta, Bolinao, Bani, Binmaley, Bugallon, Lingayen and San Fabian and Dagupan City experienced flashfloods because of storm surges and high tide.

Reports from the PDRRMC said Quiel left five people missing and sent more than 7,000 others to evacuation centers in Pangasinan as it left northern Luzon through La Union late afternoon on Saturday. Pangasinan was among the provinces placed under typhoon signal No. 3 when Quiel struck.

The provincial police said four of those missing were fishermen from Barangay (village) Germinal in Bolinao, who sailed to the West Philippine Sea on Saturday aboard a small boat.

At least a kilometer of the national highway in Barangay Banaoang in Sta. Barbara town was submerged because of overflowing water from the Sinocalan River, whose dikes were breached in 2009 when Pangasinan was flooded due to heavy rains dumped by typhoon “Pepeng” and water released by the San Roque Dam in San Manuel town.

A breached dike in Barangay Cabitnongan in this town, along the Ambayoan River, submerged schools in the villages of Lungao, Salingcob and Calaocan. The Ambayoan River, which originates from the Caraballo mountains, connects to the Agno River, which comes from the Cordillera mountains.

Floods in San Nicolas were reported to be about a meter (about 3 feet) deep.
Mayor Leoncio Saldivar III said at least 325 people (or 65 families) in four villages traversed by Ambayoan River had to be evacuated because of the flashflood on Saturday. Some 100 people (or 20 families) in the town proper were also evacuated.

But on Sunday morning, the water started receding and residents began returning to their houses, Saldivar said.

He said he has been asking the national national government to build a dike along the river, which almost always overflew during the rainy season.

Waist-deep floodwater was also reported in the northern villages of Balungao town on Saturday.

Pangasinan Representative Marlyn Primicias-Agabas said that judging from the reports she received, her district, composed of 10 eastern Pangasinan towns, might have been the area hardest hit by Quiel.

“There was too much devastation in the district. Practically all of our palay crops was destroyed,” she said.

Agabas said her district was crisscrossed by practically all of the major river systems in the province and yet its residents’ only protection was old earth dikes.

“We’re really helpless here. I’ve been telling our local officials here that our number one problem is not really lack of school buildings or unpaved roads but our dikes,” she said.

Agabas said all she could secure were funding commitments from the government. She said the Japan International Cooperation Agency has also agreed to fund about P300 million worth of dike projects in her district.

“I have also asked President Aquino to help us secure funding sources for Phase 3 of the Agno River flood control project, which starts downstream from Alcala to San Manuel. And the President told me he would help us,” Agabas said.

John Celeste, regional director of the National Irrigation Administration, said water releases from the San Roque Dam on Saturday washed out a small dam along the Agno River and could disrupt the delivery of irrigation water to farmers.

The dam was made of concrete and earthen materials and could easily be damaged by water from San Roque’s spillways, Celeste said.

Reynaldo Mencias, project manager of the Agno River Integrated Irrigation Project, said the dam was old and would normally be washed out during a strong typhoon and during the release of water from the San Roque dam.

“But we immediately repaired the dam to restore water delivery services to farmers,” Mencias said.

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/69269/pangasinan-towns-flooded-due-to-flashfloods-from-breached-dikes-storm-surges

Relief operations in full gear as Pangasinan ordeal over

By Leonardo V. Micua

DAGUPAN CITY, Oct. 2 (PNA)— Though San Roque Dam is still spilling water downstream of the Agno River and many families are still staying in various evacuation centers, Pangasinenses are now assured things will go better in the next few hours and days with the sun already smiling brightly on the horizon.

Butch Velasco, provincial information officer of Pangasinan, said there were 1,490 families, composed of more than 6,000 persons, who were evacuated in 35 evacuation centers at the height of typhoon “Quiel”.

Velasco said since rescue operation is now over, the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC), headed by Governor Amado Espino Jr., has already started relief operations.

Four teams from the PDRRMC, one team personally led by Gov. Espino, were fanned to several areas in Pangasinan to distribute relief goods to the flood victims, many of them have not yet left the evacuation center as floodwater have not completely subsided in their areas.

A report, however, said at least 10 of the 22 affected barangays of Mangatarem were still isolated due to the still rising floodwaters on account of the still continuing gradual release of water from the San Roque Dam.

The report stated that these 10 barangays of Mangatarem, close to the Agno River, can only be reached by rubber boats and bancas as the floodwater there is more than six feet.

The Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, headed by Mangatarem Mayor Teodoro Cruz, evacuated some 2,600 families from the 10 barangays.

PDRRMC spokesperson Avenix Arenas confirmed that typhoon "Quiel" merely aggravated the sufferings of the people hit hard by typhoon “Pedring” last Sept. 27.

There are also 19 barangays in Dagupan City that are still under water, thus prompting the evacuation of some 400 families and most of these have not yet returned to their homes though there is no more rain.

Velasco said thousands of persons were evacuated in Anda, Infanta, Bolinao, Binmaley, Lingayen, Bayambang, Calasiao, Sta. Barbara, Mangaldan, San Fabian, Laoac, Sto. Tomas, San Nicolas and Umingan as a result of the typhoon.

However, he said that there might be no need any more to declare a state of calamity for Pangasinan as the declaration when the province was whipped by typhoon Falcon in July this year has one year duration and is still in effect.

One person from Barangay Bucao, Manaoag was reported missing at the height of typhoon "Quiel" on Saturday. He was identified as Jerry Tapiador who was swept by the strong current when he was crossing the Alacan River,

A police report said that Tapiador attempted to cross the Angalacan River while going home from Barangay Baritao when he was swept by the current and never surfaced from the water . A search and rescue operation was immediately conducted but his body could not yet be found.

Meanwhile, the San Roque Dam continues to release water from its two gates opened at three meters although the volume of water coming from the Binga and Ambuklao Dam in the upper Agno River has now been greatly reduced.

At 10 a.m. Sunday, San Roque has an elevation of 285.26 meters above sea level (masl), which is 5.26 over the critical level of 280 masl.

Though the water at San Roque reservoir exceeds the critical level, the National Power Corp. (NPC) believes this level can now be maintained as there is no more rain pouring in the mountain areas close to the upper stream of the Agno River.

As a matter of fact, the San Roque Power Corp. did not any more increase the gate opening since 6 p.m. of Saturday as the volume of water coming from Binga and Ambuklao dams can be contained.

At 10 a.m. Sunday, only four gates of Ambuklao Dam were opened by two meters, from six gates by three meters at 8 a.m., also Sunday.

Binga Dam, at 10:00 a.m. Sunday had three gates opened by three meters from four gates by five meters, two hours earlier at 8 a.m.

At one point last Saturday, Espino threatened to close San Roque Dam when he noticed that both NPC and SRPC were not conforming to the interim water release protocol they signed with the Pangasinan government that stipulated that during typhoons they ought to maintain a safe level of 280 masl at the dam reservoir.

That time, there were heavy rains and SRPC was increasing the gate opening by half a meter every hour.

The governor issued the threat because if NPC and SRPC insisted on accumulating big volume of water at the dam reservoir, they may be ultimately forced to release unprecedented volume of water downstream to relieve heavy pressure on the dam.

Espino said this actually happened at the height of typhoon “Peping” in 2009 which caused a deluge in eastern and Central Pangasinan, destroying houses and business establishments that included SM City Rosales, which was then newly built.

The governor said this same situation actually happened in Bulacan when NPC was compelled to release big volume of water from Angat Dam thus the reason for the massive flood in both Bulacan and Pampanga.

Espino said that unfortunately the same NPC official blamed for causing massive flood in Pangasinan in 2009, Engr. Alex Palada, was the same person being mentioned as having caused the release of water of the Angat Dam that flooded Bulacan and Pampanga. (PNA)

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=&nid=2&rid=376502

Exclusive stalls, product tag for Dagupan bangus mulled (http://sundaypunch.prepys.com/archives/2011/09/25/exclusive-stalls-product-tag-for-dagupan-bangus-mulled/)

THE Sangguniang Panglungsod (SP) is considering several protectionist policies to boost the Dagupan bangus industry which has been suffering from the entry of increasing supply of bangus sourced from other areas resulting in lower prices.

One planned ordinance is limiting the entry of bangus into the Dagupan fish market from other towns in Pangasinan and other provinces such as Laguna and Bulacan.

Another proposal seeks to set up special stalls exclusively for Dagupan bangus.

The city council will also study the proposal to issue “certificates of origin” for Dagupan bangus.

Vice-Mayor Belen Fernandez, chair of the SP, said bangus from Dagupan, positioned as the “Bangus Capital of the World”, should fetch a higher price in the market because of its known distinct taste.

"We have to protect our Dagupan bangus from predatory pricing, otherwise producers will forgo seeding their fishponds and let these go idle in the next production season," said Fernandez in an interview.

Councilor Redford Erfe Mejia pointed out that some unscrupulous traders are also riding on the popularity of the Dagupan bangus.

CONSIGNACION

In a dialogue with wholesale milkfish dealers (consignacion) last September 21, the SP members sought their support and recommendations on how to protect and promote the city’s bangus.

The consignacions pledged to back the Dagupan bangus and agreed to impose new restrictions on supply coming in from western Pangasinan towns.

The wholesale price of bangus from Dagupan has remained at between P60 to P70 per kilo, similar to milkfish from other areas, down by 30% from it previous level of P80 to P85.

The Dagupan bangus also suffered from poor sales in the middle of this year following a fishkill in Anda and Bolinao that prompted consumers to refrain from buying bangus regardless of its source.

Under the planned ordinance, bangus from other areas will only be given two days a week to enter the Dagupan market.

Councilor Alvin Coquia, chair of the SP committee on agriculture, said the SP may also adopt an ordinance requiring bangus shippers to produce a certificate of origin duly issued by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources to ensure that these are not mistaken for Dagupan’s.

Penalties will also be imposed against those caught selling bangus from other areas as a product of Dagupan.

Residents to barricade bridge construction- Macanlalay (http://northwatch.wordpress.com/2011/09/30/residents-to-barricade-bridge-construction-macanlalay/)

By Mortz C. Ortigoza

CALASIAO- The former mayor and incumbent vice mayor of this rice-cake producing town warned the Department of Public Works & Highway (DPWH) that many residents would barricade the upcoming construction of the Villamil (formerly Marusay) Bridge that connects this town center to the towns and San Carlos City.

Vice Mayor Roy Macanlalay said the grumbling by the residents was blamed on the silence of the engineers of the DPWH whether or not they would construct a temporary foot bridge during the construction.

Villamil Bridge caters to the residents of Barangays Mancup, Talibaew, and Buenlag who study at the government- owned Central Elementary School located at the town proper.

“As I heard, they would vehemently protest the construction if they would be required to use the by-pass road (in Sitio Pogo in Brgy. Nalsian) to and from their homes. It means it would be another financial burden on their parts as their children would pay more for the motorized- trike fare,” he stressed.
Vice Mayor Macanlalay said when engineers from the DPWH made a courtesy call at his office, they would not tell him how much amount was appropriated for the construction of the new bridge.
He wondered why they would not disclose the amount as the appropriation for the bridge comes from a grant of the Spanish government.
He said its construction has long been mulled after it was damaged by the 1990 killer quake that wrought havoc in some towns and cities in Pangasinan.
“I could not understand why the public works office would not allow the construction of a foot-bridge as it is favorable to the sub-contractor of the DPWH that would hire the former to do the construction,” he said.
Macanlalay is the father of this town’s mayor Mark Roy who replaced the former as the chief executive in 2010.
Meanwhile, in a press conference held at Dagupan City recently, Rep. Rachel Arenas (2rd District, Pangasinan) said the planned protest by residents here could be avoided as she would initiate a meeting between this town’s officials and residents and the concerned DPHW officials to iron-out the problem.
Moreover, a resident in the Poblacion, who asked anonymity, wanted to know the plan of the DPWH with the pipe line of the water district here after the old bridge is demolished. He said that the pipes are attached to the Villamil Bridge.

ALAMINOS CITY NEWS

P 53M worth of agri-products lost to “Pedring”
Date: September 29, 2011 (http://www.alaminoscity.gov.ph/news/newsdetails.aspx?newsid=725)

Typhoon “Pedring” has left P 53M worth of damages to agriculture, livestock and infrastructure based on the initial estimates and assessment made by the City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (CDRRMC).

The city’s palay industry bore the brunt of the typhoon as an estimated 3,377 hectares of rice lands were affected.

City Agriculturist Arceli Talania placed the damage to rice crops and high value commercial crops at P52M citing that the rice plants are still on heading, flowering and ripening stages when the typhoon walloped the rice fields.

“At least 30-40% is already lost to the strong winds if the palays, particularly those having soft dough, are at the stage of panicle initiation to booting or ready for harvest,” she added.

“Alaminos was not among the major towns and cities in northern Luzon that was heavily struck by the typhoon. Still, the damages have been huge since it is planting season”.

OIC-city social welfare officer Elizabeth Radoc said there were two persons reportedly injured at the height of the typhoon and 34 families brought to the nearest evacuation centers.

She added that the CDRRMC has so far distributed 208 food packs to the typhoon victims and 626 more relief goods are available for distribution.

In infrastructure, there were 89 partially damaged houses and 2 totally damaged dwellings, according to Engr. Ismael Najera, city general services officer.

He added that there were no reports of major damages to schools, barangay facilities and government buildings.

The city engineer-designate further noted that there are 13 barangay roads that were damaged but that all national and barangay roads are passable as early as yesterday morning as only few trees were toppled by the typhoon.

Debris left by the typhoon was immediately collected by the CDRRMC personnel with the help of the barangay officials and folks.

Power has also been restored to 70% of the city’s 39 barangays as only few power lines were cut by the gusty winds.

Gali-La Alaminians, the official facebook account of the city government which is open 24/7 just few months ago, had been an important avenue for interactive dissemination of information at the height of the typhoon.

“This is our commitment to the Braganza administration’s continuing efforts of making the city government more accessible to all Alaminians,” stressed city information officer Anacleto Orfinada of Team Gali-La.

“We wanted to make sure that vital information isavailable to our citymates at these very difficult times”, added Gali-Alaminians chief administrator.

Orfinada said “through Gali-La, our kabaleyans all over the world are getting the latest updates about the typhoon, current status in every barangays, what assistance are needed by or were already given to the victims.”

He added that complaints and request for assistance coming from the barangays were sent to the face book account which was subsequently forwarded to the CDRRMC secretariat for immediate action.

As part of its mitigating measures, the CDRRM has recommended Emergency Shelter Assistance to the indigent families whose houses were totally damaged and prevention of incidence of diseases that are common after the typhoon.

It was also suggested that extension of the duration of the Expanded Feeding Program, providing additional seed subsidy the affected farmers and conducting medical, surgical and dental missions in barangays.

In 2008 and 2009, a large portion of city has been devastated by two powerful typhoons namely Cosme and Emong.

At least 6,142 families were affected, 1, 227 houses destroyed and 4, 915 others partially damaged and more than one hundred classrooms were torn apart by typhoon Cosme alone.

This weekend, the city and the rest of Luzon archipelago is again bracing for a strong typhoon named Quiel (international code name Nalgae) and the Alaminian community is again preparing for the worst.

And also one in praying that the typhoon will leave no residents homeless, will not claim precious lives and properties shall be sacrificed and hopefully weaken to just a tropical depression. (CIO)

Six events for 6th Hundred Islands turn-over anniversary (http://www.alaminoscity.gov.ph/news/newsdetails.aspx?newsid=724)

The 6th anniversary of the turn-over of the Hundred Islands National Park (HINP) and City Tourism Week Celebration formally opens today with the holding of I-guhit art workshop at the Tourism Welcome Center at Lucap wharf, in Brgy. Lucap here.

Young and budding artists from various schools in the city are expected to converge at Welcome Center for the said art workshop culminating with tomorrow’s I-guhit poster making contest.

On Monday, the art works of participants including the photos contributed by top photographers in the city will be showcased in an exhibit which is open to all until September 30.

The City Tourism Office has also lined up two seminars for two consecutive days starting with the First Aid and Life Support Seminar and Training on the 27th for Bantay Dagat, Boatmen, Maintenance, and Crew.

While on the 28th, hotel and restaurant front liners will have a chance to further improve their understanding on proper management and customer services as they undergo a seminar on Costumer Services & Housekeeping.

Highlighting the 6th turn-over ceremony of the HINP on the 29th is the 3rd Ban-oitan Ed Alaminos, a Pangasinan dialect which means fishing with the use of rod.

Launched in 2009, this biggest sports fishing competition in the province was initiated by Mayor Hernani A. Braganza to promote the use of traditional and legally accepted fishing methods as a wholesome means for leisure and livelihood.

It is also one way of showing to the world that different marine species are back and growing very fast and undisturbed at the Hundred Islands thereby further promoting the said fishing activity as another major event and tourist attraction in our city.

Also on the 29th is a Fun Run from the city’s business district to the Lucap. The event which is spearheaded by the Hundred Islands Sports and Youth Council is open to all Alaminians.

And in the evening, jump-packed audience is expected at the wharf for the highly anticipated Concert at the Wharf sponsored by the city’s long term partner-San Miguel Corporation.

Culminating the week-long celebration is the San Miguel Beer’s “Sing Mo Baby” singing contest which is also open to the public.

Through the initiative of Mayor Braganza, HINP, the country’s biggest marine sanctuary, returns to its original owner- the City Government of Alaminos after more than 65 years under the management and control of the national government particularly the Philippine Tourism Authority.

Then President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo signed on June 22, 2005 the Executive Order No. 436 giving the city government the full authority, control, and supervision of the national park.

The formal turn-over was held last Sept 29, 2005 in a simple yet festive ceremony held at Lucap wharf led by then former PTA General Manager Robert Dean Barbers.

Today, the HINP is now Pangasinan’s premier tourist destination with an annual average of 150, 000 tourists arrival thereby raking additional income for the city government which is translated to laudable more projects for the people

The city’s successful management of the Marine Park and utmost protection of the city’s protein bowl has also ensured more and steady supply of marine products at the same time providing new and better job and business opportunities for Alaminians.

Just one of the remarkable achievements of the Braganza administration and among the many legacies he will soon leave behind to his beloved citymates. (CIO)

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Dagupan to hold 2nd Children’s Congress

Some 8,000 children from 31 barangays of Dagupan City will gather at the CSI Stadia here on Oct. 3 to attend the 2nd Children’s Congress as part of the celebration of the International Children’s Month in October.

Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez, who is organizing the congress along with the Department of Education, enjoined children to attend the congress that will discuss topics on internet safety, among others.

She said the topic is timely in view of the emergence of recent teenage crimes that happened in some parts of the country and even in Pangasinan, which may be attributed partly to the overexposure of some children in internet games as well as in some social networking sites.

The vice mayor attended lectures on internet safety and protection against cyber crimes in Milpitas City, California, U.S.A. when she and Councilors Alvin Coquia, Alfie Fernandez and Jeslito Seen called on Milpitas City Mayor Jose Esteves, a Dagupeno.

The second Children’s Congress will be a follow-through of last year’s activity held in the same venue which was very successful. It will coincide with the holding of the Space Week from Oct. 3 to 6 sponsored by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), also to be held at CSI Stadia.

Vice Mayor Fernandez and DOST are collaborating to make the Space Week celebration successful.

The celebration will be attended by pupils, students and their teachers from Region 1, Baguio City and Tarlac.

“Rocket” launching of the Space Week will be on Oct. 4, to be attended by top DOST and Dagupan City officials. This will be only the first time that Dagupan is hosting the regional Space Week celebration.

Top features of the Space week are exhibits and competitions in science and technology. The winner of the competition will represent Region 1 in the national space competition in Manila

The national winner will represent the country in the international competition in Singapore and in the United States, the activities of which will be sponsored by the National Space Aeronautics Administration (NASA).

Also to be exhibited are the projects on robotics of students from Ateneo and the Divine Word Academy of Dagupan (DWAD).

At the same time, DOST will also bring real robots that will come all the way from Japan.

:cheers::cheers::cheers::cheers::cheers::cheers:

;84251007']Planking in Dawel-Pantal-Lucao Diversion rd., Dagupan City

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Poooooot tabi kayo dyan nandyan na yung humaharurot na dagupan bus:lol::nuts:

masantos ya labi ed sikayon amin ko ran kabaleyan ya pangasinense....wrong timing so bakasyon ko...dyad pinas bagyo....agaymet laya....aga ak lala ingen makapasyar....musta ki lang aminnn...

longtime no post ak..wadya ak natan ed manila,,,,iraramay kakarok ya manaalgar ed syak ...agi agagiii pasensya kila anta yo met la amayamay so bagyo tan aga ak makaunla ditan ed pangasinan ntan..umpano no sabadon sakey ni...busy ak dyad manila natan...si aliguas pasensya kala ed samay tungtungan ta...pulyan mo ta PM taka ed facebook mo ....

:)longtime no post ak..wadya ak natan ed manila,,,,iraramay kakarok ya manaalgar ed syak ...agi agagiii pasensya kila anta yo met la amayamay so bagyo tan aga ak makaunla ditan ed pangasinan ntan..umpano no sabadon sakey ni...busy ak dyad manila natan...si aliguas pasensya kala ed samay tungtungan ta...pulyan mo ta PM taka ed facebook mo ....

:)welcome home kabaleyan..matagal ka di nag post ah abaybayad ka kaaro..maong ta wadia ka natan ed pinas..basta balitaan mo kami ha..:cheers:

kauuwi ko lang galing Pangasinan! masantos ya labi ed sikayon amin dia! wala ray nalak ya pics na Bayambang :) sayang agak akaunla ed Calasiao tan Dagupan, delap la kasid man tan maksil so Bagyo'n Quiel. wrong timing so panaon :ohno: naanik la ipost may pics na Bayambang :) maong ta agka mi adelap ed Basista :D diad Bayambang-Camiling alarem so delap :ohno:

masantos ya labi ed sikayon amin ko ran kabaleyan ya pangasinense....wrong timing so bakasyon ko...dyad pinas bagyo....agaymet laya....aga ak lala ingen makapasyar....musta ki lang aminnn...

longtime no post ak..wadya ak natan ed manila,,,,iraramay kakarok ya manaalgar ed syak ...agi agagiii pasensya kila anta yo met la amayamay so bagyo tan aga ak makaunla ditan ed pangasinan ntan..umpano no sabadon sakey ni...busy ak dyad manila natan...si aliguas pasensya kala ed samay tungtungan ta...pulyan mo ta PM taka ed facebook mo ....

welcome back kabaleyan! :banana: pasensya kila cho ta agga tayo akapanmeet nen sabado ta wala ak ed Pangasinan :) nu untumbok lan sabado..hehe.post post kayo labat dia.hehehe

Poooooot tabi kayo dyan nandyan na yung humaharurot na dagupan bus:lol::nuts:

:lol: agiih..speaking of "humaharurot na bus" may nadisgrasya sa Basista :ohno: inararo ng FIVE STAR Bus biyaheng Alaminos-Bolinao yung 3 kataong lasing sakay ng motor, abuyak so lupa to may sakey ya abwek :ohno:

:)

:)welcome home kabaleyan..matagal ka di nag post ah abaybayad ka kaaro..maong ta wadia ka natan ed pinas..basta balitaan mo kami ha..:cheers:

kamusta manaya'y delap ditan ed Dagupan?

Basista Town Hall

before

PEREZ Admin.
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DE GUZMAN Admin.
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after
DE LEON ADMIN
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^^ parang pumangit..hehehe..imo mas maganda yung dati.

ROYAL MALL, Bayambang
October 2, 2011

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^^cp cam pics. di pa tapos yung 3rd floor at yung crown ng royal mall :)

Downtown Bayambang
October 2, 2011

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^^ malinis na yung downtown di tulad dati :D buti na lang maganda yung panahon nung linggo, kaalis lang ni bagyong quiel.. :)

Mary Help of Christians Church
Basista, Pangasinan
Oct 2, 2011

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ipost mo na siren yung mga pictures mo sa Alaminos, Sual at Bolinao

^^ syopa ka? close ta? :lol: :nuts:

nakaka-duling naman yung pictures mo, sayang maganda sana. bakit di ka na lang umatend nung mga photography lessons sa SM Rosales na ipinopost ni Misis Mo na si Ms Saintm para ma-imprub yung pagkuha mo ng pictures. Ano na kaya nangyari dun sa balak ni Quiambao na maglagay ng manufacturing facilites dyan ng mga spareparts sasakyan? o tapos na yung bagyo, dapat alisin na ng mga mods yung mga posts related sa bagyo, irrelevant na kase.

Philippine mango industry positioning “strongly” in world market
www.pia.gov.ph/?m=7&r=r12&id=56891

FACT: Sixty-five percent of the produce is coming from Pangasinan!!!

:banana::banana::banana::banana:

^^ :lol: mas maganda at mas malinaw naman pics ng CP CAM KO kesa sa PICS ng DIGICAM mo :lol: ambabangil ni ibabagam, asikasom la'y blog mo pyan unkita met :lol: sige lang, request mo sa mga moderator na alisin yung mga post namin na related sa bagyo :)

;84363140']:lol: agiih..speaking of "humaharurot na bus" may nadisgrasya sa Basista :ohno: inararo ng FIVE STAR Bus biyaheng Alaminos-Bolinao yung 3 kataong lasing sakay ng motor, abuyak so lupa to may sakey ya abwek :ohno:



kamusta manaya'y delap ditan ed Dagupan?

:)...dito sa barangay namin wala na baha.pero dun sa mga low lyung areS loke Lucao, mayombo, Lasip chico ,Lasip grande, malued, bacayao sur eh baha pa rin due to high tide..sa may banda Tapuac from Dominican School hanggang Lucao dun sa area papunta De venecia hiway ay still baha:ohno:

mukhang di na nag babayambang yung mga bus galing bolinao alaminos

mukhang di na nag babayambang yung mga bus galing bolinao alaminos

simula nung may naaksidente sa Quezon Blvd., Basista, tinigil na yung byaheng Alaminos & Bolinao via Bayambang, Basista, Urbiz :ohno:

:)...dito sa barangay namin wala na baha.pero dun sa mga low lyung areS loke Lucao, mayombo, Lasip chico ,Lasip grande, malued, bacayao sur eh baha pa rin due to high tide..sa may banda Tapuac from Dominican School hanggang Lucao dun sa area papunta De venecia hiway ay still baha:ohno:

:ohno::ohno:

So, yung biyaheng Agno, Anda, Alaminos at Bolinao hindi na dadaan sa Bayambang, Basista at Urbiztondo?

how's the opening of csi lucao's 3D cinema? natuloy ba last saturday? sino nakapunta sa inyo?

So, yung biyaheng Agno, Anda, Alaminos at Bolinao hindi na dadaan sa Bayambang, Basista at Urbiztondo?

dadaan pa rin daw yung mga bus sa Bayambang, Basista, Urbiztondo, tinigil lang sya ngayon dahil dun sa aksidenteng nangyari.

how's the opening of csi lucao's 3D cinema? natuloy ba last saturday? sino nakapunta sa inyo?

:ohno:..wala pa siya di pa nag OPEN hehe..baka next month hehe

San Roque Multi Purpose Dam , nanbawas la na ibubulos ya danum

Friday, 07 October 2011 00:40
Pangasinan News

DAGUPAN CITY- Nanbawas na ibubulos ya danum so San Roque Multi Purpose Dam.

Unong ed kinen Mr. Tom Valdes na San Roque Multi Purpose Dam, natan ed wadyan kapaldwan metro so ibubulos ya danum anggano dwaran gate so akalukas ed sansiya ni ya akalukas so san kapaldwan metro na danum no ener et 418 cubic meter per second so ipapapaway da ed saya.

Kwanto met ya target da ya unleksab ed 280 above sea level so danum no ener natan et say lebel na danum et wadyad 282.77 bilan parte na say protocoal da.

Inyarum met nen Valdes ya sansiyan akalukas iya depende ed taya na panaon tan no belbelang et unsabi so bagyo dya ed luyag.

http://www.bomboradyo.com/news/regional-news/pangasinan/79882-san-roque-multi-purpose-dam--nanbawas-la-na-ibubulos-ya-danum

^^ :cheers: maong met ta nanbawas la ra

18 milyon ya agrikultura adiral ed baley na Natividad

Thursday, 06 October 2011 21:07
Pangasinan News

DAGUPAN CITY-- Inmabot ed 18 milyon so adiral ed agrikultura dyad baley na Natividad luyag na Pangasinan kasumpalan ya manalasa so bagyon Pedring tan Quiel.

Onong ed kendi Municipal Agricultural Technologist Officer Gloria Peralta, amayamay so dumaralos ya apektado na bagyo , balet say gagawaen da ni et pangieter na releif goods partikular la ed saray dumaralos.

Kwanto, say binhi na iter da et manlapu ni ed national government.

http://www.bomboradyo.com/news/regional-news/pangasinan/79847-18-milyon-ya-agrikultura-adiral-ed-baley-na-natividad

Rice Processing Plant dyad baley na Sta. Barbara nausar la

Last Updated on Thursday, 06 October 2011 07:51
Thursday, 06 October 2011 07:09

Pangasinan News
DAGUPAN CITY - Nausar la natan so Rice Processing Plant dyad baley na Sta. Barbara.

Unong ed kinen Erneso Pamuceno, Municipal Administrator na baley ya Sta Barbara, angeter la era na sulat dyad Mayor daya kumun et nawalaan na dayalogo so amin na asosasyon na saray managsigay dyad baley da umpan pantungtungan so pigaran bagay patungkol ed saya tan no panun iyan usaren.

Inyarum to met ya bali bali iya umpan aga la nairapan so saray managsigay ya ilako so produkto da.

Kwanto met ya aliwa labat iyan para ed saray managsigay ed sikara balet pati ed saray kakaabay dan baley balet unaen da nin sansiya so saray kababaley dan managsigay.

Kwanto met ya aasaan da ra so baley na Malasique, Mapandan, Mangaldan tan Calasiao ya asinger ed baley da umpan migamit ed sayan Rice Processing Plant da.

http://www.bomboradyo.com/news/regional-news/pangasinan/79719-rice-processing-plant-dyad-baley-na-sta-barbara-nausar-la

Bangus operatos dyad Dagupan manpaga ed supply na bangus dyad siyudad


Wednesday, 05 October 2011 00:00
Pangasinan News
DAGUPAN CITY- Manpapaga natan so saray bangus operatos dyad kakulangan na supply na bangis dyad siyudad dyad bulan na Disyembre unong ed pinsala ed agrikultura unogn ed bagyon Pedring tan Quiel dyad luyag.

Unong ed inisyal ya report tatantyaen ya wadyad P19 milyon so pinsala na sektor na bagus tan P18 milyon ed saya et nanlapu ed fishpond ya aderal unong ed delap.

Unong met ed saray man aalaga na bangus naranasan so kakulangan na supply ta aliwan magano so manpabaleg ed saya.

Ayaet et unong ed ambetel ya danum tan say unloloob ya danum et danum ya maalat tan labi no unsabi so high tide.

Unong ed kinen Emma Molina, City Agriculturist na siyudad, baleg so pinasala na saray fishpond area unong ed bagyon Pedring tan Quiel ya dimalan ed luyag.

Kwanto met ya tinmagey os presyo na bangus ed halagan 95 bawat kilo kumpara ed normal tonyan presyo ya 75-85 kada kilo.

Inbaga to met ya mangeter na pinansiyal na tulong so lokal ya gobyerno na Dagupan ed saray apektadon managsigay.

http://www.bomboradyo.com/news/regional-news/pangasinan/79536-bangus-operatos-dyad-dagupan-manpaga-ed-supply-na-bangus-dyad-siyudad

Sisterhood na Pangasinan san Guam, USA, inpanukala

Tuesday, 04 October 2011 12:47
Pangasinan News

DAGUPAN CITY - Inpanukala nen Pangasinan Vice Governor Ferdinand Calimlim diad Sangguniang Panlalawigan so sakey resolusyon ya manlalayon ya nawalaay Sisterhood and Goodwill Agreement ed pagitan ya residente na Pangasinan san Guam ed Estados Unidos.

Onong ed kinen Vice Governor Calimlim, akaawat ira ya sisterhood agreement ya nanlapo ed sikada partikular diad opisina na say Senate Majority Floor Leader da na si Rory Respicio san Senator Judith Guthertz.

Layon na sayan kasunduan ya mas ondakep ni so ugnayan na Guam san Pangasinan laot la ta dakel met so Pangasinense ya manaayam la diman.

Inmuna ed saya akagetar na onbisita diad luyag si Respicio san Guthertz na onsabin no Oktubre 12, 2011.

http://www.bomboradyo.com/news/regional-news/pangasinan/79457-sisterhood-na-pangasinan-san-guam-usa-inpanukala

:cheers:

Philippine mango industry positioning “strongly” in world market
www.pia.gov.ph/?m=7&r=r12&id=56891

FACT: Sixty-five percent of the produce is coming from Pangasinan!!!

:banana::banana::banana::banana:

:cheers: btw, may nakausap akong taga Isabela, malalaki at matatamis daw ang mangga na galing Pangasinan kesa sa mangga na galing sa probinsya nila at yung nabibiling mangga sa kanila(San Mateo, Isabela) eh galing pa ng Pangasinan :cheers:

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Pacquiao to mango farmers: ‘Be competitive’

October 07, 2011

By Alexander Villafania

GUMASA, SARANGANI – Amid preparations for his upcoming bout with Juan Manuel Marquez, Sarangani Representative Manny Pacquiao imparted words of encouragement addressed to a gathering of farmers in his province.

In a message during the recent Mango Congress in Gumasa, the boxing hero encouraged farmers to “heighten commitment to increase the competitiveness of the Philippine mango in the world market and develop more production areas in Mindanao.”

Pacquiao added in his message, delivered by a representative, that the region should utilize the partnerships among mango growers to “learn as much to ensure the strongest position in the world market”.

Held at the Isla Jardin del Mar Resort, the event was attended by executives of the mango industry in the region. Discussions centered on issues such as climate change in provinces that have traditionally dominated the mango production sector in the Philippines.

Virginia de la Fuente, Philippine Mango Industry Foundation president, said Mindanao only produces 35 percent of the total national production of mango, an estimated 1 million metric tons annually as of 2003 or P12.5 billion per year.

About 65 percent of all mango production comes from Luzon, primarily Pangasinan.

De la Fuente urged mango growers, contract sprayers, financiers, input suppliers, nursery operators, traders, processors and logistics providers to work together in all activities to improve the mango industry not just in Mindanao but nationwide.

She also appealed to the Department of Agriculture to assist the region’s mango industry through consultations and prioritization of activities. She also asked for grants and financial assistance that would further improve mango production.

http://loqal.ph/business-and-finance/2011/10/07/pacquiao-to-mango-farmers-be-competitive/

:) cenxa na po tila di ko nakita yun thread natin na Dagupan, Urdaneta and pangasinan thread nawala ata

;84479949']Sisterhood na Pangasinan san Guam, USA, inpanukala

Tuesday, 04 October 2011 12:47
Pangasinan News

DAGUPAN CITY - Inpanukala nen Pangasinan Vice Governor Ferdinand Calimlim diad Sangguniang Panlalawigan so sakey resolusyon ya manlalayon ya nawalaay Sisterhood and Goodwill Agreement ed pagitan ya residente na Pangasinan san Guam ed Estados Unidos.

Onong ed kinen Vice Governor Calimlim, akaawat ira ya sisterhood agreement ya nanlapo ed sikada partikular diad opisina na say Senate Majority Floor Leader da na si Rory Respicio san Senator Judith Guthertz.

Layon na sayan kasunduan ya mas ondakep ni so ugnayan na Guam san Pangasinan laot la ta dakel met so Pangasinense ya manaayam la diman.

Inmuna ed saya akagetar na onbisita diad luyag si Respicio san Guthertz na onsabin no Oktubre 12, 2011.

http://www.bomboradyo.com/news/regional-news/pangasinan/79457-sisterhood-na-pangasinan-san-guam-usa-inpanukala

:cheers:

Actually marami po sa Guam ang roots nila Pangasinan ha..:cheers:

Environmental protection (http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/336951/lady-imus-rites-slated)

LINGAYEN, Pangasinan — Governor Amado T. Espino Jr. called the attention of all quarry permit holders in the province to be more responsible in mining and contribute to the government’s thrust to protect the environment.

Espino’s appeal was made during the general assembly of quarry permit holders called by the Environment and Natural Resources Office-Natural Resources Regulatory Group (ENRO-NRRG) at the Pangasinan Training and Development Center here last Wednesday. Espino urged all permit holders to cooperate with government and conduct their operations only in designated areas. (Liezle Basa Iñigo)

DENR-Region 1 monitors wetlands, opens cloning facility in Pangasinan

An October 6, 2011 press release from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources

The regional office of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in La Union is closely monitoring 19 critical wetlands in the region in the wake reports of a “possible major resurgence” of the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (H5N1).

Likewise, the office inaugurated its first clonal facility in Mangatarem, Pangasina intended to produce and propagate quality seedlings for the National Greening Program.

Regional Executive Director Samuel Peñafiel issued the directive as the wetlands are part of the flyway frequented by migratory birds from nearby countries like Malaysia, Singapore, China, and Taiwan.

“With the onset of cold season in our neighbor countries such as Malaysia, Singapore, China, and Taiwan, we expect migratory birds coming in, and feed in our wetland areas,” Peñafiel said.

Migratory birds are suspected to carry the flu virus, according to him.
Region 1 Technical Director for Protected Areas, Wildlife and Coastal Zone Management Service (PAWCZMS) said the critical wetlands in the region which are being closely monitored are situated in Pagudpud and Paoay in Ilocos Norte; Caoayan, Bantay and Suyo in Ilocos Sur; Sto. Tomas in La Union; Binmaley, Natividad, San Manuel, Bolinao, and Alaminos City in Pangasinan.

Report on the Asian Waterfowl Census held early this year indicated that a total of 51 waterbird species was observed in the region’s wetland sites. Among these were egrets (little, intermediate, great and cattle egret), herons (purple, grey, great-billed rufous night and little green heron), bittern, redshrank, greenshrank, wood sand piper, Philippine duck, wandering whistling duck, tufled duck, black-winged stilt, Pacific golden plover, shirebirds, kingfishers, brahminy kite, wagtail and grey-tailed tattler.

Meanwhile, the DENR regional office recently inaugurated its first cloning facility in Mangatarem, Pangasinan.

RED Penafiel said the facility is intended to produce and propagate quality-planting stocks for the National Greening Program through cloning. The facility includes a greenhouse, a seed storage laboratory, a bunkhouse and a hedge garden, according to him.

Cloning is a process by which a seedling is reproduced from a bulb or cutting to ensure it is genetically identical to the mother tree.

Relative to this, Penafiel said that only the best quality indigenous species in the region shall be used for cloning, to include apitong, yakal and kamagong.
As of press time, DENR-Region 1 has planted some 5,000 hectares of upland areas with forest tree species and fruit-bearing trees under the NGP.

denr.gov.ph

http://www.gov.ph/2011/10/06/denr-region-1-monitors-wetlands-opens-cloning-facility-in-pangasinan/

^It's back po mejo natabunan lang...

Nissan re-launches dealership
by Dino Ray V. Directo

In a two-in-one event, Allen Chen and Amando San Juan unveil the Teana. Reaching for a bigger slice of the consumer pie, Nissan Motors Philippines welcomes to its fold Nissan Commonwealth. “Nissan Commonwealth is part of our concentrated efforts to bring our quality vehicles and services closer to our customers,” says Allen Chen, president and chief executive officer.
An old hand in the automotive industry, Nissan Commonwealth, formerly known as Sunny Motors Incorporated, unveils its refurbished showroom along Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City in a grand manner. “This marks another milestone for our dealership, as we open our doors to more customers in Metro Manila. We will continue to provide quality vehicles and deliver the highest level of customer satisfaction with reputable partners such as NMPI,” states Nissan Commonwealth Chairman and CEO Amando San Juan.

Situation on one of Quezon City’s busiest arteries, Nissan Commonwealth is offering NMPI’s complete line up of vehicles which includes the stately Teana, the X-TRAIL CVT and X-TRAIL 2.0L; the Sentra 200, Sentra 1.3L and 1.6L; the Grand Livina Minivan and the people mover Serena. It also has in its stable the Nissan Murano and the mighty Patrol Royale of Universal Motors Corporation.

According to Chen, the renewed partnership between the two companies reflects their corporate commitment to provide the best products and services to their customers. “We take pride in the fact that each and every Nissan outlet provides the same total quality pre-sales and after-sales service, which is at par with Nissan dealerships in other countries.”

The Commonwealth dealership sits on a one-hectare complex in the Commonwealth Avenue ECO-Zone and covers 14,000 square meters floor area, with a multi-million peso infrastructure support facility. A media tour followed after the opening rites, as San Juan pointed out the existing 26 work bays, with complete and updated equipment, and a 3,500 sq m floor area for the service workshop and parking bay that can accommodate 50 units.

Nissan Commonwealth is part of NMPI’s growing network spread throughout the archipelago, which includes: Nissan Gallery Ortigas, Nissan Gallery Quezon Avenue, Mantrade Development Corp., Nissan Westgate Alabang, Nissan Shaw Center, Nissan U.N. Avenue Manila, Nissan Southwoods, Nissan Batangas, Nissan Dasmariñas, Nissan Bataan, Nissan Pangasinan, Royce Motors Santiago, Cabanatuan and Pampanga, Nissan Bacolod, Nissan Iloilo, Nissan Cebu, Nissan Bohol and Davao Unicar Corporation.

http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/insideMotoring.htm?f=2011/october/7/motoring1.isx&d=2011/october/7

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PIA Press Release
Friday, October 07, 2011


Pag-IBIG now accepts calamity loan applications

by Venus H. Sarmiento

DAGUPAN CITY, Oct. 7 (PIA) -- The Home Development Mutual (Pag-IBIG) Fund – Dagupan branch announced that they are accepting calamity loan applications for its Pangasinan members.

Information Officer Huge Olarte said the calamity loan application is open to residents or workers in areas in the province declared under the state of calamity due to typhoons Pedring and Quiel. Applicants should also be active members of the fund, who have contributed at least 24 months worth of payments.

Qualified applicants should submit a fully accomplished calamity loan application form, their latest pay slip and photocopy of two valid IDs to the Pag-IBIG Office in Arellano Street, this city.

For the convenience of member-applicants, the fund will also conduct an offsite receiving of applications in four other venues on the following dates: Provincial Capitol in Lingayen town on October 12; Alaminos City hall on October 13; Urdaneta City hall on October 14 and San Carlos City hall on October 17.

Thiis move is part of government efforts to extend assistance to Pangasinenses who were badly affected by the recent calamities. (ANL/VHS-PIA 1 Pangasinan)

http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=1&t=1&id=58051

Pinoy Rap Tribute to Pangasinan Tourism
by Paolomer

A must watch music video edit and original rap music composition dedicated to Pangasinan Tourism, I love Pinoy rap as much as I love hip hop, when someone posted a video link from a social networking site I thought this rap music is just as ordinary as everyone else rap from Antipolo, or those local rap artists that trying to be like Andrew E, Salbakuta or those who imitate Gloc 9 but to my surprise it is not and in face it tells a story about tourism in Pangasinan , places that he’d been too and I really like how he delivered the message. This is one thing I am proud of being a Kabaleyan. “Mabuhay ang mga taga-Pangasinan”, Long Live People of Pangasinan.

Please watch the embedded video edits of Kthugs below and listen to a one of a kind Pinoy rap music that entails his visit in Pangasinan and promoting tourism via hip hop music.

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Original Composition!
Title: Pangasinan ( Rap Song) - K.THUGS & KIM
Artist's: K.THUGS & KIM
Music Arranged By: K.THUGS adm
Produced by: KalibreRhymes Productions

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http://kalongkong.wordpress.com/2011/10/01/pinoy-rap-tribute-to-pangasinan-tourism/

Electric coop consumers enjoy P0.78/kwh power

Published : Friday, October 07, 2011

WHILE MILLIONS of Filipinos have been suffering from the spiraling costs of electricity, more than half a million member-consumers of seven electric cooperatives in the country have actually been enjoying a monthly power rate cut of as much as 78 centavos per kilowatt hour since August this year.

This translates to a power rate reduction of P78 per month in the electricity bills of small households consuming 100 kilowatt-hours (kwH) or P780 per month for businesses consuming 1,000 kilowatt-hours.

This was revealed yesterday by Association of Philippine Electric Cooperatives (APEC) Partylist Congressman Ponciano Payuyo as he disclosed that an additional half a million member- consumers of five additional electric cooperatives will also soon enjoy lower electricity bills through similar power rate reductions before the end of this year after they secure their respective certificate of tax exemption from the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR).

Payuyo explained that the power rate cuts stem from the tax exemption privileges that are given to the 12 electric cooperatives which are registered with the Cooperative Development
Authority (CDA) under Republic Act 9520, otherwise known as the Philippine Cooperative Code of 2008.

“All tax exemption privileges enjoyed by CDA-registered electric cooperatives are passed on to our member-consumers in the form of power rate reductions,” explained Payuyo, an accountant by profession, who was General Manager of the Palawan Electric Cooperative (PALECO) prior to his assumption as APEC partylist representative.

Payuyo said that the 106 electric cooperatives that opted to stay with the National
Electrification Administration (NEA) are not entitled to the tax exemption privileges granted to CDA- registered electric cooperatives because they are not true cooperatives owned by their members.

He explained that Article 130 of RA 9520 states that, “Electric cooperatives registered with the NEA under Presidential Decree No. 269, as amended which opt not to register with the (CDA) are allowed to retain the word ‘cooperative’ in their registered names; Provided, that they shall not be entitled to the benefits and privileges under this Code.”

Payuyo said that the tax exemption privileges under RA 9520 cover all taxes and fees
including the 12 percent value-added tax (VAT), local business tax, income tax, real property tax, franchise tax, import tax, etc.

He also quoted Article 60 of RA 9520 on the Tax Treatment of Cooperatives which states that, “Duly registered cooperatives under this Code which do not transact any business with non-members or the general public shall not be subject to any taxes and fees imposed under the internal revenue laws and other tax laws.”

He said the tax exemption of the 12 CDA-registered electric coops give them savings that are passed on to their members as monthly power rate cuts, as follows:

Palawan Electric Cooperative (PALECO) - 40 centavos per kilowatt-hour
Pangasinan Electric Cooperative 1 (PANELCO-1) - 78 centavos per kilowatt-hour
Pangasinan Electric Cooperative 3 (PANELCO-3) - 4 centavos per kilowatt-hour
San Jose City (Nueva Ecija) Electric Cooperative (SAJELCO) - 27 centavos per kilowatt-hour
Sorsogon Electric Cooperative 2 (SORECO-2) - 65 centavos per kilowatt-hour
Nueva Vizcaya Electric Cooperative (NUVELCO) - 28 centavos per kilowatt-hour
Negros Occidental Electric Cooperative (NOCECO) - 70 centavos per kilowatt-hour
He said the member-consumers of the 106 electric cooperatives who opted to stay with NEA may enjoy similar electricity rate cuts and lower monthly electricity bills if they register with the CDA.

Because of this, Payuyo said he is encouraging all member-consumers of NEA-registered electric cooperatives as well as new distribution utilities to register with the CDA “in order for them to earn the right to avail of tax exemptions and other privileges under RA 9520 and thus, bring down their monthly electricity bills.”

He cited the case of the Agusan del Norte Electric Cooperative (ANECO) whose member- consumers recently voted to register with the CDA through a referendum in 15 districts as provided under Article 127 of RA 9520. “While RA 9520 only requires the affirmative votes of 20 percent of all members in good standing, 31,000 member-consumers, or nearly 30 percent ANECO’s 110,000 membership base, voted to register with CDA,” Payuyo said.

He said ANECO’s management and board of directors are now accountable to their members under the principle of democratic member control of RA 9520. “As proof of their ownership of ANECO, members will be issued share capital certificates reflecting their contributions to the coop,” Payuyo said.”

http://manilatimes.net/index.php/news/regions/8784-electric-coop-consumers-enjoy-p078kwh-power

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In Pangasinan, gold panning sustains life along riverside community
9:09 pm | Friday, October 7th, 2011

SAN JACINTO, Pangasinan—While everyone dreads typhoons for the damage these cause, villagers who earn a living by panning gold in rivers here anticipate them.

For these residents, there is indeed money in gold panning, but even more when the rains are heavy and the rivers swell.

Brothers Jose and Dominador Abril said gold panning (panag-sayyo in Pangasinan) has always been their families’ primary source of income all year round.

Jose, 44, and Dominador, 30, both started gold panning in their teens when their father and other men in the village asked them to tag along and help them.

“The elders taught us, and we teach the next generation of men in the family,” said Hermenejerdo Estareja, 52, who has been panning for gold since his teens.

Other villagers in San Vicente, Macayug and Bolo seek gold dusts or “balitok” from rivers that pass this town, including the Bued River which emanates from Benguet, where mining companies operate.

“We always get more gold dust after the storm, because the strong rains make the river current stronger, making more minerals, such as gold, to be
carried downstream,” said Romy Ocomon, 43.

Each of them earns between P3,000 and P5,000 weekly on ordinary days, including summer, and more during the rainy season.

In fact, when Tropical Storm “Ondoy” and Typhoon “Pepeng” struck Pangasinan in 2009, the Abril brothers said one of them earned up to P55,000 in a week while the other earned P35,000 in just three days of gold panning.
Residents earn about P1,800 for every gram of gold dust that they place in vials.

Dominador said a full vial of gold dust may cost up to hundreds of thousands of pesos.

However, gold panners here could not store much because they sell their gold dusts twice a week so they could have cash for their families’ daily expenses.
Their regular buyers include pawnshop owners and jewelers from Mangaldan and Manaoag towns and Dagupan City. During the rainy season, buyers from Metro Manila and Baguio City also come here.

“We find it interesting that Baguio businessmen buy the gold that came from their mountains in the first place,” said Jerry Navarete, 46.

Aside from gold panning, residents in San Jacinto also tend vegetable gardens.
Ocomon said that most men in the town tried working as carpenters and construction workers, but the little income and difficult work conditions made them return to gold panning.

“[In construction work], you have to work for a number of hours to earn just P200 to P300 at the end of the day. The work is tedious and you also have to endure your boss’ demands and temper. But in gold panning, you are your own boss, and of course, you earn more money,” said Ocomon.

“We are relatives and neighbors who grew up together, and gold panning is more like a lucrative hobby for us,” Ocomon added.

Carlos Tayag, Mines and Geosciences Bureau director in the Ilocos, said gold panning does not pose any danger to the environment.

“People engaged in such livelihood only use natural procedures. They get fresh gold. No chemicals are involved in trying to gather gold dust,” Tayag said. Marla Viray, Inquirer Northern Luzon

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/72259/in-pangasinan-gold-panning-sustains-life-along-riverside-community

UNICEF sends emergency supplies to flood-hit areas in Central Luzon
INQUIRER.net
2:55 pm | Friday, October 7th, 2011


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Bulacan, Philippines – UNICEF Philippines has delivered 3,000 hygiene kits and 3,000 water kits to stricken families in Bulacan and Pampanga through the local government units and the Central Luzon office of the Department of Social Welfare and Development..

UNICEF Philippines Country Representative Vanessa Tobin together with an emergency team visited the areas to assess the situation and better understand the situation of children and families on the ground.

“I’m impressed by the effective organization of many local government workers alongside NGOs and private sector. Supplies are getting through but we need to be vigilant to monitor childhood diseases as well as getting schools reopened and getting children back to learning,” said Tobin.

With communication and power lines down and access to flooded areas difficult, food, emergency shelter, medical supplies, water, hygiene and sanitation and non-food items are the most urgent needs, Unicef said.

UNICEF distributed water kits composed of water containers, pails and water purification tablets, and hygiene kits composed of water jugs, nail cutters, soap, toothbrush, toothpaste, sanitary napkins and malong.

“Large areas of stagnant water are a danger in many ways: risks of dengue, risks of diarrhea and other infectious diseases are a big threat to young children,’ said Tobin.

UNICEF participated in a joint needs assessment Thursday with the government to better assess the nutrition and water and sanitation needs of families affect by the floods. The agency also plans to conduct a rapid needs assessment in Region 2, to further understand the situation of children and women in Cagayan and Isabela.

The UN children’s agency is in close coordination with the government and emergency response groups to provide basic supplies and services.

The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) reported a total of 59 typhoon related deaths this past week, four deaths from Typhoon Quiel and 55 deaths from Typhoon Pedring.

Flood waters have receded in the majority of the typhoon affected areas.

However, isolated areas due to floods remain in Bulacan and Pangasinan provinces.
For latest updates on UNICEF’s emergency response, go to www.unicef.ph

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Manaoag, A Trip Two Decades in the Making

By De AnDA
Visiting Apo Baket

As early as the 90′s, I’ve been planning a trip to Manaoag. Its a pilgrimage that I’ve always wanted to do. In 2006, I almost made it when an Aunt (a long time devotee) hired a van and went straight to Pangasinan but work got in the way.

But this time, I made it!

I was thinking why it took me this long — I mean, Manaoag is just a bus ride away! Why I procrastinated this trip for so long is something that I find very hard to explain. Sometimes our laziness holds us back from the journeys we know we should be doing.

Some History

It would be hard to imagine what the town was like before Our Lady of the Holy Rosary was enshrined there. The popularity of the devotion to the Virgin of Manaoag has defined not only the towns culture but also its economy. Locals see the church as a monument, a symbol, that exemplifies their history.

Unknown to many was that the first to establish the church hill of Manaoag were the Augustinians (1600) who later handed the administration to the Dominicans (given the task of “perpetual spiritual charge” ) after five years of religious work.

The Dominican built the towns cemetery, roads and bridges using the locals as laborers. Work around the church made artist and masons out of the natives – the advancement in this town was very much a native accomplishment.

Legend has it that the Virgin Mother appeared to a farmer (the story is strikingly similar to that of Guadalupe) asking that a church be built on the hill. The image was made in Mexico and was brought here to advance Marian devotion. The name “manaoag” is said to have been derived from “mataoag”, which means “to call” — this should explain why (and I don’t know who makes these decisions) the Lady of Manaoag was elected to be the patron saint of call center agents.

Manaoag suffered from terrible bandit raids in the 17th and 18th century. The responsibility of defending and protecting the Christian converts fell naturally to the Friars who had little to expect from the Manila government. So they had to organize their people which was an experience that brought them closer to their parishioners. The church had already lost its old world charm but the buttresses and some of the original structure that the local help built can still be seen around the church. How they kept their towns whole and intact reflects the perseverance of their missions.

The only time in Manaoag’s history that the church failed to serve mass was when the revolutionaries (which were not locals) burned down the church (1898). During this period, the people of Manaoag hid the image in Dagupan. The church was rebuilt in 1901. History has witnessed such churches destroyed only to be rebuilt again, stronger to withstand more than they could before (According to Dominican historians, the interior was made in 1772 and destroyed by the fire during of 1898. From 1901, they made the transept and the dome, works were completed only in 1932).

The Town Today

The town today remains quaint and peaceful (although a few days ago, somewhere in Tarlac, not far from here, the reds had burned buses because of the owners failure to pay their so called revolutionary tax). The town of Manaoag hardly experience any trouble with crime.

I was told that there was some sugar farming in Manaoag but based on what I read it was small in scale and had limited profitability. Landlocked, fishing is confined only to several rivers and tributaries that drains to Lingayen Gulf.

The concentration of commercial establishment can be found around the church of Manaoag. Security prohibits vendors from entering the church compound. Not far from the church is the town hall which appears to had been built in the mid 1900′s (buses going back to Cubao and Manila can be found here). Near the entrance of Manaoag are some good eating places that serves ihaw (grilled) chicken, pork and isaw. They’re cheap and not bad, so if you’re on a budget they’re worth a look.

A popular kakanin, Tupig, is sold anywhere (the provinces that claims to have the best tupig are Ilocos, Pangasinan and Tarlac). This favorite kakanin is made of coconut gratins, grounded rice and sugar. It’s cooked on top of metal sheets with burning coal beneath. The process of making tupig appears to be simple but it takes skill and experience to make a good one. Picking the ingredients they say is the key to making the perfect tupig’s.

Travel

It takes around 6 hours to reach Manaoag (depending on traffic and bus stop overs). Since there was some road repairs along Tarlac and Pangasinan, it took me 7 plus hours to get there (honestly, I lost count). The bus first made a stop over in Dau. It exited to Tarlac (there’s another quick bus stop somewhere Tarlac), then straight to Pangasinan. The trip was not that bad, long but its OK. I remind myself that there are devotees of the Virgin that walks barefoot for kilometers – sitting for hours inside an aircon bus while watching Jackie Chan movies is not something one could complain about.

The best thing about traveling using public transport is that you get to see the sights and talk to people. I’ve always felt that this is a lot better than a private car (I use to have one but sold it because I could no longer afford it). Speaking of private cars, I was laughing non stop reading a popular blog (he was traveling around Pangasinan & Tarlac) because the popular blogger confessed hating tricycles as it slows down his driving. He dislikes the fact that he must go around these poor trikes – he’s probably used to cruising in stateside highways. What an elitist poser this guys is. I feel that this guy blogs so he can show pictures of himself and boast about the places he had visited. That’s not an advocacy stance, that’s more of a pretentious way of saying you have an advocacy.

OK, this has gone longer than it needed to be.

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Viva Nuestra Sra. de Manaoag!

http://withonespast.wordpress.com/2011/09/29/manaoag-a-trip-two-decades-in-the-making/

Barnachea on verge of Tour history
By June Navarro
Philippine Daily Inquirer
10:11 pm | Friday, October 7th, 2011

BAGUIO CITY—Only a major mishap can stop Santy Barnachea from reaching the peak of glory in the 2011 LBC Ronda Pilipinas.

The two-time Tour champion overcame his nearest rivals’ assault with aplomb in Friday’s Stage 10, putting the fierce climber from Eastern Pangasinan on the verge of victory in local cycling’s most prestigious race and of a historical feat no rider has accomplished in the last 50 years.

Barnachea arrived with a large group six minutes behind stage winner Mark Galedo—and four minutes after his closest challengers Joel Calderon and George Oconer— but the time gap hardly affected the overall lead the rider from Umingan, Pangasinan, erected after the decisive Vigan-Baguio stage on Thursday.

“I’m 90 percent sure of winning this one,” the 35-year-old Navyman said in Filipino. “Only Divine intervention or a tragic accident can deny me the crown.”

The last man to rule a Tour three times was Antonio Arzala, who reigned during the bikathon’s formative years in 1955, 1956 and 1959.

Barnachea, already the winner of the 2006 Tour and the 2002 Calabarzon Tour, stood six minutes and 28 seconds clear of new second-placer Calderon and 6:45 of Oconer.

At the start of the short 46.4-kilometer climb from Agoo, La Union, via Marcos Highway Barnachea was 7:14 ahead of March Aleonar. But Aleonar stuck like leech on Barnachea and paid the price, falling to fourth overall behind Calderon and Oconer.

Galedo, the 2009 LPGMA Tour of Luzon champion, completed a solo breakaway to clock one hour, 42 minutes and 29.5 seconds.

Lloyd Reynante gave it everything he had in a mad dash to the finish and beat Baler Ravina, Irish Valenzuela, Oconer and Cal-deron for second place, 2:18 behind Galedo.

Valenzuela won King of the Mountain honors after pooling 82 points in 10 stages. He is also in contention for the Sprint King plum in the final two stages.

American Vinyl-LPGMA moved closer to the general team classification title despite a desperate attack by 7-Eleven in the last 28 km of the progressive ascent to the fog-covered Burnham Park here.

The cycling club co-owned by businessman-sportsman Eric Sy and LPGMA party-list Rep. Arnel Ty enjoys a 12:15 lead over 7-Eleven and 19:13 over Tarlac as four American Vinyl riders led by Cris Joven made it to the top 20 in yesterday’s stage.

“We’re not hot on individual awards,” said Joven, who trails behind Barnachea by 11:10 at seventh overall, in Filipino. “From the start, our goal has been to win as a team.”

The leaderboard is not expected change significantly in the last two stages as the cyclists tackle relatively easy and flat terrain.

Reynante remained in fifth overall, 8:09 behind Barnachea, followed by Baler Ravina (8:25), Cris Joven (11:10), Tomas Martinez (12:24), Rudy Roque (13:03) and former overall leader Frederick Feliciano (16:10).

Course officials said today’s Stage 11 will be an easy ride from Baguio to Angeles City.

The final stage is a parade-pace 99.6 km trek from Angeles to Manila, where the riders will then race in a nine-lap circuit measuring 41.4 km on Roxas Boulevard.

“I will have to rely on my teammates in the next two stages and just go through the motions,” said Barnachea.

A three-man breakaway pack composed of Galedo, Oconer and Valenzuela surged out of the peloton 33 km into the race, with Barnachea shooting glances at his challengers in the second group.

By the time the leading trio moved within 15 km of the finish, Barnachea knew the time difference wouldn’t be that substantial.

“I was relaxed throughout the race,” he said. “My teammates countered the attacks.”

http://sports.inquirer.net/19445/barnachea-on-verge-of-tour-history

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Northern Luzon wetlands monitored for bird flu virus (http://www.sunstar.com.ph/breaking-news/2011/10/06/northern-luzon-wetlands-monitored-bird-flu-virus-183524)

Thursday, October 6, 2011

MANILA—The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said it is closely monitoring 19 critical wetlands in Northern Luzon following reports of possible mutation of the bird flu virus.

Regional Executive Director Samuel Peñafiel issued the directive as the wetlands are frequented by migratory birds from nearby countries like Malaysia, Singapore, China and Taiwan especially during cold season.

Wetlands being closely monitored are situated in Pagudpud and Paoay in Ilocos Norte; Caoayan, Bantay and Suyo in Ilocos Sur; Sto. Tomas in La Union; Binmaley, Natividad, San Manuel, Bolinao and Alaminos City in Pangasinan.

A report on the Asian Waterfowl Census held early this year indicated that a total of 51 waterbird species was observed in the region’s wetlands.

Among these were egrets (little, intermediate, great and cattle egret), herons (purple, grey, great-billed rufous night and little green heron), bittern, redshrank, greenshrank, wood sand piper, Philippine duck, wandering whistling duck, tufled duck, black-winged stilt, Pacific golden plover, shirebirds, kingfishers, brahminy kite, wagtail and grey-tailed tattler.

Environment Secretary Ramon Paje earlier appealed to the public to refrain from catching, handling, keeping and trading wild birds to avoid the risk of bird flu, otherwise known as Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (H5N1).

He also reminded traders that the import ban on wild birds, their by-products and derivatives from bird flu infected countries such as China, Vietnam and Indonesia remains in effect.

Since its first detection in 2003, the bird flu virus has already infected at least 63 countries worldwide.(Virgil Lopez/Sunnex)

‘Save the environment for a brighter future’ – Gov. Espino (http://www.facebook.com/notes/province-of-pangasinan-official/save-the-environment-for-a-brighter-future-gov-espino/294957670530304)

by Province of Pangasinan (Official) on Friday, October 7, 2011 at 2:58am

Gov. Amado T. Espino, Jr. called on the people of Pangasinan to continue to do their share in helping save our environment to ensure a brighter future and as legacy for the next generations to come.


Gov. Espino made the call following the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement for the awarding of some P287, 500 project fund to the Province of Pangasinan by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources for the rehabilitation of about 25 hectares mangrove.


The ceremonial signing was held last October 7 at the Pangasinan Training and Development Center here between Gov. Espino and Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Officer Leduina Co representing DENR Regional Executive Director Samuel Peñafiel.


The province received the project fund from DENR as an incentive and recognition to its laudable efforts in Coastal Resource Management, Pangasinan, being adjudged as Region 1 Best Project Implementer and consequently Hall of Fame Awardee for winning the title for three consecutive years.


Considering the potential sites for mangrove planting in the municipalities of Dasol and Infanta, the provincial government had recommended said municipalities as project sites where Dasol has a target planting area of 15 hectares while Infanta has 10 hectares of planting area.


As this developed, Gov. Espino thanked the DENR for recognizing the province’s environmental efforts even as he cited the various environmental projects the province has embarked on since he became provincial chief executive putting environmental protection as one of his priority programs.


One of the Espino administration’s most significant projects is the river clean-up where the governor spearheaded river clearing and dredging operations through the multi-sectoral and multi-agency effort of the Task Force Kalikasan under the “Ilog Ko Bilayen Tan Aroen Ko” program.


Gov. Espino said the provincial government worked on massive coastal clean-up, mangrove planting along coastal areas and riverbanks, tree planting in denuded mountains and continual environmental advocacy programs conducted in rural communities and schools.


He also noted that the river clean up complemented by the transformation and rehabilitation of our seedling facilities in barangay Portic, Bugallon and Arnedo Mangrove Information Center and Nursery in Bolinao has increased the mangrove production in the province by 284% and expanded our coastal reforestation in coastal areas and riverbanks adding that Pangasinan is the only province in Region1 that operates its own mangrove nursery.


With all these sustained efforts to revive our rivers and endangered marine resources, Pangasinan gained the support of DENR for the mangrove rehabilitation project.


Meanwhile, the MOA signing also served as the launching of the mangrove rehabilitation project to highlight the partnership of the LGU and DENR on coastal resource management.


Mayor Ruperto Martinez of Infanta and Dasol Mayor and Mayor’s League president Noel Nacar, the local chief executives of the two municipalities chosen as LGU cooperators and beneficiaries witnessed the MOA signing.


The MOA will define the terms and condition of the 25 hectares Mangrove Rehabilitation Project where the concept will be on a contract growing scheme with fisherfolk organizations as recipients.


Based on the terms and reference prepared by the DENR, the beneficiary shall receive P11,500 on a staggered basis for every hectare planted with about 1,000 pieces mangrove propagules. (PIO/Angeline D. Villanueva)

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COMING SOON @ 2ND FLOOR CITY DE LUXE

YELLOW TREE CAFE

BREWING SOON IN DAGUPAN

LOCATED : CITY DE LUXE TAPUAC DIST. DAGUPAN CITY

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Columban Plaza
G/F Columban Plaza (beside Three Kings Parish Chruch), Lingayen, Pangasinan
Tel Number
(075) 662-0315
8:00 - 9:00

Nepo Mall
2/F 224-225 Nepo Mall, Dagupan, Pangasinan
Tel Number
(075) 523-3367
10:00 - 8:00

Nepo Mall Alaminos
GF Nepo Mall Alaminos, Quezon Avenue, corner Marcos Avenue, Alaminos City, Pangasinan
Tel Number
10:00 - 9:00

Rosales Mall 1
G/F SM City Rosales, McArthur Highway, Brgy. Carmen East, Rosales, Pangasinan
Tel Number
(075) 653-0225 / (075) 653-0223
10:00 - 9:00

Rosales Mall 2
Hypermarket Area, SM City Rosales, MacArthur Highway, Brgy. Carmen East, Rosales, Pangasinan
Tel Number
(075) 653-0226 / (075) 653-0227
10:00 - 9:00

Savemore Bayambang
G/F Savemore Bayambang, Royal Mall, Alcala-Bayambang Road corner Camiling-Bayambang Road, Bayambang, Pangasinan
Tel Number
8:00 - 9:00

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CSi Warehouse Club - Dagupan (New facade w/ electronic billboard installed)

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DDB funds drug rehab treatment center (http://sundaypunch.prepys.com/archives/2011/10/02/ddb-funds-drug-rehab-treatment-center/)

THE chairman of the Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) will turn over on Monday two checks totaling P6.25 million as part of the P10-million fund requested by the city council of Dagupan for the completion of the Drug Rehabilitation and Treatment Center.

Secretary Antonio Villar Jr., a Pangasinense, said this is part of his commitment to Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez, chair of the city council, after he witnessed her dedication in the campaign against drug abuse during the launching of the Barkada Kontra Droga in May.

The turnover of the checks for P2.5 million and P3.75 million will be held during the opening rites of the Children’s Congress at the Jimmy Fernandez Stadia.
A memorandum of agreement will also be signed among the agencies involved in the center including the Department of Health and the DDB.

Villar batted for the approval of the P10-million fund before the DDB board after the Sangguniang Panlungsod passed a resolution asking the DDB to extend financial help to make the rehabilitation center in Barangay Bonuan Binloc operational.

“This is my way of showing my province mates and to all Filipino people that we are one in fighting drug abuse and we want drug dependents’ lives (to) return to normal,” Villar said.

The resolution noted “that while the government should be more stringent in going after the purveyors of drug trafficking and pushing, it should be more compassionate and humane in dealing with the victims.”

Dr. Roland Mejia, chief of the Region 1 Medical Center that will handle the center’s operations, also wrote Villar a separate letter, attached to the approved resolution of the city council.

Mejia said in order for the center to become operational, it still needs to build dormitory and recreational facilities for the patients.

The Drug Rehabilitation and Treatment Center, the first such facility in Region 1, was built through an initial P15 million allocation from the Countrywide Development Fund of then House Speaker and former Fourth District Rep. Jose de Venecia.

Pangasinan seen to be main milkfish supplier for NCR (http://www.interaksyon.com/article/14742/pangasinan-seen-to-be-main-milkfish-supplier-for-ncr)
08-Oct-11 | Philippine News Agency

DAGUPAN CITY - The province of Pangasinan is seen to be back as a dominant player in the bangus (milkfish) industry very soon, after incurring relatively milder losses in fisheries in contrast to nearby Pampanga and Bulacan.

Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Regional Director Nestor Domenden said this is very likely because compared to fish producers Pampanga and Bulacan, Pangasinan incurred just moderate damage from the floods spawned by back-to-back typhoons “Pedring” and “Quiel.”

Records of the BFAR regional office showed Region 1 posted P92 million losses in fisheries, the bulk of which came from Pangasinan, the largest fish-producing province in Northern Luzon by the Lingayen Gulf.

He said with Central Luzon yet recovering from the floods, Metro Manila will look to Pangasinan to supply most of the milkfish that it needs, in the same manner that it is looking for Laguna and Batangas to provide its tilapia needs.

He said bangus producers in Pangasinan must seize the opportunity because with the good price of milkfish at P95 per kilo nowadays in Navotas City, Metro Manila, they can start to recover their losses for the last six months when the price of bangus was virtually on a roller coaster.

At P95 per kilo from P80 per kilo prior to typhoons “Pedring” and “Quiel,” it may signal that the bangus industry in Pangasinan will be finally on the road to recovery after suffering series of setbacks since the month of May.

The price of Pangasinan milkfish had dipped to P60-P70 per kilo since the massive fishkill broke out between the months of July and August in Bolinao and Anda towns.

The situation worsened as a result of the discovery in the market of rotten fish called “fish botcha” being mixed with good ones, significantly reducing the demand for bangus.

But Domenden said fish producers must adopt a systematic farm operation to really take advantage of the good price and never harvest at the same time, as this could again create too much supply in the market that may bring down the prices.

He said fish farmers must unite so that they can schedule their harvesting, adding that producers must harvest based only on the volume which the market can take, and not more than that.

At the same time, Domenden stressed the need to establish the fair price of bangus at a level that will not hurt both the producers as well as the consumers.

There are two groups of bangus producers from Pangasinan, one from Dagupan and another from the western part of the province.

The Dagupan producers raise bangus in fishponds while those in western Pangasinan are mostly culturing milkfish in floating fish cages and pens.

The Dagupan producers demand higher price for their bangus which are a lot tastier and more delectable than those produced in the western part of the province.

Filipino maid in Hong Kong can't believe she made history

Philippine Daily Inquirer/Asia News Network
Sunday, Oct 09, 2011

URDANETA CITY, Pangasinan - Evangeline Vallejos is happily incredulous that she won her case for permanent residency in Hong Kong, for which she had been fighting for three years.

“Unbelievable,” she said on Saturday when reached by the Inquirer in China where she was vacationing with her employers. “But I am very happy I won. Ang tagal kong hinintay ito (I have long waited for this).”

Vallejos, 59, has been employed as a maid in Hong Kong since 1986. She said that while she was not sure she would win the case, she trusted the law granting permanent residency to foreigners who had lived in the Chinese territory for seven years.

She said many Filipino workers in Hong Kong were happy about the court decision handed down on Sept. 30 because it paved the way for thousands of others to seek permanent residency.

But in Barangay Paurido where Vallejos’ family lives, there was hardly a stir when news broke of her legal victory.

Family members took pride in her achievement. But while a door has been opened for them to live in Hong Kong, Vallejos’ husband, Zacarias Oria, said they were not planning to do so.

And Vallejos—who is using her maiden name as it appears in her passport—has not discussed with the family the possibility of settling there, Oria told the Inquirer in an interview recently.

In reports, Justice Johnson Lam was quoted as saying in his decision that the immigration provision denying foreign maids the right to gain permanent residency after seven years, which is granted to other foreigners, was inconsistent with Hong Kong’s Constitution.

But the Hong Kong government will appeal Lam’s ruling, the reports said. Fighter

Oria, 60, said he received a call from his wife shortly after the decision was issued.

“It was a very brief call. She just said, ‘Nanalo ang kaso (The case won),’ then the phone went dead. Then I saw the news on TV the next day,” he said.

Oria, a tricycle driver, has visited his wife in Hong Kong only twice. “Life is difficult there, and there are no available jobs for men. Most jobs there are for women,” he said.

Vallejos’ legal fight and her eventual victory did not come as a surprise for Oria and their five adult children.

Oria described his wife as “a fighter who will not stop fighting for what she thinks is right.”

“Matapang siya, palaban (She’s brave, aggressive),” he added. “That’s why I was not afraid when she decided to pursue the case for her permanent residency.” The children, all now employed and raising their own families, said they were proud of their mother.

“Imagine, she is only a maid and a high school graduate but she managed to fight for her permanent residency in Hong Kong,” said her third child, Ryan.

Vallejos managed to send the children to college with her earnings as a maid.

Reggie, 36, has a degree in electronics and communication engineering; Renante, 34, in architecture; Ryan, 32, in accountancy; Gilbert, 29, in nursing; and Jaime, 27, in business management.

Helping hand

According to Ryan’s wife, Shiery, Vallejos is helping other maids in Hong Kong who are grappling with various problems, including abuse by their employers, early termination of work contracts, and illness.

“Siya ang sumbungan (They take their problems to her). She never lets them down.

She goes with them to the labor department to seek settlement of the cases. Most of the time, she is able to get help and benefits for distressed OFWs (overseas Filipino workers),” Shiery said.

It helps that Vallejos’ employers, whom she has been serving for 25 years, are kind and supportive of her advocacy. It was they who encouraged her to pursue the permanent residency case, Shiery said.

She said the house of Vallejos’ employers was always open to her fellow Filipinos as well as her guests from the Philippines.

Vallejos has apparently become so close to her employers that one of them flew to the Philippines in July to stand as sponsor at the wedding of her youngest son.


Shiery and another daughter-in-law, Erna (Renante’s wife), also worked in Hong Kong as maids on Vallejos’ prodding.

“She wanted us to experience her life as a domestic helper,” said Shiery, a management graduate. “We stayed there for two years. It’s a difficult job.”

Happy family

Before she went to work as a maid in Hong Kong, Vallejos was a washerwoman in Urdaneta City.

Oria said he and his wife had agreed that she would work overseas and he would stay to tend to their children.

“Ang hirap kasi ng buhay namin noon. Inaapi kami dahil wala kaming pera (Our life was so hard then. We experienced being oppressed because we had no money),” Oria said.

It was inevitable that the children, some of whom were mere toddlers when their mother left, grew closer to their father.

Recalled Ryan: “Sometimes she would be jealous because of our close relationship with our father. She would say, ‘I know I did not raise you.’ But ours is a happy family. We would make her laugh and everything would be all right again. She would laugh again.”

The children also said their mother tried to make up for her absence by constantly phoning and talking to them.

They said she always reminded them not to fight and to always stand by one another.

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DENR, Pangasinan sign deal to rehabilitate mangroves (http://www.sunstar.com.ph/pangasinan/local-news/2011/10/08/denr-pangasinan-sign-deal-rehabilitate-mangroves-183952)

LINGAYEN, Pangasinan -- The Provincial Government and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) signed an agreement that will rehabilitate 25 hectares of mangroves in Pangasinan.

Under the mangrove rehabilitation project, the province -- a Hall of Fame Awardee for being the Best Project Implementer for three straight years --will receive P287,500 fund which it will distribute to beneficiaries.

Funds will be given to individuals and/or organizations that will plant 1,000 pieces of mangrove propagules in two coastal towns--a 15 hectare site in Dasol and a 10 hectare area in Infana.

Each beneficiary/recipient organization will receive P11,500 on a staggered basis for every hectare planted with mangroves.

The project's memorandum of agreement was signed by Governor Amado Espino Jr. and Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Officer Leduina Co representing DENR Regional Executive Director Samuel Penafiel.

The signing was held Friday morning at the Pangasinan Training and Development Center. The agreement also served to highlight the Coastal Resource Management partnership between the province and DENR.

Witness to the agreement signing were Dasol Mayor Noel Nacar (who is also the president of the Mayors League of Pangasinan), and Infanta Mayor Ruperto Martinez.

Espino thanked the DENR for recognizing and acknowledging the environment efforts of the provincial government, which includes, among others, the massive river clean-up drive under the “Ilog ko, Bilayen ko, tan Aroen ko” program, tree planting, and mangrove area rehabilitation program.

Meanwhile, the mangrove and tree planting activities in Bolinao town scheduled last September 27 but was postponed due to typhoons Pedring and Quiel will push through on October 12.

The mangrove planting was one of the activities included in the recent Tourism Month celebration, and it was supposed to be the highlight activity during the “World Wetlands Day.”

Espino will lead the activity which will be participated in by other provincial officials, municipal officials, other stakeholders and media practitioners in Pangasinan. (Liway C. Manantan-Yparraguirre/Sunnex)

SINO TALAGA ANG MARAMOT?


Pinatigil kamakailan ng BFAR central office ang operasyon ng Seafood Processing Plant sa Bonuan Binloc dahil nag-ooperate na ito ng lingid sa kanilang kaalaman bukod pa sa ito ay walang kaukulang mayor's permit at sanitary permit.

Ayon kay Director Domenden, isa rin sa dahilan ng pagpapatigil ay upang maayos ang pagbalangkas ng isang memorandum of agreement sa pagitan ng lokal na pamahalaan ng Dagupan at ng Department of Agriculture upang sabay na pangasiwaan ang operasyon ng naturang planta para sa kapakanan ng mas nakakarami.

Ito ay bunsod na rin sa pakiusap ni Mayor BSL kay DA Secretary Proceso Alcala na sinang-ayunan naman ng huli na nagsasabing dapat lang may paki-alaman sa operasyon ng planta ang lokal na pamahalaan.

Ang bagay na ito ay mariing tinututulan ni Vice Mayor Belen T. Fernandez at ngayun kanilang pinapalutang na napagmaramutan daw ang mga Dagupeños sa nangyari.

On the contrary, para sa kaalaman ni Fernandez, matagal na po nilang ipinagkait sa Dagupan ang karapatang pakinabangan ang naturang planta ng gumawa sila ng resolusyon endorsing the operation of the plant sa BFAR dahil sa wala daw kaalaman ang lungsod sa pagpapatakbo ng naturang planta.

If this so, bakit nagtungo noon sa Korea ang dating city administrator kasama ang kanyang bayaw at ang ating city agriculture officer para pag-aralan ang operasyon ng isang processing plant sa naturang bansa?

Bakit ang lungsod ang kumilos sa pagproceso ng mga kaukulang papeles para sa konstruksion ng naturang planta pati na ang paglalakad sa mga papeles ng mga kagamitan ng planta?

Bakit ang lungsod ang nanguna sa training noon ng mga 100 workers na umasang magkakatrabaho sa naturang planta?

Ang mga circumstances na ito ay nagpapatunay na talagang interesado ang lungsod na patakbuhin ang planta. Bakit bigla na lamang nilang naisip na ito ay hindi kayang i-operate ng lungsod at ipinasakamay na lang nila ito sa BFAR right after na manalo bilang mayor si BSL?

Vice Mayor, matagal na po ninyong ipinagkait sa mga Dagupeños ang karapatang pakinabangan ang planta. Ano ngayun ang karapatan ninyong magsabi na "asibletan iray taga-Dagupan ed agawa."

Ang totoo, may balita na may isang mataas na opisyal sa lungsod ang isa sa mga nakikinabang sa planta? Kilala po ba ninyo siya Vice Mayor?

Hindi ba kayo magsasagawa ng inquiry kung bakit walang business at sanitary permits ang naturang planta?

Tama ba ang ating mga kababayan na ang BFAR daw ay Bureau of Friends and Relatives?

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Pangasinan holds talks on quarrying (http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/337298/pangasinan-holds-talks-quarrying)
By MAR T. SUPNAD
October 10, 2011, 7:04pm

MANILA, Philippines — The Pangasinan local government Monday urged quarry permit holders in the province to observe the rules on responsible mining and contribute to the national government’s thrust of saving the environment and the country’s natural resources.

This, as the Environment and Natural Resources Office-Natural Resources Regulatory Group (ENRO-NRRG) conducted a general assembly of quarry permit holders in the province last October 5 at the Pangasinan Training and Development Center.

Pangasinan Governor Amado Espino said that although quarrying may be a source of income, “there are vital things to be considered, such as environmental protection and complying with laws and regulations covering mining and quarrying.

“Mahalaga po na sundin natin ang batas at ordinansa at lalong mas mahalaga ang mapanatili ang kaayusan at kalinisan. Alam natin ang tama at mali, pamayanihin natin ang ating konsensya” (it’s important to follow laws and ordinances, but it is more important to maintain cleanliness and order. We know what is right and wrong; let’s be guided by our conscience), Espino said, adding that the provincial government does not tolerate illegal activities.

He also urged permit holders to cooperate with the program thrust of the national government, stressing two things, “ una, dapat mag-quarry sa tamang lugar at pangalawa, huwag ipahiram ang permit sa mga sub-contractor.” (first, quarrying in the right place, and secondly, lending permits to subcontractors).

This is to avoid, he said, the ill-effects on the part of lawful permit owners. “Kung sino po sana ang may-ari at nakapangalan sa permit ay ‘yon ang mismong mag-operate,” he said.

747 children join Pangasinan chess clinic

DAGUPAN CITY, Oct. 10 (PNA) — A total of 747 school children, from elementary to high school, took part in the two-day 2nd Governor Espino Jr. Chess Clinic held Oct. 8 to 9 at the Pangasinan Training and Development Center under the auspices of the Pangasinan Chess Federation (PCF)

Gov. Espino, who was guest of honor and speaker during the closing program, hailed the deep interest of young Pangasinenses to play chess as they aspire to follow the footsteps of great chess players like Eugene Torre, the first Filipino Asian grandmaster and the youngest Filipino grandmaster Wesley So.

Serving an inspiration to young chess player of Pangasinan is Rodolfo Tan Cardozo, the first Asian international master, from Alaminos City, who graced the closing program and helped PCF president Juan Vicente Sison and Pangasinan Sports Director Modesto Operaña distribute certificates to the participants.

The governor hailed Cardozo's great achievement in chess and from whom the young Pangasinenses today draw their inspiration to struggle furthermore in the game of chess.

Because of the great enthusiasm of the young ones to play chess and the need for them to hone their skills regularly, there is now a need to hold chess clinics and a tournament thereafter twice a year, Espino said.

PCF president Sison said in the just concluded chess clinic, the participants came from 25 towns of Pangasinan, the biggest delegation of which came from Lingayen and Binmaley towns.

Those who participated included 579 beginners, 119 intermediate players and 49 advanced players who still wanted to hone up their skills in preparation for any chess tournament.

Sison said it is the beginners from the elementary grades, who are really the main focus of the program of the PCF as they want to teach players in chess at the very tender age.

He said the lst Gov. Espino Jr. Chess Clinic held last year already bore fruit when three participants made their marks in national and international chess tournaments.

Provincial Board Member Von Mark Mendoza stressed that had there been a chess benefactor in the past more zealous than Governor Espino, the province of Pangasinan would have been able to produce more Rodolfo Tan Cardozos.

Meanwhile, Operaña said the Annual Governor Amado Espino Jr. Age-Group Chess Tournament will kick off next week and every week thereafter as another part of the provincial government’s year-round program in chess. (PNA)

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Dumpsite ya 20 baley ed luyag na Pangasinan initdan na cease and disist order ya DENR Region 1 (http://www.bomboradyo.com/news/regional-news/pangasinan/80243-dumpsite-ya-20-baley-ed-luyag-na-pangasinan-initdan-na-cease-and-disist-order-ya-denr-region-1)

Pangasinan News
DAGUPAN CITY-- Tatayaen na 20 bayan dyad luyag na Pangasinan so initdan na cease and disist order ya Department of Environment and Natural Resources Region 1 para ed panpapasara ya dumpsite da.

Onong ed kendi, Joel Salvador , Regional Director for Environmental Management Bureau na DENR , 20 bayan ed Pangasinan so inetdan day cease and disist order lapud aliwan panooperate ya dumpsite ed saray baley da na ginawa dala kunon open dumpsite.

Kwanto ,mahigpit la kunon ibabawal base ed ipapatunton dan batas o Republic Act 99003 o ecological solid waste management.

Inyarum to nen Salvador amayamay so baley ed luyag na mangagawa ray aliwan panbabantak na basura no ener kailangan lan ipasara so dumpsite da.

Wala met knoy panpilian na saray 20 bayan o tatawagen dan safe closure and rehabilitation plan pyano ag da tuluyan ipasara so dumpsite balet ag da ginawa.

Baley ya Sta. Barbara sakey na impasara day dumpsite da (http://www.bomboradyo.com/news/regional-news/pangasinan/80244-baley-ya-sta-barbara-sakey-na-impasara-day-dumpsite-da)

Pangasinan News
DAGUPAN CITY-- Sakey so baley na Sta. Barbara ed luyag na Pangasinan so naitadan na Department of Environment and Natural Resources Region 1 ya cease and disist order ed say dumpsite da.

Onong ed kendi Joel Salvadora, Regional Director for Environmental Management Bureau ya DENR, atuklasan na DENR ya aliwa so panbabantak day basura da kapara to may material recovery facility o MRF da ed benig na munisipyo da no ener ag la kuno ya nabitlan MRF ta open dumpsite so anengneng da.

Kwanto, aliwan baley na Sta. Barbara labat so initdan na cease and disist order dyad dumpsite da pati say baley na Lingayen , Bugallon, syudad na Dagupan tan arum niran baley.

Provincial hospital, lagpas lad required hospital bed (http://www.bomboradyo.com/news/regional-news/pangasinan/80151-provincial-hospital-lagpas-lad-required-hospital-bed)

Pangasinan News
DAGUPAN CITY - Aminado si Pangasinan Provicial Hospital Head Dr. Jackson Soriano ya linmagpas lad required hospital bed so abetlan ospital.

Impalapag to ya say otorisadong bed capacity da et 150 labat base ed Department of Health Licensing Operation balet diad karakel lante na pasyente ya oonlad sikara kanyan nan-arum ira anggad 500.

Imbaga to ya agda iseseblet so ospital kanyan sikara la so manba-budget anggad say poanag-ala na manpower ompoan nasilbian daray pasyente.

Imbaga to met ya wala ray folding bed ya inyarum da na nayaremet ya osaren na anggad dwaran pasyente.

Masulok ya P53-M ya deral ed sektor na Agrikultura dyad baley na Bayambang (http://www.bomboradyo.com/news/regional-news/pangasinan/80058-masulok-ya-p53-m-ya-deral-ed-sektor-na-agrikultura-dyad-baley-na-bayambang)

Pangasinan News
DAGUPAN CITY- Unaabet ed masulok ya P53 milyon so deral ed sektor na Agrikultura dyad baley na Bayambang dyad inpandalan na bagyon Pedring tan Quiel dya ed luyag na Pangasinan.

Unong ed kinen Municipal Administrator Romulo Velasquez na baley ya Bayambang, tatayaen ya P53, 532,000 so deral na saray kapageyan tan kapukukan dyad baley da.

Inyarum to met ya pinakanaapektuan ya sektor et say sektor na taneman ya wadya lad flowering tan maturing stage nen dinmalan so dwaran bagyo ed luyag.

Kwanto met ya gagwen na amin na likal ya gobyerno da ya natulungan so saray naapektuan na dumaralos ya nasagip so nayari nen nausar partikular la so pan pan panpapaagew tan panpapadry up na saray kapageyan umpan aga nasayang so pinan erapan da.

Lingayen Gulf Most Overfished water resource (http://www.bomboradyo.com/news/regional-news/pangasinan/80019-lingayen-gulf-most-overfished-water-resource)

Pangasinan News
DAGUPAN CITY -- Kinotra nen Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resoources BFAR Region 1 Director Nestor Dumenden so ibabagan say Lingayen Gulf so manunaan ed aray ipapasen ya Most Overfished water resource.

Imbaga to ya aliwa yan twa lapud diad katwaan et linmeksab lay bilang na aray managsigay ya mangagawan iligal ya pan-aalay sira ed Lingayen Gulf.

Imbaga to ni ya nensaman et masulok ya 100 so fishing vessel ya man-aalay sira balet natan et 80 labat la tan aliwa nen amin et fully operational kanyan day tantya da et anggad 40-60 labat laraya.

Imbaga to ya ag makapa-alarma ya karakel ya mansisigay.

Say problema no bilang et no makarel iray dakel o daiset lapud mas baleg ni gagastusen da ed krudo nensay anapen dad panlako na narel ya sira.

Imbaga to met ya diad loob na sampluy taon et linmeksab la so troll fishing diad Rehiyon Uno.

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Biado bags 1st pool title

CARLO Biado claimed his first-ever major title by winning the 8-Ball event of the National Pool Championships at the Star Billiards Center Sunday.

The 27-year-old cue artist from Pangasinan whipped Alan Cuartero in a one-sided finals match, 9-3, to pocket the P50,000 champion’s purse.

He also bolstered his chances of winning the grand championship and the P200,000 top prize as the winner will be chosen based on the players’ performances in the 8-Ball, 9-Ball and 10-Ball disciplines.

Biado, who had also secured a spot in the finals of the 9-Ball event where he will go up against Dennis Orcullo starting today (Monday), is on track to winning the grand championship.

In winning the 8-Ball event, Biado also earned a ticket to the last major event of the World Pool-Billiard Association next month—the World Pool Summit—to be held in Manila next month.

“Nu’ng natalo ako sa semis ng World Ten Ball, pumasok kaagad sa isip ko makabawi,” said Biado. “Matagal-tagal na rin akong nag-aambisyong maging champion ng isang malaking tournament. Sana nga makuha ko rin ‘yung championship sa World Pool Summit para naman may panregalo ako sa sarili ko sa birthday ko.”

Cuartero, a pool house pro from Kuwait, struggled in breaking the balls, which cost him the match.

He had a lot of dry breaks and missed a crucial shot at ball no.5 in the 12th rack. Rey Joble

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Sports: Pangasinan evaluated in connection with its bid to host Palarong Pambansa (http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=&nid=5&rid=378294)

LINGAYEN, Pangasinan, Oct. 10 (PNA) -- Members of the technical staff of the Palarong Pambansa has completed the evaluation of all the sports facilities of the province of Pangasinan in connection with its bid to host next year's Palarong Pambansa.

Governor Amado Espino Jr. said based on the existing facilities presented by the province, including the city of Dagupan, Pangasinan has the edge over three other provinces and one city which also submitted their respective bids to host the 2012 national games.

Others that bidded to host next year's national games are Laguna, Albay and Oriental Mindoro provinces as well as Marikina City in Metro Manila.

The technical staff of the Palaro, comprising of officials of the Department of Education, visited the Narciso Ramos Sports and Civic Center, including the Olympic-sized swimming pool in Dagupan City, both of which were built for the 1995 Palarong Pambansa when Pangasinan hosted the Palaro for the first time.

Both of these were already refurbished in line with Pangasinan's bid to host next year's competitions.

A report said the members of the technical staff also visited the Martin Posadas Sports Center of the Virgen Milagrosa University Foundation and even the privately-owned CSI Stadia and CSI the City Mall, both in Dagupan City which can host some indoor sports like badminton and taekwondo.

Espino said officials of the Palarong Pambansa technical staff said, although unofficially, that Pangasinan's sports facilities are more than what are actually needed for the national games.

The Palaro technical staff members are now evaluating the facilities of other provinces and a city also interested in hosting next year's Palaro.

Meanwhile, Governor Espino also announced that the Milo National Games will be hosted by Pangasinan sometime in November to be joined in by some 1,000 youth athletes from all over the country.

Main venue of the Milo National Games is the Narciso Ramos Sports and Civic Center and may be the CSI Stadia in Dagupan City.

The events include track and field, chess, taekwondo, badminton, table tennis, ball games, marathon and others. (PNA)

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http://rtvm.gov.ph - (Speech) Urdaneta Engineered Sanitary Landfill

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Bolo Hills is Perfectly situated along the Lingayen Gulf in Alaminos City, Pangasinan and well within a number of tourist spots and resorts, most notable of which is the world famous 100 Islands National Park.

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DOH launches door-to-door community health teams

An October 11, 2011 press release from the Department of Health

The Department of Health (DOH), with the Departments of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), and Education (DepEd), today launched the Community Health Team (CHT) Mobilization campaign to guarantee that every family in the community is periodically visited and attended by health providers as part of the government’s efforts to achieve Kalusugan Pangkalahatan or Universal Health Care.

The CHT Mobilization teams (CHTs) will do a nationwide door-to-door visit to reach all families, especially the poorest Filipino households, identified through the DSWD’s National Household Targeting System (NHTS). The CHT Mobilization aims to link these families to social service providers, provide critical social services when needed, and deliver key health messages.

“Government is allotting a budget of P1.25 billion for this campaign,” announced
Health Secretary Enrique T. Ona.

The 42,000 CHTs assembled thus far seek to visit some 10.8 million households under the NHTS nationwide . Each CHT shall visit 15-80 households per day to cover the entire barangay in 17 to 25 days depending on the total households and distance of each household in the said barangay.

Aside from providing information, the CHTs shall also distribute complete treatment packages or medicines, provide immunizations for children and senior citizens and other health services as the need arises, like counseling for mental health problems and family planning needs. The campaign is scheduled to run from October 2011 to January 2012.

Each team is composed of a leader, either a midwife or nurse, and four members that include a barangay health worker or traditional birth attendant, a social welfare development office representative or parent-leader, a barangay nutritionist, and a barangay service population officer.

“The DOH is now on the next phase of its effort to achieve Kalusugan Pangkalahatan, and this campaign is just one of many programs directed to providing poor Filipino families access to quality health care,” said Ona.

Health education and information in maternal and child care, adoption of a healthy lifestyle, and utilization and availing of PhilHealth benefits are among the key messages that will be disseminated, not only to NHTS poorest families but to each household in the communities.

“The mobilization of CHTs is the DOH’s strategy to ensure that all populations and individuals vulnerable to illnesses are provided information and services to maintain their health and well-being and to prevent progression of illness. After all, preventing illness and promoting wellness is in fact cheaper than treating the sick,” said the health chief.

The 12 priority areas to be covered include Metro Manila, Negros Occidental, Quezon, Cebu, Pangasinan, Iloilo, Cavite, Maguindanao, Zamboanga del Sur, Leyte, Davao del Sur, and Pampanga.

The DOH is taking the lead in this initiative and in particular will be in charge of the training and mobilization of CHTs. Partner agencies will provide additional support in terms of logistics and information among other things in the implementation of the program.
“The collaboration with other government agencies like the DSWD, DILG, and DepEd is important in order for us to successfully implement our health programs, especially our agenda of Kalusugan Pangkalahat,” Ona said.
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http://www.gov.ph/2011/10/11/doh-launches-door-to-door-community-health-teams/

PIA Press Release
Tuesday, October 11, 2011


Pangasinan employment service office holds 3rd e-Passporting on Oct. 15 (http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=1&t=1&id=58677)

LINGAYEN, Pangasinan, Oct. 11 -- The provincial government, thru the Provincial Employment Services Office (PESO) will conduct the third batch of the Special e-Passport Project on October 15.

PESO chief Alex F. Ferrer said that the Department of Foreign Affairs has allotted some 350 slots for applicants from Pangasinan on a first-come, first- served basis.

Ferrer said that with the success of the two batches of applications
processed earlier, Gov. Amado T. Espino, Jr. approved again the use of six (6) air-conditioned buses to transport the passport applicants to and from the DFA consular office in San Fernando City, La Union.

PESO has mobilized its local employment service offices throughout the province to assist in the distribution of application forms and pre-processing of documents.

Passport applicants who want to avail of the project may see their PESO managers assigned in their respective towns or cities or proceed to Provincial PESO office located at the Kalantiao building here.

The first batch of applications was processed in February, while the second batch was done in April.

Interested parties may contact PESO at telephone numbers 542-6211 and 542-4252. (JCR/DOS-PIO/PIA 1 Pangasinan)

DA threshes out problem facing fish processing plant (http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=1&t=1&id=58372)

by Danny O. Sagun

DAGUPAN CITY, Oct. 10 (PIA) -- Operations of the seafood processing plant here have been put on hold pending adoption of necessary guidelines by the agriculture department in coordination with the city government.

Plant interim Manager Westly Rosario bared Saturday that the Korean-built processing facility had temporarily closed as directed by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources pending resolution of the issue as to which agency would run the plant. It was also gathered that the facility had been operating without the necessary business permit from the city government.

He said that a lawyer from the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources would be arriving today (Monday) to thresh out the problem.

Earlier, BFAR representatives met with local stakeholders to draft a memorandum of agreement to be entered into between DA represented by BFAR and the city.

Mayor Benjamin S. Lim had raised the issue of ownership before Secretary Proceso Alcala during the latter's visit to the province about three months ago. Alcala thus tasked BFAR Director Asis Perez to look into the issue prompting the latter to send his representatives here.

It will be recalled that the old city council before the new administration took over last year adopted a resolution turning over operations of the plant to BFAR allegedly because the city had no capability to run it.

Lim however believed otherwise.

The plant when fully operational will benefit local bangus producers as they will have the opportunity to market their produce abroad. (ANL/DOS-PIA 1 Pangasinan)

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Barnachea is millionaire king
By Joey Villar (The Philippine Star) (http://www.philstar.com/sportsarticle.aspx?articleid=735799&publicationsubcategoryid=69)

MANILA, Philippines - Eastern Pangasinan’s Santy Barnachea turned the short, rain-soaked 41.4km Stage 12 of LBC Ronda Pilipinas into a victory ride, keeping his chief rivals in check to secure the tour crown worth P1 million at the Luneta Grandstand yesterday.

Barnachea, who wrested the overall lead in the tough Vigan-Baguio Stage 9 and held on to a six-minute margin in the last three legs, wound up in 62nd place after nine laps around the slippery Roxas Blvd. with a 38.15-minute clocking, just behind chief rival Joel Calderon of Nueva Ecija, who ended up 51st with a 37.5-minute effort.

After 12 grueling stages spread over more than 2,000 kms of paved and rough roads plus some killer ascents where the entourage had to buck scorching heat, strong wind and heavy rains spawned by three typhoons, Barnachea came out triumphant with a total time of 36 hours, 57 minutes, 47 seconds.

He bested the 31-year-old Calderon, who pooled a 37:03:52 clocking in a race he led majority of the way only to fade out in the punishing Vigan-Baguio stage.

“I will save this for the education of my children,” said Barnachea, who had his four-year-old daughter Princess on his right shoulder and his seven-year-old son Darren with wife Michelle when he received the biggest purse ever staked in local cycling.

At 35, Barnachea, a native of Umingan, Pangasinan, also became one of the oldest winners of the tour and one of the very few to have won the crown without winning a single lap.

The LBC Ronda title was also his third crown, counting the two others he won in other tours, thus matching Antonio Arzala’s three victories in 1955, 1956 and 1959, which were, however, fashioned out in one cycling event.

The newly crowned champion also vowed to be back next year as he tries to cement his place as one of the best riders in local cycling history.

“This was supposed to be my last tour but my coach told me to ride one more time next year,” said Barnachea, referring to his long-time mentor Johnny Borja. “ I will race one more year and maybe try to win a fourth title.”

Calderon, the 2009 winner who led in a six- stage stretch before fading out in the fateful Vigan-Baguio run, took the P500,000 runner-up prize, more than what other winners received in past tour editions.

Phl Under-23’s George Oconer, 19, finished third in 37:04:00 and received P250,000. He also won P100,000 for copping the Rudy Project Best Young Rider title and the Air Asia Sprint King crown.

“I’m happy to finish the race, much more place in the top three, I’m really proud of my performance,” said Oconer, who edged 7-Eleven’s Irish Valenzuela for the sprint king plum.



Valenzuela, however, won the Magnolia Purewater King of the Mountain title.

Rounding up the Top 10 were Cycleline Extreme-Butuan City’s March Mcquinn Aleonar (37:04:35), 7-Eleven’s Lloyd Lucien Reynante (37:05:28), Eastern Pangasinan’s Baler Ravina (37:05:56), American Vinyl’s Cris Joven (37:08:34), Tarlac’s Tomas Martinez (37:09:55), American Vinyl’s Rudy Roque (37:10:50) and Nueva Ecija’s Rey Martin (37:12:26), who received P125,000, P100,000, P90,000, P80,000, P70,000, P60,000 and P50,000, respectively.

American Vinyl, meanwhile, bagged the team title, also worth P1 million.

Ronnel Hualda capped American Vinyl’s superb team performance by ruling the final stage, beating Oconer and 7-Eleven’s top sprinter Ericson Obosa for lap honors. The three turned in the same clocking of 37:52.

Aside from Hualda, the other members of the American Vinyl were skipper Cris Joven, Roque, Bryant Sepnio, Joseph Millanes and Edmundo Nicolas.

Mentored by two-time tour winner Renato Dolosa, American Vinyl pooled a total time of 111:03:36, besting 7-Eleven (111:15:44), Tarlac (111:22:56), Nueva Ecija (111:24:20), Eastern Pangasinan (111:48:03), Cebu (111:41:34), National Capital Region Standard (111:54:16), W&C Pangasinan-Jazy Sport (111:58:24), Ilocos Sur (112:23:52) and Bicol (112:34:43).

The second to 10th placers in the team category got P500,000, P250,000, P100,000, P90,000, P80,000, P75,000, P70,000, P65,000 and P60,000, respectively.

“We knew we’re the underdogs because we really don’t have stars in the team but we executed our game plan to the letter,” said the 45-year-old Dolosa, who now has three team titles as coach–one for Cosack Vodka in 2006 and two for American Vinyl, the first clinched in 2009.

The LBC Ronda Pilipinas put up a total prize fund of P7 million courtesy of main sponsor LBC Hari ng Padala and backers Rudy Project, Air Asia.com, Magnolia Purewater, Versa two-way radios and Starlite Ferries, Inc. with The Philippine STAR, C! and AKTV as media partners.

Cycling revival
Posted by Online on Oct 11th, 2011
By Clyde Mariano (http://www.tempo.com.ph/2011/cycling-revival/)

Manila, Philippines – The revival of the Tour of the Philippines by LBC, the company that sponsored the recent Ronda Pilipinas race, once again rekindled the glory years of cycling and revived interest in the countryside’s most popular spectator sport.

The organizers spent P32 million, P7 million of which went to the cyclists who matched cycling skills for 12 days under extreme conditions. The total prize was the biggest in the history of cycling. The P1 million prize each to the individual and team champion also was unprecendented.

The 12- stage, 19-day tour also gave diehard cycling fans, particularly in the Visayas and Mindanao, the chance to see their heroes which was denied them following the scrapping of the fabled Marlboro Tour more than two decades ago.

The caravan (350 personnel, including 96 cyclists and 90 vehicles) covered more than 3,000 kilometers and passed through 14 provinces, sailed 35 hours overseas in the Visayas and Mindanao, and crossed 58 bridges, including the 1.5 kilometer structure linking the towns of Rosales and Villasis in Pangasinan.

The race was sanctioned by the UCI (International Cycling Union) and Phil Cycling and was supported by 35 government agencies. Twenty-two motorcycle escorts from Camp Crame, National Capital Region, Calabarzon and Region 1, and 21 marshals were mobilized to ensure smooth flow.

The tour was supervised by UCI officials Martin Bruin and Henk Van de Linden of the Netherlands and Jamal Mahmood and Beatrice Lajawa of Malaysia.
Bruin and Linden, who visited the country for the first time as UCI officials, promised to return to the country next year.

“I learned to love this country. People are warm friendly, accommodating and hospitable,“ said Linden.

The tour next year promises to be more interesting and exciting as the organizers will add at least four stages in Mindanao in response to the clamor of the people to put up more laps in the region.

“We’ll probably do just that,” race director and consultant Ric Rodriguez told Tempo/Manila Bulletin in a hotel in Cagayan de Oro City. The “City of Golden Friendship” was the first stop of the bikathon.

“This is a long range program. The main thrust is to promote cycling to the highest level as well as the country’s tourism industry. We will add more laps in Mindanao not only to give the people out there the opportunity to watch cycling, but also to help the country in promoting different tourists destinations, particularly in Mindanao,” stressed Rodriguez.

The provinces that will include next year’s tour are Sarangani, Davao, Butuan and Surigao.

“Boxing icon and Rep. Manny Pacquaio is also interested in having a lap in Sarangani. We will include his province in next year’s tour,” noted Rodriguez.
Rodriguez likewise said the next tour will be held late April to avoid any obstacles that hampered this year’s tour, including three typhoons – Pedring, Quiel and Ramon.

“We will change the calendar date next year. We had bad experiences this year. We will hold it in summer so as not to expose the cyclists to danger. We do not want to risk the life of the cyclists as well all the members of the tour caravan,” said Rodriguez.

Race chairman Fernando Araneta was elated with the success of the LBC Ronda Pilipinas.

Santy Barnachea, the 35-yearold grizzled veteran from Umingan, Pangasinan, eventually won the title plus the juicy prize of P1 million and a golden medallion symbolic of supremacy of the 12-day saga on two wheels.

A former member of the RP Team, Barnachea compiled a total time aggregate of 36:57.47 to claim his third title since winning the four-day Tour of Calabarzon in 2002 and Padyak Pinoy in 2006. He also duplicated the feat of Antonio Arzala, the pandesal vendor from Laguna, who won the tour in 1955, ‘56 and ‘59.

Joel Calderon, the 2009 champion from Guimba, Nueva Ecija, came in second at 37:03.52 worth P500,000 plus a silver medal and Southeast Asian Games-bound George Oconer pocketed the third prize of P250,000 plus a bronze medal.

Oconer proved to be the biggest revelation among the 96 riders. The youngest in the field at 19, Oconer, son of two-time Olympian and national coach Norberto Oconer, also won two honors in his first try in the tour.

A member of the PhilCycling Under-23 squad under the wings of the Philippine Cycling Federation headed by president and Tagaytay Mayor Abraham ‘Bambol’ Tolentino, Oconer bagged “Young Rider” and “Sprint King” honors to typify his amazing performance.

The Renato Dolosa-coached American Vinyl captured team honors with a total time of 111:03.36 and won P1 million, beating fancied Seven Eleven, which came in second at 111:15.44 worth P500,000 and Tarlac, third with P250,000 at 111:22.56.

Filmmaker aims to preserve the Pangasinense dialect through cinema (http://loqal.ph/arts-and-entertainment/2010/07/12/filmmaker-aims-to-preserve-the-pangasinense-dialect-through-cinema/)

BAYAMBANG, PANGASINAN – Filmmaker Christopher Gozum only wants two things as an artist: practice his passion in film and make the country proud and preserve the indigenous dialect of Pangasinan through Sine Caboloan.

Gozum, a native of Pangasinan, is one of the most accomplished independent film makers of the country after his extensive studies at the University of the Philippines and Asian Film Academy Fellowship Program in Pusan, South Korea, according to Film Annex.

Some of his notable achievements are the full-length drama War Booty (2001) and Pasyon of Pedro Calosa and the Tayug Colorum Uprising of 1931 (2002), which won the Palanca Awards for Literature.

He was also recognized by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts’ Ubod Young Author’s Series with his play Pure Stone Is the Source of Light in 2005. Aside from these, he also participated in the Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival and in 2007, his film The Calling, which was produced by the Asian Film Academy in Korea, won best short film in the 9th Cinemanila International Film Festival.

His film Anacbanua (Child of the sun) received praise from the blog Cyber Vision, which noted that the scenes will absolutely take the viewers to this new world, “welcoming the new era of digital cinema with its visual poetry”. The film received the Digital Lokal Lino Brocka Grand Prize and the Best Director Award during the 2009 Cinemanila International Film Festival.

But the more he gets accomplished, the more Gozum yearns to go back to where he came from – his hometown – and embracing his native Pangasinense tongue. Through his films, he thinks he can encourage his fellow Pangasinense to be proud of their dialect, whose ethnicity is something they should all restore.

He founded the Sine Caboloan, a film production company dedicated to produce independent digital feature films about Pangasinan region using the indigenous language.

In an article on Film Annex, he says there that many of his ‘kabalen’ who no longer use their native dialect even inside their home. Also, he says the country is using Tagalog in all mediums such as films and he feels that this is something that deserves attention.

“I do not propose the abolishment of the Tagalog language media in the non-Tagalog regions but instead, media professionals (i.e. filmmakers, etc.) and the mass media industries and institutions in the provinces must create more audio-visual media in their mother language presenting the rich culture of their region alongside,” Gozum says.

Simon Francis Blaise Vistro commends Gozum’s dedication in preserving the pangasinense indigenous culture. “With heroes like Christopher Gozum, Pangasinenses can be assured that the Pangasinan language will continue to be alive and kicking for years to come,” he says.

At the moment, Gozum and his Sine Caboloan team are busy preparing for their two new full-length feature projects namely Insipan Ya Dalin (The Promised Land) scheduled for 2010-2011 and Impanbilay na Sakey Aripuen (The Life and Times of a Slave), which is targeted for completion in 2015.

You may directly get in touch with Christopher Gozum through the Sine Caboloan website or at christopher_gozum@yahoo.com
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Kids' meet features technology, robotics (http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=1&t=1&id=58540)

by Danny O Sagun

About 18,000 schoolchildren from this city here trooped to the CSI Stadia for the three-day 2nd Dagupan Children’s Congress and Fair which kicked off recently.
The three-day Congress has the theme “Educational Awareness on Modern Technology Threats: Saving the kids. .. Strengthening the Families."
The World Space Week was held for the first time here under the auspices of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST).
Sponsored jointly by the Department of Education, DOST, City Supermarket Inc. and the sangguniang panlungsod chaired by Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez, the Congress articulated among parents, teachers and children their rights as well as measures that seek to protect children from the harmful effects of Internet games and chatting in social networking sites.
The Congress included fun games and contests for the kids, Milo Taekwondo Camp, Animal Planet Face Painting, artwork and story telling, artwork competition, mini-fun day and games, Scan to go Speedstack, kiddie corner puzzle, glitter painting contest, 3 on 3 basketball, fruit salad making, speed stack tourney, salad and sandwich making, halo-halo making shot out contest, skateboarding and badminton tournament.
The winner in the rocket launching competition will represent the country in Singapore with the trip to be sponsored by CSI with the help of the National Aeronautics Space Agency.
Fernandez said that in next year's Congress, neighboring towns will be included. (ANL/DOS-PIA 1 Pangasinan/with report from Dagupan SP)

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One of the events conducted during Tourism week celebration 2011 in Bolinao, Pangasinan is the Tourism Amateur Digital Photography Contest. It is participated by students, photographers, and artist from Bolinao. It is the first ever photography contest held in Bolinao.

Participants are required to register and present photos of tourist attractions from Bolinao as their entry in the said contest. All photos accepted in the contest were included in the photo exhibit at Don Raymundo Celeste Sports Complex, Bolinao, Pangasinan.

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Barnachea is millionaire king
By Joey Villar (The Philippine Star) (http://www.philstar.com/sportsarticle.aspx?articleid=735799&publicationsubcategoryid=69)

MANILA, Philippines - Eastern Pangasinan’s Santy Barnachea turned the short, rain-soaked 41.4km Stage 12 of LBC Ronda Pilipinas into a victory ride, keeping his chief rivals in check to secure the tour crown worth P1 million at the Luneta Grandstand yesterday.



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TV5 readies 5 more regional stations
by Jeremiah F. de Guzman

ABC Development Corp., operator of television channel TV5, is set to launch five more regional stations this year to widen its reach, a top official said over the weekend.

“We just need five more transmitters. Then, we will already cover national urban. We recently got [National Telecommunications Commission’s] approval for these five areas,” ABC president Ray Espinosa told reporters.

TV5 was formally launched in Cebu on Saturday following the network’s regional rollouts in Pangasinan in February and in Davao in March.

Espinosa said the network would air more shows and news programs specifically for Cebuanos. “We want to dominate in this area,” he said.

He said the network would launch regional broadcast stations in Naga, Batangas and Tarlac in the next few months.

“We stil have pending applications with the NTC. But these areas are the most important ones to cover national urban... for ratings purposes,” Espinosa said.

TV5, he said, was fast catching up with the country’s leading TV networks GMA Network and ABS-CBN. He said TV5 had capturing almost 10 percent of the total advertising revenues in the broadcast industry.

“We are a strong number three. Our revenue target is a little over P3 billion, which is equivalent to 10 percent of [the country’s] total ad revenues,” Espinosa said.

He added the TV network was beating the two networks in some time slots, especially in weekend primetime.

“We beat ABS-CBN on the primetime of Saturday [June 18] and we were tied with them on Sunday [June 19],” Espinosa said.

He also said TV5 was launching its international channel soon but Espinosa declined to give the pilot areas and provide a more specific date.

“We are present in all the platforms: in TV, radio, in the Internet and in mobile. We are now a threat [to the leading networks],” Espinosa said.

Despite increasing revenues, TV5 is not expected to post profits until 2015. Its extensive capital spending brought by its investments in its Media Center in Mandaluyong and its aggressive talent and programs acquisition would make it impossible for the TV network to be profitable in the next four years.

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TV5 readies 5 more regional stations
by Jeremiah F. de Guzman

ABC Development Corp., operator of television channel TV5, is set to launch five more regional stations this year to widen its reach, a top official said over the weekend.

“We just need five more transmitters. Then, we will already cover national urban. We recently got [National Telecommunications Commission’s] approval for these five areas,” ABC president Ray Espinosa told reporters.

TV5 was formally launched in Cebu on Saturday following the network’s regional rollouts in Pangasinan in February and in Davao in March.

Espinosa said the network would air more shows and news programs specifically for Cebuanos. “We want to dominate in this area,” he said.

He said the network would launch regional broadcast stations in Naga, Batangas and Tarlac in the next few months.

“We stil have pending applications with the NTC. But these areas are the most important ones to cover national urban... for ratings purposes,” Espinosa said.

TV5, he said, was fast catching up with the country’s leading TV networks GMA Network and ABS-CBN. He said TV5 had capturing almost 10 percent of the total advertising revenues in the broadcast industry.

“We are a strong number three. Our revenue target is a little over P3 billion, which is equivalent to 10 percent of [the country’s] total ad revenues,” Espinosa said.

He added the TV network was beating the two networks in some time slots, especially in weekend primetime.

“We beat ABS-CBN on the primetime of Saturday [June 18] and we were tied with them on Sunday [June 19],” Espinosa said.

He also said TV5 was launching its international channel soon but Espinosa declined to give the pilot areas and provide a more specific date.

“We are present in all the platforms: in TV, radio, in the Internet and in mobile. We are now a threat [to the leading networks],” Espinosa said.

Despite increasing revenues, TV5 is not expected to post profits until 2015. Its extensive capital spending brought by its investments in its Media Center in Mandaluyong and its aggressive talent and programs acquisition would make it impossible for the TV network to be profitable in the next four years.

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^^Old news, but still relevant.. dagupan regional operation was lunches early this year, 1st provincial outlet when Willy visited Lingayen

Post-typhoon coastal clean-up

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October 6, 2011

Governor Amado T. Espino, Jr. (left of left photo) makes the rounds on the coastal clean-up activity at the Capitol beachfront and its environs last October 3 participated in by provincial officials, department heads and employees (right photo) who cleaned the beachfront of marine debris swept ashore by strong waves spawned by Typhoons “Pedring” and “Quiel”. The Governor lauded the employees who have helped put back the cleanliness of the beach and the Capitol compound which are now frequented by visitors day and night. The regional office of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources has recently conferred the prestigious Likas Yaman Award to Pangasinan last June 30, 2011 as the Best Local Government Unit (LGU)-Initiated Environmental project in Region 1. Pangasinan is also a hall of fame awardee as Most Outstanding Coastal Resource Management Implementer for three consecutive years (2008 to 2010). Joining the Governor at left photo are Vice Gov. Jose Ferdinand Z. Calimlim, Jr. and Provincial Administrator Rafael F. Baraan. (PIO Photo by Bob Sison)

Choral contest judges to visit schools (http://www.sunstar.com.ph/pangasinan/local-news/2011/10/09/choral-contest-judges-visit-schools-184102?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+SunStarPangasinan+%28Sun.Star+-+Pangasinan%29&utm_content=Yahoo+Search+Results)

DAGUPAN CITY -- Judges in the Sanengseng choral competition will again go school-hopping on Monday and Tuesday this week, but this time they will only visit those that were earlier chosen as semi-finalists.

The schools whose choral groups made it to the finals of the first ever and one of a kind choral competition are Dagupan City National High School, Bonuan Boquig National High School, East Central Integrated School, St. Albert the Great School, La Marea School, St. John Catholic, and La Salette School.

Dagupan City Schools Division Superintendent Alma Ruby Torio said early evening of October 14 (Friday) will be a nostalgic and historical night, as all participating schools -- both public and private secondary schools -- will gather in front of St. John the Evangelist Cathedral and along Burgos Street for their final rendition of the contest piece, Malinac Lay Labi, a Pangasinan folk song.

The Sanengseng choral singing competition is a brainchild of Lingayen Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas. It was officially launched during the Agew Na Dagupan celebration last June.

The competition is also a project of the Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan and the Dagupan City Schools Division, in cooperation with the City Government of Dagupan.

Villegas said the competition will inspire the youths to rediscover their revered Pangasinan culture and take pride of their Pangasinan culture heritage.

“All the public and private high school students of Dagupan can now sing from memory Malinac Lay Labi, the most popular song identified with Pangasinan,” he said.

Mayor Benjamin Lim has instituted a radio program called “Pinablin Taoir” over Aksyon Radyo Pangasinan to promote the Pangasinan language, which is perceived to be a dying language.

On October 14, right after the 6 p.m. Angelus, the choral groups from all the participating schools will simultaneously sing Malinac Lay Labi. (LCMY/Sunnex)

^^Old news, but still relevant.. dagupan regional operation was lunches early this year, 1st provincial outlet when Willy visited Lingayen

:cheers: sunod na ETC(RPN) :lol:

Malakas po yung transmitter nila sa Baguio, that is, unless mag open ang Solar entertainment ng new media channels. rumors has it na mag vventure po sila sa all news channel, having that would pave way for another news outlet operations in dagupan

WELCOME

to

Pangasinan Residential Communities
and Transient Accommodations

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Located in Urdaneta, Pangasinan, Woodside Garden Village (http://www.landco.ph/projects/woodside) is in the middle of the region's growth corridor. This residential subdivision is designed to be a blend of nature's color and texture. The landscape and tree-lined roads will complement its American-Californian theme, natural and picturesque in character. As a carefully master-planned community, it showcases prime lots, a landscaped entrance gate, colorful flower pads, and rotundas, wide road networks, and centralized water and electrical systems.

Among the key features of this development are a village clubhouse, sports facilities like a swimming pool, basketball court, and twin tennis courts, parks, and children's playgrounds.

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Corn production to be stepped up in Pangasinan (http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=&nid=11&rid=378878)

SAN FABIAN, Pangasinan, Oct. 12 (PNA) — Corn planting will be stepped up in the Fourth District of Pangasinan with the turnover of at least 6,500 bags of fertilizer to farmers in San Fabian town alone.

Pangasinan Fourth District Rep. Gina de Venecia turned over the farm inputs to San Fabian farmers in the presence of Mayor Irene Libunao and barangay captains.

The farm inputs came from part of the excise tax on tobacco worked out by Rep. De Venecia as San Fabian is one of the towns in Pangasinan producing burley tobacco, one of the cash crops planted by town farmers after rice.

The intensified corn planting program was initiated by partylist Abono which allocated seeds not only to farmers in the Fourth District of Pangasinan but also in the third, fifth and sixth districts.

Abono national president Ponciano Onia turned over certified corn seeds to be planted in San Fabian under the intensified corn planting program.

At the same time, De Venecia appraised farmers and barangay officials about one of her pet bills filed in the House of Representatives which is a proposed Act strengthening the crop insurance program in the country.

Noting the oft-repeated floods in Dagupan City, Mangaldan, San Fabian, San Jacinto and Manaoag, De Venecia filed the bill that provides crop insurance to rice, animals and fish raised by farmers.

If the bill becomes a law, she said, farmers need not worry any more about their crops if typhoons come because these can be compensated immediately if they are insured.

She revealed her environmental program that will soon be started in the province’s fourth district seeking the planting of banks of rivers with bamboo grooves to prevent erosion.

De Venecia set aside P26 million from her Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) that will bankroll the construction of a protective slope along the Abeloleng River.

She noted that in the last floods spawned by typhoons “Pedring” and “Quiel”, at least five houses were eroded down the Abeloleng River in Barangay Binday, San Fabian due to continuous erosion. (PNA)

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Repost: What's Up Dagupan? (http://www.facebook.com/whatsupdagupan)

Did you know that...

On June 25, 1875, under a royal decree issued by King Alfonso XII of Spain, the required Inspector of Public Works of the Philippine Islands was requested to submit a railway system plan for Luzon. The plan, which was submitted five months later by Don Eduardo Lopez Navarro, was entitled Memoria Sobre el Plan General de Ferrocarriles en la Isla de Luzón, and was promptly approved. A concession for the construction of a railway line from Manila to Dagupan was granted to Don Edmundo Sykes of the Ferrocarril de Manila-Dagupan on June 1, 1887.

The Ferrocarril de Manila-Dagupan which constitutes much of the North Main Line today, began construction in July 1887 with the laying of the cornerstone for Tutuban station. The railway was 195 kilometers long at the time of its opening on November 24, 1892, running from Manila to Dagupan City in Pangasinan.

Photo: Passengers posing in front of the "Ferrocarril de Manila a Dagupan" (circa 1885).

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Repost: What's Up Dagupan? (What's Up Dagupan? San sa Galvan St. ang "THE BEST" Pigar Pigar in Dagupan?)
San sa Galvan St. ang "THE BEST" Pigar Pigar in Dagupan?

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WEATHER UPDATE: 'Ramon' maintains strength, moves toward Southern Mindoro, Calamian (http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=&nid=1&rid=378728)

MANILA, Oct. 12 (PNA) -- The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said Tropical Depression "Ramon", after making its landfall over eastern Visayas, has maintained its strength as it moves toward Southern Mindoro and Calamian Group Area.

PAGASA weather forecaster Sonny Pajarilla told a press conference at noon on Wednesday at the PAGASA Forecasting Center in Quezon City that as of 10 a.m., "Ramon" was estimated based on satellite and surface data at 30 kilometers northeast of Roxas City at coordinates: 11.8°N, 122.9°E with maximum winds of 55 km per hour near the center.

"Ramon" is forecast to move west northwest at 19 kph toward Southern Mindoro and Calamian Group Area.

'Ramon's forecast positions by Thursday morning would be at 190 km. west of Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro; by Friday morning at 420 km. west of Dagupan City and 560 km west of Laoag City on Friday evening out of the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR).

Pajarilla said there are reported flooding in Roxas City and Kalibo, Aklan and that PAGASA has issued flood advisories to Regions 7, 6, 8 and MIMAROPA.

PAGASA administrator Dr. Nathaniel T. Servando said although "Ramon" has weakened, a storm warning signal is still hoisted and it is still risky for fishermen and other seafarers to go out to the sea.

Servando said it has no more effect over Metro Manila since its course is northwestward towards the West Philippine Sea.

Signal No. 1 (45-60 kph winds) is still raised over Marinduque, Mindoro Provinces, Romblon, Southern Quezon, Camarines Sur, Sorsogon, Albay, Burias Island, Ticao Island, Masbate, Northern Palawan, Calamian Group of Islands, Panay Island, Guimaras Island and Northern Negros Occidental. Storm warning signal over Mindanao is lowered.

Residents in low lying and mountainous areas under public storm warning signals are alerted against possible flashfloods and landslides.

Estimated rainfall amount is from 5-25 mm per hour (heavy) within the 400 km. diameter of the tropical depression.

Meanwhile, on the dam status, Hydro-Meteorology Division hydrologist Danilo Flores said the trend of the dams is generally receding and that flooding is not expected because there is no tropical cyclone affecting the dam areas. (PNA)

Vice mayor donates P1.5-M personal money for libraries of 6 Dagupan public schools (http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=&nid=2&rid=378864)

DAGUPAN CITY, Oct. 12 (PNA) -—The City School Division here is fully appreciating the Good Samaritan act of Dagupan Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez who donated P1.5 million in personal funds to improve the library facilities of six public schools here.

City Schools Division Superintendent Alma Ruby Torio received the donation last week from Fernandez, president and chief executive officer of her family-owned CSI Group, during the 2nd Dagupan Children’s Congress co-sponsored by the Department of Education (DepEd).

The amount will be used to improve the existing libraries of the Dagupan City National High School, Gregorio Del Pilar Elementary School, Carael High School, Bolosan Elementary School, West Central Elementary School; 1 and the Pantal Elementary School.

Torio said the P1.5 million was just a partial donation of Vice Mayor Fernandez, who she hailed as the biggest benefactor of all public schools in Dagupan City.

She said Fernandez responded to the crying needs of libraries of existing public schools in the city which have insufficient facilities and lack books and reference materials needed by pupils and students in their studies.

Fernandez’s company already helped raise the ground elevation of some public school buildings to ensure the safety of pupils, students and teachers since flooding usually occur here every rainy season. (PNA)

Kailangan pa ba talaga ng panibagong thread para dito? Hindi ba pwede under nalang to sa Pangasinan Thread? Nagtatanong lang po...

ui..new thread! sakto! madami akong mapopost dito :D

Malakas po yung transmitter nila sa Baguio, that is, unless mag open ang Solar entertainment ng new media channels. rumors has it na mag vventure po sila sa all news channel, having that would pave way for another news outlet operations in dagupan

malakas din yung transmitter ng GMA TV10..abot hanggang Cavite :) medyo malabo nga lang pero watchable pa rin, minsan nakakapanood ako ng Balitang Amianan at Primera Balita eh :) sana sports channel naman like balls, espn :D sawa na kasi ako sa s23, solar, ibc:nuts:

San Marino Place
Dagupan City

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Settled on the banks of the Dawel, a river lined by mangroves and teeming with Dagupan’s most famous fish, San Marino Place is a rare piece of residential real estate development that combines provincial character, urban amenities and unspoiled natural settings.

Located in Dawel, Bonuan, San Marino Place is the address of choice for those who want to be located right outside downtown, but without the noise, the pollution and the urban chaos. The property is situated near schools, hospitals, churches, commercial centers and Pangasinan’s beaches.

Meticulously planned by Managen Development Corporation, San Marino Place is a first class yet affordable residential subdivision, a riverside community that promotes resort-style living where being home feels like a vacation.
San Marino Place…Your sanctuary by the river.

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Stylish designs and master planning

-Master planning by Mario Arturo V. Lising & Associates
-Walled and gated perimeter
-Wide landscaped entrance with concrete pavers
-Wide concrete streets and sidewalks
-Designated area for small commercial establishments

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Recreational facilities

-Clubhouse/multi-purpose hall
-Basketball/tennis court
-Swimming pool
-Mini-gym
-Mini-marina with decks for fishing, jet-skis and kayaks
-Tree-lined and lighted promenade ideal for strolling, jogging and biking
-Park and picnic area with barbecue pit
-Children’s playground

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Seafood Processing Plant, impasara ta anggapoy permit to (http://www.bomboradyo.com/news/regional-news/pangasinan/80512-seafood-processing-plant-impasara-ta-anggapoy-permit-to)

Pangasinan News

DAGUPAN CITY - Inamin nen BFAR Interim Director Wesley Rosario, ya impakapot da ni so operasyon na Seafood Processing Plant diad syudad na Dagupan, luyag na Pangasinan.

Imbaga nen Rosario, ya nen apalabas ya simba et nawat da so sakey ya memorandum ya mangibabagan ipatunda ni so operasyon na planta lapud anggapoy business permit to.

Say abetlan memo et nanlapud City Government na Dagupan.

Angipawit lay abogado karuman so BFAR ed City Government isan lara nantungtong.

Impaliwawa dad saraya ya wala ni iyaapiger da ya dokumento ompian makala lay business permit, balet lapud pan-iingal na City Government no siopa so nepeg ya manpabatek ed saya kanyan impatunda da so pan-proseso ed abetlan business permit.

Agto balet natan nibaga no anto lay nagawa ed samay apateran kompanyan kaplesan ya man-uusar ed samay Seafood Processing Plant nen ipatunda so operasyon to.

Anggad say trabahador ed planta et katungtungen da ni nipaakar ed inkagawa ta naapektuan ira lapud naandian ira na trabaho.

Anggan akatunda natan so operasyon na planta et ipatuloy da so trabaho aloor lay pan-aapiger na kagawaan ya walay problema to tan ompian nasiguro so seguridad na planta.

Clean up drive gawaen ed Bonuan Tondaligan Beach (http://www.bomboradyo.com/news/regional-news/pangasinan/80428-clean-up-drive-gawaen-ed-bonuan-tondaligan-beach)

Pangasinan News

DAGUPAN CITY- Nawalaan na clean up drive ed saray kadanuman ed siyudad partikular la ed Bonuan Tondaligan Beach.

Unong ed kinen Dr. Jess Canto, Chairman na Comittee on Health dyad Sangguniang Panlungsod, layon na sayan proyekto ya mansansya so kalinisan na saray kadanuman unong et intelak ya dutak na apalabas ya bagyo ya dimalan ed luyag.

Kwanto met ya nepeg ya mitulungan so saray shed owners ed panlilinis ta sikara si unaan ya minanabang ed lugar tan aga dapat labat iya iasa ed gobyerno.

Inyarum to met ya likod ed say kaukulan na ahensiya et misasakey met so saray pigaran private sektors pati so saray estudyante ed siyudad.

Kwanto met ya supa man na mankalat tan mangibantak na basura ed saray kadanuman et napatawan na anti littering law umpan sikara et mantanda tan agla unulit.

;84643204']malakas din yung transmitter ng GMA TV10..abot hanggang Cavite :) medyo malabo nga lang pero watchable pa rin, minsan nakakapanood ako ng Balitang Amianan at Primera Balita eh :) sana sports channel naman like balls, espn :D sawa na kasi ako sa s23, solar, ibc:nuts:
Kaya sikat ang pangasinan& dagupan dahil sa GMA10.. my nasakyan po me na bus dati FiveStar may tv nasa NLEX palang po kami Balitang Amianan na.. :lol::lol::lol:

MGB, imomonitor da lay ibabagan malaknab ya illegal quarry diad saray ilog (http://www.bomboradyo.com/news/regional-news/pangasinan/80430-mgb-imomonitor-da-lay-ibabagan-malaknab-ya-illegal-quarry-diad-saray-ilog)

Pangasinan News

DAGUPAN CITY- Impalapag nen Mines and Geosciences Bureau director Carlos Tayag ya nangawa ra na monitoring ed ibabagan malaknaban ya illegal quarry ed saray kailogan.

Onong ed kinenTayag, wala met so permit to quarry daranya bangbalet agga unakma so gagaween dan quarry operation.

Immunad saya, irereklamo so malaknab ya illegal ya quarry operation diad say baley na Tayug, San Nicolas, Santa Maria, tan Lingayen

Pinanononotan nen Tayag iray operator ya mangala ni na clearance at permit pian magmaliw ya legal so quarry operation da.

Kaleganan tonya, iimbestigaan da met la so ibabagan panaala na black sand diad baley na Lingayen.

Akabatan ya gaween komon ya golf course so lugar tan taneman na dika bangbalet agga untuboy dika kanyang iikalen da tan ibibiig so black sand.

Bilang na saray vegetable vendors dyad loob na Malimgas Market, limeksab (http://www.bomboradyo.com/news/regional-news/pangasinan/80425-bilang-na-saray-vegetable-vendors-dyad-loob-na-malimgas-market-limeksab)

Pangasinan News

DAGUPAN CITY- Limeksab natan so bilang na saray vegetable vendors dyad loob na Malimgas Market dya ed siyudad na Dagupan.

Unong ed kinen Mr. Manolito Joel dela Cruz Presidente na vegetable vendor section dyad Malimgas Market dyad siyudad , walura labat la so nakekera ed saray miyembro dyad datin miyembro na walay bilang ya 36.

Inyarum to met ya pinili lan unpaway na saraya umpan makamura ed renta ra ta mas mamura ed paway ya manbil labat so renta ra na 20 kumpara ed Dagdag pa nito na pinili na lamang lumabas ng mga ito dahil mas mura ang renta nila sa labas na nagkakahalaga ng 20 pisos kumparaed babayaran dad loob ya manbili na P90 kada agew.

Kwanto met ya kekerewen dan un pawil lamet so dati da ran kakaiba umpan saksakey labat la so laen na saray managsaliw na pisi-pising.

Inyarum to met ya anggapo so nandumaan na say presyo da ed presyo na saray ilalako ed paway ya malimgas market intan nasiguro ni so kalinisan na saliwen da ta aga iya naasewekan na luganan.

Kekerewen da met ed alkalde na siyudad ya pansakeyen so saray managlako na pising umpan undakel lamet so saray kakaiba da.

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PANGASINAN TOURISM MONTH "BALEY KO, IDAYEW KO" @ SM CITY ROSALES

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Camella Wedgewood, Santa Barbara

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National Quality and Productivity Improvement Month launched in Region 1 (http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=1&t=1&id=58497)

by Miriam P. Aquino
SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union, Oct 10 (PIA) -– The National Quality and Productivity Improvement Month was recently launched in the region to assist various government offices, as well as the local government units (LGUs) to embark on higher level of productivity and quality tools/initiatives in providing better or even the best quality public service.

The Regional Development Council/National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) recently launched the 2011 National Quality and Productivity Improvement Management Month at NEDA1 Conference Hall, this city.

Director Leonardo N. Quitos Jr. NEDA-1, of who was the speaker during the event, imparted the Global Competitiveness Report generated by the World Economic Forum 2011-2016 where the Philippines among the South East Asian Countries, Philippines was seen to be at rank no. seven in terms of improving services based on three clusters namely: basic requirements for factor-driven economies, efficiency enhancers for efficiency-driven economies and the Innovation and sophistication factors for innovation-driven economies.

It was also during this event that the Productivity and Quality Initiatives of the two (2) LGUs – the city of Alaminos in Pangasinan and the city of Vigan in Ilocos Sur were awarded.

Quitos commended the Alaminos City Integrated Information System (One-System-One Government) – a model Productivity and Quality Initiatives that provides clients an easy access to information and services using a single particular standard, formula and procedure that is accessed thru a citywide database containing all the necessary information of the city and the people.

He also lauded the Vigan City LGU for being the lone city in the region that has effectively made use of the Balance Scorecard System in improving their services. “We also tried this three years ago but we had difficulty in the implementation,” Quitos said.

“In the region at present, we can only count by the fingers the agencies that have been ISO certified and these are the Department of Science and Technology, the Land Transportation Office and the Department of Trade and Industry,” Quitos said.

In the celebration of the National Productivity Month, Quitos hopes that more and more agencies will seek their assistance, of course with the help of the Development Academy of the Philippines, being the national productivity organization in the country, in providing an efficient, effective and improved quality service to the general public.

Spearheaded by the RDC-1/NEDA, the event was held at the NEDA-1 conference hall, this city. (JCR/MPA-PIA 1 La Union)

Woodside Park: First-Class Subdivision in Calasiao, Pangasinan

Woodside Park is the first and only master-planned community in Calasiao, Pangasinan with the features and amenities of a modern, first-class subdivision. The community\'s architecture recalls the romance and rustic beauty of California Mission.
Located in the quiet section of Calasiao, Woodside Park offers the advantage of proximity and convenient access to major commercial establishments and government offices.
At Woodside Park, you and your family are sure to enjoy a convenient way of living with its wide concreted roads, 24-hour security and complete utilities such as overhead electrical system, centralized water supply, and underground drainage system. So whatever the time or season, you are assured of your family\'s welfare and safety.
Every detail of this community has been carefully thought of to give you not just the perfect place to come home to, but also the full experience of fine living.

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Palmas Verdes
Dagupan City

Come home to Palmas Verdes--a first class neighborhood where the cool sea breeze cleanses your soul.

Palmas Verdes is a 3-hectare subdivision in a flood-free location in Bonuan, Dagupan City. The houses are built using monolithic technology or buhos (no hollow blocks) to ensure that you get a strong and well-protected shelter for you and your family. They are termite-proof, fire-proof, bullet-proof and strong against natural calamities.

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Palmas Verdes is an exclusive 3-hectare community with approximately 80 house and lot units.

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Strategic Location
- Flood-free
- Certified to have a sturdy solid soil foundation
- Quick access to downtown but free from city chaos
- Blue Beach 500 meters to the north
- Bonuan Golf Club across the property
- 30 minutes to Manaoag
- 1 and a half hour to Baguio City
- 3 hours to Manila

Design & Construction
- Houses are built using a monolithic construction method utilizing steel-reinforced solid concrete or buhos (no hollow blocks)
- Contemporary design with European, American and Asian flavors

Amenities
- 24-hour security and a continuous perimeter wall
- Its own commercial area right outside the gate for your convenience
- Landscaped parks and gardens
- A clubhouse for social & business events
- Basketball/tennis court
- Swimming pools
- Children's playground
- Gazebo with lounge and barbecue pit
- Wide and well-lighted streets
- Underground storm drainage system
- Adequate water supply
- Organized garbage collection system

Celina

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Greenville North Subdivision - First class subdivision in Urdaneta City, Pangasinan

Greenville North Subdivision (GVN) is a 30-hectare first class subdivision in the heart of Urdaneta City, Pangasinan nestled amidst verdant acres of lush farming, natural spring lagoon, and rich fishing grounds. It is a resort-like subdivision with complete amenities for home-owners' satisfaction.
The community you’ve always dreamed of for you and your family. Safe, accessible, modern, where everything you need is within easy reach – schools, churches, supermarkets, shopping malls, hospitals, restaurants, wet market, government offices, resorts, and many more. There’s no other place in Urdaneta City as pleasurable and convenient to live in as GREENVILLE NORTH.


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Greenville West Subdivision - First class subdivision in Alaminos City, Pangasinan

Greenville West Subdivision (GVW) is a 10-hectare first class subdivision in the heart of Alaminos City, Pangasinan near the famous tourist spot Hundred Islands. It is a resort-like subdivision with complete amenities for home-owners' satisfaction.
The community you’ve always dreamed of for you and your family. Safe, accessible, modern, where everything you need is within easy reach – schools, churches, supermarkets, shopping malls, hospitals, restaurants, wet market, government offices, resorts, and many more. There’s no other place in Alaminos City as pleasurable and convenient to live in as GREENVILLE WEST.

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CPLA closer to lasting peace (http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/337618/cpla-closer-lasting-peace)

By LIEZLE BASA INIGO
October 13, 2011, 4:47pm

SAN FABIAN, Pangasinan, Philippines — The government and the Cordillera People’s Liberation Army (CPLA) have finalized procedures for the disarmament of some 1,099 CPLA militiamen as the first major step towards the former rebel movement’s economic reintegration, it was revealed Thursday.

The CPLA, a breakaway group of the communist New People’s Army (NPA) founded by the late priest-turned-insurgent Conrado Balweg, had agreed to lay down their arms as early as 1986 when then President Corazon C. Aquino worked out the Mt. Data Peace Accord, which significantly reduced killings and clashes between Cordillera rebels and government soldiers.

It was only this year, however, when the CPLA’s disposition of arms and forces was finally addressed under the Memorandum of Agreement between the government, the Cordillera Bodong Administration (CBA) and the Cordillera People’s Liberation Army (CPLA) signed last July 4, 2011 by Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Teresita Quintos-Deles, CBA President Marcelina Bahatan and CPLA Chairman Arsenio Humiding in the presence of President Beinigno Simeon Aquino III in Malacañang.

Under the reintegration process, the government offers a package including a range of options for CPLA’s 1,099 members, such as enlistment of 120 CPLA members into the Armed Forces of the Philippines; employment as forest guards of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), livelihood and job placements.

During a two-day seminar-workshop jointly held by the CPLA and Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP), CPLA officers led by Chairman Humiding said after 25 years lasting peace through mutual cooperation and community development “is now within reach” as a result of President Benigno S. Aquino Jr.’s directive to “put a closure to the CPLA problem.”

Major Gen. Jessie D. Dellosa, Commanding General of the Northern Luzon Command, said putting an end to strife and killings among Filipinos could be the highest legacy the government and the CPLA leadership could leave for future generations of Cordillerans.

The peace panel leaders acknowledged that the peace process for the Cordilleras officially started with the Mt. Data Peace Accord in 1986, paving the way for interaction and dialogues, now culminating in the July 4, 2011 GPH-CBA-CPLA MOA.

The community development aspect of the MOA provides CPLA members livelihood projects, technical assistance and training in entrepreneurial development, preparation of business plans, cash flows, product sourcing , technical and vocational courses and job-matching services.

A preliminary list of identified sub-projects in 57 Cordillera barangays include potable water systems, road-building, construction of public utilities such as warehouse, solar-drying facility, agricultural tramline, multi-purpose center, purchase of ambulance units and improvement of irrigation canals.

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Guam, Pangasinan intend to establish sisterhood pact (http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=&nid=2&rid=379045)
By Leonardo V. Micua

LINGAYEN, Pangasinan. Oct. 13 (PNA) — The province of Pangasinan and the territory of Guam in the United States exchanged official notes on bilateral level regarding their respective intents to forge lasting sisterhood relationship between them during a special session of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) here Thursday.

This was done during a historic visit of two senators from the 3lst legislature of Guam (Mina’ Trentai Uno Na Legislaturan Guahan) who were official guests during a special session of the SP which was attended by Governor Amado Espino Jr.

The two are Rory Jonathan Respicio, who traced his roots from Ilocos Norte, majority leader of Guam Legislature and chairperson of the committees on Rules, Federal and Foreign Micronesian Affairs, and Human Natural Resources, and Judith Paulette Guthertz, assistant majority leader and chairperson of the Military Buildup and Homeland Security, and who credited her professional and political successes to her nine-year studies at the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City.

The two accompanied members of the Federation of Pangasinenses on Guam led by Maj. Vic Rivo (ret.), president, a native of Mapandan town in Pangasinan, who were visiting their native province at the invitation of Gov. Espino.

Provincial Resolution No. 394-2011 authored by Vice Governor Jose Ferdinand Calimlim states that the Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Pangasinan fully supports and acknowledges the creation of sisterhood relationship and goodwill with the people of Guam in the promotion of “citizenship diplomacy, cultural exchange and economic development.”

Furthermore, the resolution states that the province of Pangasinan would benefit from the sisterhood relationship and goodwill in creating closer ties in terms of business development, strong economic relationship and closer cultural experiences and exchanges among the people and the government of Guam of the U.S.

The resolution will be forwarded, among others, to Guam Governor Eduardo Baza Calvo, U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines Harry Thomas Jr. and President Benigno C. Aquino III.

Guam Senator Respicio read Resolution No. 216-31 which he introduced and which was popularly supported by every single member of their legislature also expressing their intent on the possibility of establishing sister relationship and goodwill between the people of Guam and of Pangasinan.

He said this bond of friendship will be a big boon to the people of Guam, especially the Filipinos, among them Pangasinenses, who now call Guam their home and who have helped build and rebuild the islands and contributed to its development and progress.

Respicio said the sisterhood relationship between Guam and Pangasinan will help make worthwhile future opportunities available between the two places, adding that, in the case of Guam, the Guam legislature had designated the Federation of Pangasinenses on Guam headed by Rivo as ambassador honoree of goodwill.

The special session was marked by the singing of the Philippine National Anthem, the playing of the American Star-Spangled banner; Guam territory hymn and the Pangasinan hymn.

Before the session ended, Senators Respicio and Guthertz were handed certifications of provincial board resolutions adopting them as sons and daughters of Pangasinan.

Guthertz said Guam, which is comprised of 140,000 inhabitants, is now preparing to host a huge U.S. military installation that is slated to be moved from Okinawa and its construction will need thousands of workers, most of them are expected to come from the Philippines.

She assured that workers from the Philippines, especially from Pangasinan, will be treated well and never mistreated when they come to Guam to work in this military installation.

Inviting Pangasinenses to go to Guam, Guthertz said she proposed to U.S. Ambassador Thomas the provision of what she called “Guam Only Visa” which will allow Filipinos to visit but only limited to the island territory of Guam and does not cover mainland U.S.

Guam, she said, is now the last colony of the United States. The people of Guam, she added, are U.S. citizens.

Senator Guthertz said the Philippines and Guam shared more than 300 years of historic ties as both were colonies of Spain, adding that before Ferdinand Magellan discovered the Philippine Islands, he first planted the Spanish flag in the name of Philip II of Spain on Guam soil.

She said being once part of Spanish colony, Guam was where Apolinario Mabini, the Sublime Paralytic of the Philippines, was exiled.

Gov. Espino will head a provincial delegation slated to go to Guam soon to formally sign the sisterhood agreement between Pangasinan and Guam with his counterpart, Governor Eduardo Baza Calvo. (PNA)

Gen. Bucayu Golf Tournament slated Oct. 15 in Dagupan City (http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=&nid=5&rid=379052)

DAGUPAN CITY, Oct. 13 (PNA) -- The Dagupan Golf and Beach Club will host the PNP Regional Director's Golf Cup on October 15 at the Dagupan Golf and Beach Club in Barangay Bonoan Binloc, Dagupan City in honor of Gen. Franklin Jesus Bocayu, head of the PNP Regional Command 1.

Trophies await the Overall Champion, the Lowest Gross Champion and winners in the Classes A, B and C Divisions.

The Blind Callaway Format will be used to determine the winners in this gold tourney.

Several raffle prizes including a TV, refrigerator and several golf items will be raffled.

Golfers from Pangasinan and guests from La Union, Baguio, Tarlac and other nearby provinces are expected to join the tournament.

Lawyer Gerpy Erguiza, Dr. Toto Juan, Engr. Juancho Benin and Balikbayan Vital Zabala who recently fought for the championship trophy in the Villaflor Golf Tournament held two weeks ago are expected to again vie for top honors.

Also expected to crowd the quest for winners are Police Superintendent Romeo Caramat, Councilor Ritchie Abalos and Dr. Maxie Escano.

President Divina Eden of the Dagupan Beach & Golf Club and Police Superintendent Sonny Verzosa of the PNP Regional Command said that the tournament is aimed at strengthening the partnership of the PNP and the private sector towards a better, more relevant and responsive service to the various communities and the public.

Gen. Bucayu is also expected to join the tournament and award the trophies to the winners. (PNA)

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Pangasinan PESO conducts 3rd e-Passport project Oct. 15

The provincial government thru the Provincial Employment Services Office (PESO) will conduct the third batch of its Special ePassport Project on October 15.


PESO Chief Alex F. Ferrer said that some 350 slots are allotted by the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) wherein application will be on a first-come, first- served basis.


Ferrer said that with the success of the two earlier batches, Gov. Amado T. Espino, Jr. has approved for the third time the usage of six air-conditioned buses to transport the passport applicants to and from the DFA Consular Office in San Fernando City, La Union.


The Governor, Ferrer said, has expressed full support to the project as he disclosed that the PESO, in relation to its function, has mobilized its local counterpart throughout the province to assist in the distribution of application forms and pre-processing of documents.


Passport applicants, he said, who wants to avail of the project may now see their PESO managers assigned in their respective towns or cities or proceed to Provincial PESO located at Kalantiao building here.


For further details, you may call Provincial PESO at telephone number 542-6211 or 542-4252. (PIO/Ruby R. Bernardino)

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2 Guam senators awe-struck in their first visit to Pangasinan (http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=&nid=2&rid=379152)

LINGAYEN, Pangasinan, Oct. 13 (PNA)— Two visiting senators from Guam were awe-struck and virtually jumping with joy when they stepped into the provincial capitol of Pangasinan for the first time last Thursday.

Senator Judith Guthertz, chairperson on the Guam Military Buildup and Homeland Security of the 31lst Guam Legislator, confessed she was amazed at the grandeur and beauty of the provincial capitol.

Guthertz arrived with fellow Senator Rory Respicio, Guam legislature majority floor leader, to convey their people’s intent to establish sisterhood relationship with Pangasinan.

Joining Guthertz and Respicio in the trip were Victor Rivo, a retired major and now president of the Federation of Pangasinenses on Guam (FOPOG), and members of his association.

Guthertz said the Pangasinan people must be very proud of their facilities, adding that she has not seen any local government facility anywhere in the United States that she could compare with the present Pangasinan’s capitol building.

“This facility (capitol) tells me that Pangasinan has a pride in public service, that you give back to the people, that you help the people but you don’t take away from them.”

“What struck me the most is that Pangasinan is very organized-- the roadways are very passable, the environment very clean, and the people are very hospitable, I was very impressed”, Guthertz added.

She said:" It’s an honor to be in this very beautiful province, singling out the provincial capitol as a classic example."

Rivo, who hails from Mapandan, confirmed that it is only under Governor Espino that Pangasinan is now being mentioned in Guam.

He said in behalf of the Pangasinenses in Guam, he would like to thank Gov. Espino for making Pangasinan so beautiful.

Meanwhile, Respicio, whose parents came from Ilocos Norte and Davao, confessed they were happy and excited on their way to the provincial capitol when they saw a lot of tarpaulins welcoming them.

He said they were very delighted on how warm and hospitable the people of Pangasinenses are.

“I thought I was the only one who was excited but when I looked at Senator Guthertz, she looked more excited as she was jumping from her seat,” Respicio said.

“You should be proud of your tradition, Respicio said, adding that in his first time to visit the province “ I easily felt in love with it.”. (PNA)


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2 Guam senators awe-struck in their first visit to Pangasinan (http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=&nid=2&rid=379152)

LINGAYEN, Pangasinan, Oct. 13 (PNA)— Two visiting senators from Guam were awe-struck and virtually jumping with joy when they stepped into the provincial capitol of Pangasinan for the first time last Thursday.

Senator Judith Guthertz, chairperson on the Guam Military Buildup and Homeland Security of the 31lst Guam Legislator, confessed she was amazed at the grandeur and beauty of the provincial capitol.

Guthertz arrived with fellow Senator Rory Respicio, Guam legislature majority floor leader, to convey their people’s intent to establish sisterhood relationship with Pangasinan.

Joining Guthertz and Respicio in the trip were Victor Rivo, a retired major and now president of the Federation of Pangasinenses on Guam (FOPOG), and members of his association.

Guthertz said the Pangasinan people must be very proud of their facilities, adding that she has not seen any local government facility anywhere in the United States that she could compare with the present Pangasinan’s capitol building.

“This facility (capitol) tells me that Pangasinan has a pride in public service, that you give back to the people, that you help the people but you don’t take away from them.”

“What struck me the most is that Pangasinan is very organized-- the roadways are very passable, the environment very clean, and the people are very hospitable, I was very impressed”, Guthertz added.

She said:" It’s an honor to be in this very beautiful province, singling out the provincial capitol as a classic example."

Rivo, who hails from Mapandan, confirmed that it is only under Governor Espino that Pangasinan is now being mentioned in Guam.

He said in behalf of the Pangasinenses in Guam, he would like to thank Gov. Espino for making Pangasinan so beautiful.

Meanwhile, Respicio, whose parents came from Ilocos Norte and Davao, confessed they were happy and excited on their way to the provincial capitol when they saw a lot of tarpaulins welcoming them.

He said they were very delighted on how warm and hospitable the people of Pangasinenses are.

“I thought I was the only one who was excited but when I looked at Senator Guthertz, she looked more excited as she was jumping from her seat,” Respicio said.

“You should be proud of your tradition, Respicio said, adding that in his first time to visit the province “ I easily felt in love with it.”. (PNA)

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fish warden undergo three-day seminar
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fish warden undergo three-day seminar (http://www.facebook.com/notes/d-dagupan-dream/fish-warden-undergo-three-day-seminar/258307850873548)

DAGUPAN CITY – Set to be deployed this early November, the recently formed deputy fish wardens group tasked to catch the elusive illegal fish pen operators and fishers have undergone a training last October 5-7.

The three-day seminar, initiated by the City Government as directed by Mayor Benjie S. Lim in cooperation with the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), was held at the BSL Hall of the City Division Office.

Lim, who conceived the formation of the fishery guarding squad, in his message shared to the participants during the opening of the workshop the need to clean, dredge and above all protect the city’s rivers to pursue his vision of making them a tourist attraction and to sustain the resources that they give.

The trainees have also heard from City Administrator Vlad Mata, BFAR-Region 1 Director Nestor Domenden and Councilor Alvin Coquia, who chairs the Sangguniang Panlungsod’s (SP) Committee on Agriculture.

Among the topics covered in the training were the Mandate of the Deputy Fish Wardens, Republic Act 8550 also known as the Fisheries Code of 1998, Convention on International Trade of Endangered Species (CITES), Practical Navigation and Detection and Apprehension of Illegal Fishing.

Facilitating the workshop were local and regional officers from the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) with representatives from the City Government.

At the end of the first and second training days, series of practicum were done to test the skills of the participants.

On the last day, graduates of the seminar were presented by City Agriculturist Emma Molina as confirmed by Lim, with Domenden joining the latter on awarding the certificates to the graduates.

Headed by the City River and Coastal Protection Management (CRCPM) Officer Butch Gutierrez, the fishery guarding squad composed of four delegates from Philippine Navy (PN), eight from the Philippine National Police (PNP), eight officials from the barangays of Bonuan Gueset, Binloc and Pugaro and selected City Government officers, was created in line with Lim’s award-winning ecological awareness thrust “Ilog ko, Bilayen ko”.

In an interview, Molina bared that two teams similar to the fish warden ensemble are currently in the works – the Bantay Ilog and Bantay Dagat Task Forces – which are to be deployed next year. (CIO)

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ay ito pala yun tagal ko na po nadadaanan papunta sa bolinao di ko alam yung name ng village!

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Lingayen Beach Night Shot

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Pangasinan Provincial Capitol at Night

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^^
The Capitol is still as grand as ever. :okay:

;84677217']Robinsons Calasiao [update]

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source: What's Up Dagupan's Facebook Fanpage

i hope matapos na nila to by December para umabot sa xmas season. sigurado dudumugin ng tao yan. less than two months na lang!!

btw, how's the 3D cinema of CSI Lucao? nag-open na ba? can't wait to watch a movie there again, it's been a while...but as soon as mag-open na 3D cinema ng RobCal, dun na lang ako manonood permanently, hehe...

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i hope matapos na nila to by December para umabot sa xmas season. sigurado dudumugin ng tao yan. less than two months na lang!!

btw, how's the 3D cinema of CSI Lucao? nag-open na ba? can't wait to watch a movie there again, it's been a while...but as soon as mag-open na 3D cinema ng RobCal, dun na lang ako manonood permanently, hehe...

Hindi pa po open ang 3D Cinema ng CSI, u/c parin po... cgurado mas hit ang Rob this time kesa sm rosales

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Aquino Government unveils 5 year airport plans
Costing 60 Billion Pesos

October 7, 2011

Transportation Secretary Manuel A. Roxas II unveiled Thursday a five-year airport-infrastructure plan estimated to cost P60-billion ($1.6 billion US Dollars) design to rehabilitate, upgrade and modernize the country’s major airports nationwide.

Among the infrastructure plan is the completion of the P7.8 billion Laguindingan airport which is expected to open in 2013; followed by the 3.2 billion Daraga Airport to open in 2014 and the P8 billion Bohol airport to open in 2016.

Speaking before the Makati Business Club (MBC), The Secretary said that the Aquino government will put 12.4 billion pesos for Clark International Airport to transform it as premier gateway of the country together with the construction of 108 billion Naia-Clark Express Rail Link dubbed as the New North Rail Project (Northrail) to be funded by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). The High-speed NorthRail spans 100-kilometer from Centennial Terminal 2 to Clark International Airport in Pampanga, with a total travel time of 45 minutes.

Also on the pipeline is the construction of a new passenger terminal 2 at Mactan Cebu International Airport with a budget of P10.15 billion and the P1 billion new passenger terminal to be constructed in Tacloban airport.

DOTC has also set aside P2.07 billion for the rehabilitation of Naia terminals 1, 2 and 3 set for completion in 2014. Roxas said plans are under way to decongest NAIA through the reduction of corporate and air taxi flights by 50 percent of the current number of sorties during peak hours, construction of a rapid-exit taxiway to reduce runway occupancy time, and the transfer of noncommercial flights to Sangley Point.

Airports earmarked for massive upgrades are Kalibo International Airport with P3 billion budget for new passenger terminal building and airside facilities upgrade, P4.2 billion for Puerto Princesa Airport development project, and various airport upgrades nationwide with an P8 billion price tag. They include the airports of Laoag, Catarman, Ormoc, San Vicente, San Jose, Masbate, Borongan, Maasin, Butuan, Dipolog, Ozamiz, Pagadian, Cotabato, Davao, Zamboanga and Tawi-Tawi.

Meanwhile, five (5) new airports are going to be build in Pangasinan, Catarman, Negros Oriental, Bukidnon, and Sultan Kudarat.

Alaminos airport is already under construction earthworks in full swing, could it be another airport?

Pangasinan to send trade mission to Guam (http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=&nid=3&rid=379354)

LINGAYEN, Pangasinan, Oct. 14 (PNA) - A trade mission from Pangasinan will leave for Guam in the first week of November to promote Pangasinan-made products such as mangoes, milkfish, bagoong, furniture, handicrafts and native food.

Governor Amado Espino Jr. said this was firmed up after the visit here Thursday of two senators from the 31st Legislature of Guam who exchanged notes with the Sangguniang Panlalawigan stating intents of both local governments to establish sisterhood relationship.

The two senators from Guam were Rory Jonathan Respicio, majority leader and chairman on rules, federal, foreign and Micronesian affairs and human and natural resources; and Judith Paulette Guthertz, assistant majority leader and chairperson on the Military Buildup and Homeland Security of Guam Legislature.

The two Guam legislators hand-carried a resolution from their legislature expressing intent to formalize sisterhood relationship with Pangasinan.

The two came along with members of the Federation of Pangasinan on Guam (FOPOG) headed by retired Major Victor Rivo, a native of Mapandan, Pangasinan, who are making their visits to Pangasinan yearly.

Senator Respicio’s grandparents are from Ilocos Norte and Davao while Guthertz studied at the University of the Philippines for nine years.

Espino said because of their respective backgrounds, both senators are pro-Filipinos and promised to come to the Philippines twice a year.

The governor said he will send the trade mission to Guam ahead of the arrival of another medical mission from the same country sponsored by FOPOG on November 12.

He said the trade mission will ascertain what the people of Guam basically need from Pangasinan.

Under a sisterhood relationship, Espino said Pangasinan desires to send skilled workers particularly if the huge U.S. Naval Base is transferred to Guam from Okinawa.

Espino said Guamenans prefer Filipinos to work in the U.S. bases because they have the necessary experience which they acquired when the Americans had their bases at Clark, Subic and Cavite.

Guam is an island territory of the United States that is surrounded by water so, everything that the population consumes there is usually imported.

Espino said the trade mission will confirm if Pangasinan can supply most of the needs of Guam, from food to handicrafts and other basic necessities

Espino said that FOPOG comes to Pangasinan every year to conduct a medical mission and even asked its members to work out a sister relationship between Pangasinan and Guam during their visit last year. (PNA)

^^Indeed very serene and romantic. Best vantage point is when you are swimming away from the shore and you have the view of the Capitol's beach-front grounds:)

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Vista Verde Royale
Urdaneta City

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Vista Verde Royale is ideally located in Urdaneta, Pangasinan. This city is also known for its close proximity to the town of Manaog where many tourists pay homage to the Lady of Manaog. It is also near the so-called "summer capital" of the Philippines, Baguio City. Vista Verde Royale is a well- planned community designed to provide the highest levels of comfort and convenience for its residents. One will notice the fine details of its development by the appearnce of its grand entrance gate and its multi- purpose clubhouse which is complete with a swimming pool, basketball court and tennis court. The communit of Vista Verde Royale will benefit from the careful planning and construction of the subdivisions underground drainage system, centralized water system, and electrical system which will be facilitated by PANELCO. It is a safe and secure place to live in with its high perimeter wall, cemented roads and sidewalks, and 24-hour security service. Ornamental trees that adorn the sidewalks, lend an aesthetic appeal to this residential masterpiece.


Location:
Vista Verde Royale
Urdaneta, Pangasinan
Philippines

Developed by: Sta Lucia Realty
Sta. Lucia East Grand mall Bldg 2, Marcos Hi-way cor. Felix Ave., Cainta Rizal
Philippines
Phone: 681-5461 to 69
Fax: 681-5492


Additional Information:
Features & Amenities

COMMUNITY FEATURES

• Landscaped Entrance Gate with Guardhouse
• Perimeter Wall
• Wide Concrete Roads
• Concrete Curbs and Gutters
• Paved Sidewalks
• Mercury Street Lamps
• Underground Drainage System
• Centralized Water Distribution System
• Elevated Water Tanks
• Complete Electrical Facilities

VISTA VERDE CLUBHOUSE FEATURES

• Multi-purpose Clubhouse
• Open Basketball Court
• Swimming Pool
• Showers, Toilets and Baths
• Parks and Playgrounds

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Magsaysay (Fish) Market
Dagupan City

;84677217']Robinsons Calasiao [update]

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Nung nadaanan namin yan nung September kita na yung korte ng mall. Baka soft opening lang siguro mangyayari sa December. Sure ako dudumugin yan kahit soft opening lang :banana:

Alaminos airport is already under construction earthworks in full swing, could it be another airport?

aman met lamang amo ya airport ya gagawaen da natin ed Alaminos.

DIC to sell P263.6-M worth of assets in public bidding (http://www.sunstar.com.ph/davao/business/2011/10/14/pdic-sell-p2636-m-worth-assets-public-bidding-185091)

THE Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation (PDIC) is set to sell on "as-is, where-is" basis 78 real properties with a combined minimum disposal value of P263.57 million in a public bidding on October 25, 2011 at the PDIC Training Room, 9/F SSS Bldg., Ayala Avenue, Makati City.

Up for bidding are 69 PDIC-owned assets composed of residential, commercial and industrial properties and nine closed bank assets.

Properties are located in Albay, Batangas, Bulacan, Cagayan, Cebu, Davao del Sur, Davao Oriental, Iloilo, Isabela, Laguna, Leyte, Metro Manila, Misamis Oriental, Negros Oriental, Nueva Ecija, Palawan, Pangasinan, Quezon, Rizal and South Cotabato.

The list of assets and their descriptions can be accessed at the PDIC website, www.pdic.gov.ph, or can be requested from the ROPA Management Department (RMD) at 841-4671.

Bids will be received from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. There shall be no extension for the submission of bids. Bidders are advised to come earlier to allow for registration. PDIC will accept sealed bids from direct buyers only.

Before submitting their bids, prospective buyers are advised to physically inspect the properties they are interested to buy, assess and verify the land titles and other related documents; and determine unpaid taxes, fees or expenses. All bids must be accompanied by a bond or deposit equivalent to at least 10 percent of the submitted bid.

This can be in the form of either Cash or Manager's Check or Cashier's Check, or a combination thereof. Buyers have seven working days to pay the balance.

PDIC personnel may accompany prospective buyers to properties located in Metro Manila. For properties located in the provinces, PDIC has posted "For Sale" signs in public and strategic areas within the localities. In addition to property descriptions, vicinity maps and lot plans are also available to interested buyers through the PDIC website.

Bid documents such as bid forms, Conditions of Bid, and acceptable format for Special Power of Attorney and Secretary's Certificate may be downloaded from the PDIC website.

Philippine children join Global Handwashing Day

MANILA (Mindanao Examiner / Oct. 14, 2011) - It doesn’t take much – nor a long time – to wash our hands properly, however handwashing with soap is still a habit many should form, not break.

With 2 million to 10 million bacteria inhabiting the area between our fingertips and elbows, it is no surprise then that human hands transmit eighty percent of all infections. Despite being a preventable disease, diarrhea kills more children every year than AIDS, malaria, and measles combined.

In a study conducted by the Department of Health in 2008, it was shown that respiratory tract infections, diarrhea, and influenza are the three leading causes of morbidity in the Philippines.

Handwashing with soap, considered the simplest intervention, has proven to be the most effective as well in dealing with these infections as it interrupts the transmission of diseases from one infected person to another. It should be done especially during the critical moments – before and after handling and eating food, after a bathroom break, after cleaning a child’s bottom, and after playing.

As part of the efforts to further emphasize and raise awareness on the significance of proper handwashing and with the generous and active support of UNICEF, the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ), and GlaxoSmithKline, the Department of Education (DepED), various local government units (LGUs), and local Philippine NGO, Fit for School (FIT) will come together once again for the month-long nationwide celebration of Global Handwashing Day.

Global Handwashing Day is a Global Public-Private Partnership for Handwashing campaign that aims to promote the culture of handwashing with soap.

This year’s main event will highlight the launching of the province-wide implementation on the Essential Health Care Program (EHCP) in Cebu on October 19. Joining the celebration among other guests is the Philippine Azkals Football Team who will demonstrate to the children the proper handwashing technique.

Apart from Cebu, activities to celebrate Global Handwashing Day such as Memorandum of Agreement signings, symposia, launchings, and ceremonial handwashing will also be conducted in Quezon City, Camiguin, Lanao del Sur, Lanao del Norte, Cotabato, Southern Leyte, Northern Samar, Guimaras, Surigao Sur, Koronadal City, Quirino, Pangasinan, and South Cotabato.

Through the signed agreements, DepED, LGUs, and FIT will work together to implement and sustain the program in public elementary schools. To kick-start the program, EHCP packages - which contain toothbrush, toothpaste, and soap - will also be turned over to several participating schools.

The program aims to cultivate good hygiene practices in children by institutionalizing handwashing with soap, toothbrushing with fluoride, and bi-annual deworming in their day-to-day school activities.

http://www.mindanaoexaminer.com/news.php?news_id=20111014060653

Astronomy Week celebration being mulled in Dagupan next year (http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=&nid=2&rid=379447)

DAGUPAN CITY, Oct. 15 (PNA) -- Following the success of the Space Week Celebration here last Oct. 3 to 6 that marked the 50th year of man's conquest of outer space, a plan is afoot to hold the national Astronomy Celebration in Dagupan City sometime in February next year.

City Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez who co-hosted the Space Week Celebration along with the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), the Department of Education (DepEd) and the Fernandez-owned CSI Group of Companies, revealed that they are now discussing to bring the Astronomy Week celebration in Dagupan early next year.

Incorporated with the 2nd Dagupan Children's Congress, the Space Week Celebration marked the first historic foray of Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin into outer space.

Fernandez said that DOST is again negotiating to bring the Astronomy Week celebration after being encouraged by the huge participation of some 18,000 students from Dagupan, Baguio and Tarlac in the last Space Week celebration.

She said if the project pushes through, the Astronomy Week will feature an outdoor Space Camp to be joined by student participants who want to learn more about the science of astronomy.

Fernandez took the opportunity to thank the public and private schools, parents and teachers in Dagupan for making students and pupils participate in the last 2nd Children’s Congress and Space Week Celebration that showcased robotics technology for the first time.

At the same time, she took the opportunity to announce the holding of the Sari-Sari Store Fair at her family-owned CSI Stadia from October 27 to 31 as livelihood and entrepreneurship activity for people of Dagupan, Pangasinan and Region 1.

The fair, to be joined by big suppliers from Manila as exhibitors, will also offer big discounts in the purchases of sari-sari store owners and buyers, especially workers in the government and private sectors.

She said the fair will feature livelihood seminars for housewives who may want to venture into sari-sari stores and other gainful livelihood activities to boost their family incomes. (PNA)

Protégé stages first live gala night this Sunday (http://www.voxbikol.com/article/prot%C3%A9g%C3%A9-stages-first-live-gala-night-sunday)

All roads will lead to one destination this Sunday, October 16, as the biggest and widest reality talent search on Philippine TV, PROTÉGÉ: The Battle for the Big Break, showcases the Final 10 live at the SM Mall of Asia Centerstage.

After the 3-month long search, each of the 10 music icons acting as mentors finally has a sole protégé. The mentor-protégé tandems that will battle for the big break are: Mentor Jaya and Protégé Lovely Embuscado from Davao, Mentor Aiza and Protégé Krizza from Cagayan De Oro, Mentor Imelda and Protégé Rosalyn from Bicol, Mentor Joey G and Protégé Samantha from Dagupan, Mentor Rey and Protégé Group So Wat from Pampanga, Mentor Claire and Protégé Jensen from Batangas, Mentor Gloc 9 and Protégé Denise from Mega Manila, Mentor Rachelle Ann and Protégé Nomer from Cebu and Mentor Janno and Protégé Lirah.

10 Music icons were tasked to roam around the country and scour different provinces and cities to find the best music acts that may become their bets for the competition. After the Hunt phase from different regions, each mentor picked three potential protégés who were pitted against each other during the Face Off round. Judges decided who among them deserves to move on to the Live Gala.

The first live show will be a non-elimination showdown with the theme “Protégés Pick”. Every Sunday, expect cutting-edge production numbers and international quality entertainment from the protégés as each of them performs on stage to win the votes of the public and the judges.

Judging the competition are acclaimed composer and musical director, Mr. Louie Ocampo, renowned TV Director and Musician, Direk Bert De Leon and Comedian, TV Host and Songwriter, Joey de Leon. Together with the help of the voting public, they will choose who will stay in the competition.

Witness how the protégés made it through the week despite the growing conflicts and struggles they are enduring as they break in to the world of show business. Protégé Kenneth has been holding grudges against his mentor, Jay-R, because he feels like the latter has been very distant and paid a little attention to his responsibilities as mentor. Rey Valera’s group, “So Wat” are now struggling hard to gel together and be able to come up with a good show. Jaya’s Protégé, the teen girl with a pet pig, Lovely Embuscado, on the other hand is now living her Cinderella dream. Mentor Claire has been pushing her Protégé Jensen so hard, that’s how serious she is to win the cutthroat competition. Not even Mentor Imelda can stop her from claiming the grand title.

More inciting events are coming as the week culminates on the biggest musical warfare, Protégé: The Battle for the Big Break!, this Sunday, October 16, after Kap’s Amazing Stories. (GMA 7 Press Release)

Dagupan university confers awards to Students in Free Entreprise team (http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=1&t=1&id=59343)

by Alex Romeo R. Fernandez
DAGUPAN CITY, Oct. 15 (PIA) -- The University of Luzon (UL) held on Thursday a testimonial ceremony and awarding rites for its Student in Free Enterprise (SIFE) which represented the country in the SIFE World Cup on Oct. 3 to 5 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
The team reached as far as the semi-finals, with the University of Regensburg in Germany winning the title.
The awardees included the presenters, Blas Jordan T. Matias, Lora Thana R. Santiago, John Eddie F. Gonzales, Aimee Rose A. Espinosa, Russel Justin B. Cruz, Sunny Luigi F. Prado; project leaders, Jennifer Caragay, Jessie Marie Idos, Prince Ulysses Diaz, Francis Baroma, Robycorahelga Marcos, Maureen Gamboa and Patricia Ayla Marie Geronimo.
The team won the national championship last July 22, thru its Agenda for Reforms and Initiatives toward Sustainable Economy (ARISE) Program.
ARISE is composed of Project Save Plus (Sustainable Actions for Viable Entrepreneurship Plus), Project i Care (Intensified Community Actions to Rescue the Earth), Project WELL (Women “Energizement” for Life-long Livelihood) and Project WOW (Wealth on Wonders) Ifugao.
The program addresses issues on livelihood, malnutrition, food security and environmental protection by providing financial assistance and livelihood training to marginalized sectors, children, unemployed women, out-of-school-youth and persons with disabilities.
The program benefitted around 19,000 individuals and 4,686 families.
The university also conferred ‘Salamat Po’ awards to several partners who helped the UL-SIFE team to include the waste management division, university information officer Ryan C. Ravanzo, the Philippine Information Agency, and Pilipinas SIFE National Program Director Vilma Ocromas.
“Being a winner is not just getting the title, but on how you brought yourselves to the people and how you climb up the ladder to get to that level and how you treat the learning and apply it for yourselves,” she advised the members of the team.
Dr. Carmelo John E. Vidal, director for extension services and SIFE adviser, said educational institutions should not be limited only to instructions and research, but must also have extension programs to help in community development.
To drive home his point, the university on the same day conducted a mass blood donation led by the Red Cross Pangasinan Chapter within the campus.
University President Mac Arthur M. Samson Sr. said the achievements of the UL-SIFE illustrate the strength of the university’s extension programs. (JCR/ARRF-PIA 1 Pangasinan)

12,000-strong crowd to sing Pangasinan folk song (http://www.sunstar.com.ph/pangasinan/local-news/2011/10/13/12000-strong-crowd-sing-pangasinan-folk-song-184867)

DAGUPAN CITY -- A historical event will take place in the city minutes after the St. John the Evangelist Metropolitan Cathedral bell is rung at 6 p.m., which signals the Angelus, on Friday.

Students from 15 private and public high schools will have their grand choral performance. With candles lit, they will simultaneously sing Malinac Lay Labi, Pangasinan's very own native folk song.

They will be joined by their fellow students, schools officials, and teachers, city officials, and Dagupenos in a crowd that is expected to reach 12,000. The mass singing will be held at along Burgos Street (from the West Central Elementary School I up to the corner of Rivera Street-Burgos Street).

This is the culmination of Project Sanengseng, a one-of-a-king choral competition conceptualized by Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas. It was carried-out in partnership with the Dagupan City Schools Division headed by City Schools Superintendent Alma Ruby Torio.

Father Villegas will also the announce the winners in the competition.

At 4:30 p.m., the students will converge/assemble at Jovellanos Street (beside the Cathedral) at part of Burgos Street for the final rehearsal.

At 5:30 p.m, the Project Sanengseng finale will formally start with an opening song and other songs (all Pangasinan songs) by the different participating schools.

Meawhile, a traffic re-routing scheme will be implemented starting at 1p.m. until the event is over said Public Order and Safety Office Chief Robert Erfe-Mejia.

"What we are asking our youth in Dagupan is to rediscover the power and the beauty of Pangasinan songs because we feel that is being being lost and we do not want to lose by default. We the adults wanted to teach our children that there is beauty and dignity in Pangasinan culture. And as starters, we are asking [students] to learn Malinac Lay Labi," Villegas said during the launching of the project several months ago.

Villegas said he discovered that a lot of Pangasinense youths today could not speak Pangasinan.

“Because we want them to learn, it will not be a choir competition, rather it will be a school competition so that everybody in that schools is obliged to study the song and hopefully become their pride as a Dagupeno, as Pangasinenses,” he stated.

He asked schools officials to include students in the choral group, even those who could not carry a tune. “Songs unify, let them be part of the group,” he explained.

During the judging where the all the judges and Villegas himself went from campus to campus to listen the students’ rendition of the Malinac Lay Labi (contest piece), and and their choice Pangasinan song (warm-up song).

"Wherever you go, when you are asked to sing, sing Malinac Lay Labi because this is our identiy song,” he remarked.

Here is the lyrics of Malinac Lay Labi, with the English translation by Santiago Villafania, a Pangasinense poet, and had been published at dalityapi upoemed. In a phone conversation on Thursday with Villafania, he said the English translation can also be sung to the tune of Malinac Lay Labi:

Malinac Lay Labi (A night piece)

Malinak lay labi, Oras lay mareen
The night is calm my love, And time is fleeting still

Mapalpalnay dagem, Katekep toy linaew
The wind is breathing low, Kissed by the evening dew

Samit day kugip ko, Binangonan kon tampol
How sweet it is to dream, That I have to wake for you

Lapu'd say linggas mo, Sikan-sikay amamayoen
Your fair attemper face, I shall always caress

Refrain:

Lalo la bilay no sika lay nanengneng
O when the night is come, And you my love I see

Napunas lan amin so ermin ya akbibiten
The sadness all is gone, Buried deeply in my soul

No nanonotan ko lay samit day ugalim
Whenever I recall, Loving ways you are wont to

Agtaka nalingwanan anggad kaoyos na bilay.
I shall not forget you, Till I am laid to rest

(Liway C. Manantan-Yparraguirre/Sunnex)

DAWEL RIVER CRUISE

One of the thing’s that you can do while in Dagupan City is to take a ride on the Dawel River Cruise. It is situated beside the foot of Dawel bridge in Bonuan, just beside San Marino Place. The cruise will last an hour and will let you experience the beauty of Dagupan’s rivers. Thumb’s up to all the people behind this great project. I had a lot of fun riding the cruise and I’m sure this will difinitely boost the city’s tourism industry.

http://asiong32.blogspot.com/ (http://asiong32.blogspot.com/2011/10/dagupan-river-cruise.html)

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Visit The White Hat at Star Green Promenade, Lucao, Dagupan City!

LBC Ronda back next year with louder bang
http://teampilipinas.info/2011/10/lbc-ronda-back-next-year-with-louder.html
source: philstar.com

After a successful first staging of the 2011 LBC Ronda Pilipinas, organizers are already thinking of a better, if not bigger, edition next year.

Jocel de Guzman, head of the Global Corporation Communication of LBC, said they’ve already set May 19 as the tentative date for the 2012 edition of the biggest, richest cycling race since the fabled Marlboro Tour in the 90s with different but more interesting routes.

“It will be the same 12-stage, 17-day race but with a different twist since we’re bringing the event to other places in Mindanao and the Visayas,” said de Guzman.

Among the venues the Ronda will be visiting are Davao and General Santos, Butuan City and a possible reprise of the Cagayan de Oro-Malaybalay, Bukidnon leg while the event is also to touch base with Metro Cebu aside from the Dumaguete, Negros Occidental, Ilolio and Caticlan, Aklan routes.

“That is the plan, to try to have stages in those strategic places because we want to bring Ronda to as many Filipinos as we can,” said de Guzman.

The Ronda is planning to go to General Santos in particular because it is the home of Sarangani Congressman Manny Pacquiao, who endorsed the event when cyclists visited him when he trained in Baguio City last week before he planed to the United States.

Ronda will also stake almost the same purse worth a whopping P7 million including P1 million each for overall individual and team champions.

Eastern Pangasinan’s Santy Barnachea turned back time with perhaps the race of his life to rule the individual section and become the only three-time winner of the annual race since Antonio Arzala accomplished the feat in 1955, 1956 and 1959.

After 12 grueling stages spread over more than 2,000 kms of paved and rough roads plus some killer ascents where the entourage had to buck scorching heat, strong wind and heavy rains spawned by three typhoons, Barnachea came out triumphant with a total time of 36 hours, 57 minutes, 47 seconds.

The Umingan, Pangasinan native bested the 31-year-old Calderon, who pooled a 37:03:52 clocking in a race he led majority of the way only to fade out in the punishing Vigan-Baguio stage.

The newly crowned champion also vowed to be back next year as he tries to cement his place as one of the best riders in local cycling history.

“This was supposed to be my last tour but my coach told me to ride one more time next year,” said Barnachea, referring to his long-time mentor Johnny Borja. “ I will race one more year and maybe try to win a fourth title.”

American Vinyl, a team lacking of stars but mentored by multi-titled Renato Dolosa, topped the team race as it pulled the rug from under the heavily favored 7-Eleven squad.

Aside from Ronnel Hualda, the other members of the American Vinyl were skipper Cris Joven, Roque, Bryant Sepnio, Joseph Millanes and Edmundo Nicolas.

“We knew we’re the underdogs because we really don’t have stars in the team but we executed our game plan to the letter,” said the 45-year-old Dolosa, who now has three team titles as coach–one for Cosack Vodka in 2006 and two for American Vinyl, the first clinched in 2009.

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Leisure Coast Resort is Dagupan City's Class "AAA" Resort for Fun, Leisure and Adventure.

Enjoy 30% discount on room rates until OCTOBER 31! Call (075)6539363, (075) 696 3167 or (075)696 3231 for details. Leisure Coast Resort is located at Bonuan Binloc, Dagupan City.

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DepEd Sec. Luistro personal na linma ed say taluran estudyante na tinambangan da (http://www.bomboradyo.com/news/regional-news/pangasinan/81269-deped-sec-luistro-personal-na-linma-ed-say-taluran-estudyante-na-tinambangan-da)


Sunday, 16 October 2011 20:27
Pangasinan News
DAGUPAN CITY-- Personal ya linma si Department of Education Secretary Armin Luistro ed baley na Balungao luyag na Pangasinan pyano miramay ed taluran estudyante na tinambangan da tan pinapaltog da ed abetlan baley.

Unong ed kendi Villaruz Raguindin, School Superintedent ya Pangasinan II, nanlaan ya oras si Luistro pyano miramay ed pamilya na atelak na saray taluran menor de edad.

Kwanto , alungot si Luistro ed agawa lalo la et parehun ugugaw saray biktima.

Kalegenan tonya, angiter met na financial assistance so Department of Education ed pamilya na biktima.

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SM City Rosales

UN Photo-Op Wall
Oct. 17 - 24
Have your pictures taken in our two-dimensional photo-op wall and travel the world in a snap[shot]!

Drum & Lyre Exhibition
Oct. 24, 1 PM
An exhibition of the extraordinary talent of the Bersamin Agro-Industrial High School Drum and Lyre Corps to herald the start of the Parade of Nations.

Parade of Nations
Oct. 24, 2 PM
Watch a fun parade of kids and high school students donning costumes from different countries around the world in celebration of the United Nations Day! Entertainment will not be lacking as each school will present a UN-themed dance to celebrate unity and peace among nations! See poster mechanics for details.

For inquiries, please call (075) 6530259-60.

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Mercedes Heights
Alaminos City

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SETTING A NEW STANDARD
IN COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT

As a child you have dreamt about
flying. As you grew, you learned to
climb trees and to trek mountains.
And now you’re relentlessly finding
your way to the top. You were born
to aim high. It’s an endless quest
for the best, so we’re giving you the
best.

Seated within the outskirts of
Alaminos City, Pangasinan is a
community that awaits your regal
presence – Mercedes Heights.

Conquer the towering majesty of
Mercedes Heights, experience the
prelude to a grand welcome the
moment you enter the picturesque
landscape of green foliage.
Embrace the feeling of tranquility
as you drive along the wide
concrete road to the home of your
choice.

Mercedes Heights… setting a new
standard in community
development

SUBDIVISION FEATURES
- Landscaped Grand Entrance
Plaza with Guardhouse
- Wide Concrete roads lined with
trees
- Concrete curbs, gutters and
sidewalks
- Perimeter Fence
- 24 hour security service
- Underground drainage system
- Electrical Facilities
- Centralized-inter-related water
system
- Community recreational facilities
- Multi-purpose function hall
- Swimming pool
- Basketball court
- Leisure Garden

New anti-flood projects up (http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/338063/morong-holds-fish-cook-fest)

DAGUPAN CITY — Several projects were lined-up by Pangasinan 4th District Rep. Gina de Venecia for the public after two typhoons that hit this city.

Expected for the first quarter of 2012 will be the construction and rehabilitation of the drainage system in Arellano Bani which is usually submerged in flood water during heavy rains; the cementing of the road shoulder from Dawel area to the Tanap bridge; drainage construction in Mayombo district from the junction in Perez Boulevard until Villaflor hospital; drainage rehabilitation of a section of Barangay Tapuac from Trauma hospital to Amado Street; and the Lucao-De Venecia highway. (Liezle Basa Iñigo)

The Best HAM in Pangasinan! Mamalols HAM!
Mamalols Restaurant, Tapuac District, Dagupan City

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Tondalegan Beach, Dagupan
R Garnham (https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150339005668813&set=o.134441078601&type=1&ref=nf)

Annual General Inspection ed saray PNP Station ed Pangasinan, inumpisaan la (http://www.bomboradyo.com/news/regional-news/pangasinan/81447-annual-general-inspection-ed-saray-pnp-station-ed-pangasinan-inumpisaan-la)

Monday, 17 October 2011 21:26
Pangasinan News

DAGUPAN CITY-- Dinauloan nen Police Supt. Alma Teresita Operaño so gagaween na Annual General Inspection natan ya agew ed PNP Pangasinan Provincial Office.

Sayan inspection et onbayag na sakey simba no iner akagetar na bisitaen so amin na himpilan ya pulisya diad luyag.

Onong ed say inpalabas na dokumento na Pangasinan PNP pigara ed saray aaccompilishment ya inlatag ed saray matalunggaring na operasyon na ginawa mula ed bulan na Hulyo nen inbeneg na taon angggad Hulyo na kaplesan na taon.

Pigara ed saray operasyon da et kontra ed loose firearm, ilegal drugs, prostitution, ilegal gambling, carnapping legan ya anggapo kunoy naitalan agawan kaso ya kidnapping.

Kalegenan ton nia pigara ed saray baley ya kaplesan na gagaween so kontruksyon na balon istasyon et diad baley Bugallon, Laoac, Basista, Natividad san Aguilar.

Pangasinan to send trade mission to Guam
Posted on October 15, 2011 - Filed Under Business, News | Leave a Comment
LINGAYEN—A trade mission from Pangasinan will leave for Guam on the first week of November to promote the province’s products such as mangoes, milkfish, bagoong, furniture, handicrafts and native food.
Governor Amado Espino Jr. said this was firmed up after the visit here Thursday of two senators from the 31st Legislature of Guam who exchanged notes with the Sangguniang Panlalawigan stating intents of both local governments to establish a sisterhood pact.
The trade mission will visit Guam ahead of the arrival of a medical mission from Guam sponsored by the Federation of Pangasinan on Guam (FOPOG) on November 12.
Espino said the trade mission will ascertain what Pangasinan can provide the people of Guam, where most things are imported given its location and geography.
The planned sisterhood relationship of Pangasinan with Guam is a big boon to the province, especially in terms of employment as there will be a need for skilled workers for the construction of a huge U.S. Naval Base to be transferred from Okinawa, Japan.
Espino said Guamenians prefer Filipinos to work in the U.S. Bases because they have the necessary experience which were acquired by them when the Americans had their bases in Clark, Subic and Cavite.
MEDICAL MISSION
Meanwhile, the FOPOG-sponsored medical mission next month is part of the annual activity conducted by the group.
During last year’s mission, Espino asked FOPOG members to help facilitate a sisterhood pact between Pangasinan and Guam, which prompted the group to bring the two Guam senators for a visit here.

http://sundaypunch.prepys.com/archives/2011/10/15/pangasinan-to-send-trade-mission-to-guam/

Las Brisas del Mar
Sual, Panagasinan

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Just for your map guide on where to stay in Pangasinan (http://www.tarabitab.com/provinces/2011/10/18/where-to-stay-in-pangasinan-philippines/). We will update the list regularly.

Rice Processing Plant dyad baley na Sta Barbara ginmapo la ed pansaliw na pagey
(http://www.bomboradyo.com/news/regional-news/pangasinan/81475-rice-processing-plant-dyad-baley-na-sta-barbara-ginmapo-la-ed-pansaliw-na-pagey)
Tuesday, 18 October 2011 07:08
Pangasinan News

DAGUPAN CITY- Ginamapo la so pansaliw na pagey dyad Rice Processing Plant dyad baley na Sta Barbara.

Unong ed kinen Ernesto Pamuceno Municipal Administrator na baley ya Sta Barbara , ginmapo la ya manlako na pagey so saray dumaralos ed rice processing plant dyad baley da.

Kwanto met ya anggano ambasa ya daeset so bagon ani na pagey ya ilalako ed abetlan planta et tatanggapen da ni balet inamin tonyan wala so daeset ya discount o panduma na presyo no ayaet aga amaga.

Inyarum to met ya sasaliwen da iya ed presyon P17 kada sako tan no ayaet ambasa nasasaliw da labat iya ed halagan P14 no ener et abawasan la iya na 18 porsyento.

Manay Gina bares plans for P’sinan 4th district (http://thesessionhall.com/manay-gina-bares-plans-for-p%E2%80%99sinan-4th-district/)

After gracing the opening of the recently concluded Dagupan City 2nd Children’s Congress and Fair initiated by Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez and the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP), Pangasinan 4th District Representative Georgina “Manay Gina” de Venecia disclosed to teachers, students and legislators present in the event all her ongoing and future projects for the district.

In her speech, De Venecia mentioned the progress of House Bill 2142 entitled “An Act Upgrading the Minimum Salary Grade of Public School Teachers from Salary Grade 11 to 15” that she and her colleagues are pushing forward.

“Kahit po very limited ang pondo ng ating gobyerno, talagang kinakatok ko po lahat ng pintuan ng gobyerno para matulungan po ang ating distrito,” de Venecia said.

Also, with the construction of six new classrooms at East Central Integrated School, de Venecia said that eight classrooms will likewise be built, this time at Judge Jose de Venecia Senior Memorial National High School (JJDVSMNHS).

Alongside her school projects, the wife of former Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. has also announced that the construction of drainage systems at Dagupan City National High School, Barangays Bolosan, Bacayao Norte, Mamalingling, Herrero-Perez, Tambac, Tapuac and Malued will soon begin, adding that the ongoing P45-million road and drainage system construction at Bonuan Gueset will be finished by December.

The classroom construction and drainage system projects, according to de Venecia, were made possible with the aid of Fernandez and the SP.

Prior to these projects, the Fernandez and De Venecia had already agreed to allocate an amount from De Venecia’s Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) to cover the cost of rehabilitating a road in Pantal Centro which serves as the main road to Pantal Elementary School, through an SP resolution.

Last July, Fernandez and De Venecia had also distributed checks to four associations in the province for their livelihood programs. Each association receive P500,000.

On the other hand, in line with the celebration of the Breast Cancer Awareness Month, de Venecia expressed her plan of adopting a national health agenda for breast cancer. She added planning talks with the Department of Health (DOH) on the subsidization of chemotherapy costs for cancer patients.

De Venecia also disclosed that the government will soon release an additional P10-milliion fund for the construction of the dormitory of the first drug rehabilitation center in Regions 1, 2, 3 and the Cordillera Region.

The Congresswoman also said that her House Bill 3840, which aims to increase the bed capacity of Region 1 Medical Center (R1MC), authorize the increase of its medical personnel and upgrade its services and facilities and professional health care, is already underway. De Venecia added that with the passage of the bill, R1MC will be the largest hospital north of Manila.

VM says Children’s Congress a big success, lays next projects


An uninterrupted array of projects to promote sports, create livelihood and support education was detailed by Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez after acknowledging all the people behind the success of the 2nd Children’s Congress at the CSI Stadia on October 3-6 2011.

Archbishop Socrates Villegas, Congresswoman Georgina De Venecia and Microsoft Philippines’ Robby Manubay, were recognized by Fernandez for their indispensible role in the said event. She also extended her gratitude to DepEd headed by City Schools Division Superintendent Alma Ruby Torio for building a stronger thrust with her advocacy to protect children.

Meanwhile, inspired by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) exhibit simultaneous with the congress, Fernandez expressed her desire to have a space camp in Dagupan on Astronomy week sometime in February.

On October 27-31, on the other hand, will be the Sari-Sari Store Fair that will cater to all the sari-sari store owners and retailers in the whole Region 1. The event is also propelled by Fernandez and is now on its 5th year of offering a good deal to retailers. “Ilista nyo na po ang lahat ng gusto ninyong bilhin dahil napakalaki ng discount na makukuha ninyo sa fair”, Fernandez explaining that the event was formed to help the retailers in the province.

http://thesessionhall.com/vm-says-children%E2%80%99s-congress-a-big-success-lays-next-projects/

SP ratifies MOA on rice loan with NFA

LINGAYEN, Pangasinan, Oct. 18 (PIA) -- The Sangguniang Panlalawigan(SP) has unanimously approved a resolution ratifying the memorandum of agreement (MOA) entered between the provincial government and the National Food Authority (NFA) on the rice loan program for relief operations.

http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=7&r=r01&id=59843

Leptospirosis cases down despite flooding

by Venus H. Sarmiento

DAGUPAN CITY, Oct. 18 (PIA) -– Leptospirosis cases in this city went down despite flooding in major areas.

http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=7&r=r01&id=59842

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Happy 10th Year Anniversary Matutina's / Gerry's Seafoods Bonuan Tondaligan, Dagupan City! Free CRISPY PATA for every P1,500 single receipt bill.

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infairness noh i love her voice quality.. hindi po halata ang provincial-countryside accent nya super nuetral sya, better po sya than yung accent po ni charice pempengco :cheers:

DDB boosts funding for Dagupan's drug rehab treatment center

DAGUPAN CITY, Oct. 18 (PNA) — The Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) Tuesday turned over to the Regional 1 Medical Center (R1MC) at least P6 million of the P10 million it committed as its initial financial assistance for the completion of the Regional Drug Rehabilitation and Treatment Center in Dagupan City.

The initial amount released by DDB chairman Antonio Villar Jr. at his office in Manila was coursed through Dagupan Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez, who is closely cooperating with the DDB in implementing the “Barkada Contra Droga” project in the city.

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=&nid=2&rid=380008

Pangasinan earns excellent ratings in PISAL awards

LINGAYEN, Pangasinan, Oct. 18 (PNA) - The province of Pangasinan earned excellent ratings in most of the categories during an evaluation conducted for the Productivity Improvement Scorecard and Labeling (PISAL) award.

The PISAL award gives recognition to government organizations that show exemplary performance in productivity and quality improvement, explained Joseph Anthony Quinto, head of the evaluation team from the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA).
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BAR says rural-based animal industry development can raise local goat population by 80%
By Danny O. Calleja

LEGAZPI CITY, Oct. 17 (PNA) - A goat-based Rural Enterprise Development (RED) program can raise by more than 80 percent the domestic goat population and generate more income for the P13.2-billion industry of specialty chevon meat, according to the Bureau of Agruicultural Research (BAR) of the Department of Agriculture (DA).

The multi agency-led RED-Innovative Goat Production System (IGPS) has successfully raised goat population in Balungao, Baymabang and Bautista in Pangasinan.

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MB okays temporary relief on 'Mina'-affected banks

MANILA, Oct 18 (PNA) – Central bank’s policy-making Monetary Board (MB) has approved a temporary regulatory and rediscounting relief to banks with offices and branches located in areas devastated by Typhoon Mina last August.

Banks covered by this regulatory relief are those located in Navotas City in the National Capital Region (NCR); Abra, Apayao, Benguet, Kalinga and Mountain Province in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR); Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, La Union and Pangasinan in Region 1.

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Saigon Restaurant
Urdaneta City

We were tired of going to the usual places to eat in Urdaneta so we decided to check out the recently opened Saigon restaurant Along McArthur Hway in Nancayasan near La Pia Taza (which we will be giving an separate review on , later).

We have been a bit cautious in going as we did not really know what to expect. Will they serve real Vietnamese food? It is Saigon Restaurant after all. But it also says "Asiatic cuisine" and frankly, we don't know what that exactly is.

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Stir Fried Chicken.

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Spicy Prawns. It has a fragrant cucumber smell.

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More:thru http://urdanetacity.blogspot.com (http://urdanetacity.blogspot.com/2009/04/saigon-restaurant.html)

Doña Corazon Highlands
From Bani, Pangasinan

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Doña Corazon Highlands
From Bani, Pangasinan

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SENENGSENG
Dagupan City

Last October 14, right after the 6 p.m. Angelus, the choral groups from all the participating schools simultaneously sang Malinac Lay Labi in front of St. John the Evangelist Cathedral and along Burgos Street.

The Sanengseng choral singing competition is a brainchild of Lingayen Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas. It was officially launched during the Agew Na Dagupan celebration last June.

The competition is also a project of the Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan and the Dagupan City Schools Division, in cooperation with the City Government of Dagupan.



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Sanengseng Choral Competition Participants

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;84842656']Sanengseng Choral Competition Participants

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^^ andaming bagets ha!

Pangasinan police intensify drive versus illegal logging

LINGAYEN, Pangasinan Oct. 19 (PNA) -- The police intercepted two trucks loaded with lumber without valid documents and discovered a heap of abandoned logs in separate towns in Pangasinan during the week in line with the intensified operations against illegal logging.

The first operation was conducted in a checkpoint in Umingan last Monday (Oct. 17) at about 7:45 p.m., where elements of Umingan Police Station, led by Police Chief Inspector Jesus O. Manalo Jr., intercepted one Isuzu Wing Van Truck with Plate No. EVR-320 loaded with 810 pieces of formed lumber, comprising 11,506 board feet.

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=&nid=2&rid=380302

No home delivery for pregnant women - nutrition council

by Danny O. Sagun

DAGUPAN CITY, Oct. 19 (PIA) -- The National Nutrition Council has reminded pregnant women to always seek regular check-up to prevent any complications and to give birth only in accredited birthing stations.

NNC regional program coordinator Victoria Manez clarified to newsmen Monday that giving birth at home as had been the practice before is no longer allowed. "Matagal na yan," she told a press conference when asked when the ban on home delivery was imposed.

http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=1&t=1&id=59975

Pedestrian lanes in Dagupan to get a face-lift

by Alex Romeo R. Fernandez

DAGUPAN CITY, Oct. 19 (PIA) -- Old and faded, pedestrian lanes in this city are set to be repainted and new ones installed.

The sangguniang panlungsod on Monday approved Resolution No. R-4826 requesting Mayor Benjamin S. Lim to direct the city engineering office to “repaint the existing pedestrian lanes and to install advisory signage for anti-jaywalking in strategic areas in the city.”

Councilor Redford Christian P. Erfe-Mejia, public works and infrastructure committee chair, said the resolution aimed to strictly implement the anti-jaywalking ordinance to protect the life and limbs of pedestrians as well as to maximize the use of overpasses on Arellano St., and A. B. Fernandez Ave., and in barangay Tapuac.

Mejia said the renovation is needed as the lanes have worn out after years of use, while new ones have to be installed due to go along with the development of infrastructures and business.

http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=1&t=1&id=59927

^^ andaming bagets ha!

oo nga eh, at sabay sabay pa silang kumanta ng Malinac lay Labi :) thanks kay Father Soc, kahit di sya Dagupeno / Pangasinense eh tumutulong sya sa pagpreserve ng language and culture natin :okay: kumon tinaon da yan gaween ya paliagan dia'd Dagupan tan arom ni ra'n baley ed Pangasinan :)

Pangasinan officials support Wetland Day


By MAR T. SUPNAD
October 19, 2011, 2:57pm
LINGAYEN, Pangasinan, Philippines --- In support to the Wetland Day, provincial and municipal officials here led by Governor Amado T. Espino Jr. led recently the massive mangrove and tree planting activity in various parts of the province.

The event which is part of the Bakawan Eco-Tour was started at Bolinao's Mangrove Information Center and Arnedo Nursery Farm.

http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/338289/pangasinan-officials-support-wetland-day

;84855895']oo nga eh, at sabay sabay pa silang kumanta ng Malinac lay Labi :) thanks kay Father Soc, kahit di sya Dagupeno / Pangasinense eh tumutulong sya sa pagpreserve ng language and culture natin :okay: kumon tinaon da yan gaween ya paliagan dia'd Dagupan tan arom ni ra'n baley ed Pangasinan :)
dapat labat ya makasalita amin ya ugugaw na pangasinan atan so identity tayo. so anta da "cool" no "super cool" nu makasalita ira na tagalog balet amay accent da alitliwa anawnawet! :lol::lol::lol:

nightfury sica lay macauley ya mangawa na balon thread tayo hahaha

Dawel River Cruise
Dagupan City

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Villa Santa Barbara
Minien West, Sta Barbara

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^^ likasen nu napano ya'y thread natan :D

dapat labat ya makasalita amin ya ugugaw na pangasinan atan so identity tayo. so anta da "cool" no "super cool" nu makasalita ira na tagalog balet amay accent da alitliwa anawnawet! :lol::lol::lol:

lanti met, siak cool ak anggano aliwan Tagalog so pansasalitak nu wala ak ed Pangasinan! pansin ko met, anaw awet so panagTagalog tayo :lol: diad sikami diad basista, pangasinan so uusaren da ya pambabangat, lalo lad math :lol: wala met so prof ko ed Baguio nu manbabangat na subject ya programming, Pangasinan so uusaren to pyan natalusan min maong so lessons mi. kaskasi ray ilocanon kaklasek ta ag ira makarelate :D

Model OFW family regional winners named

by Miriam P. Aquino

SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union, Oct. 19 (PIA) -- The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) Regional Office 1, in partnership with other concerned agencies and the private sector has awarded two outstanding overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) the 2011 Regional Awards (MOFYA) for the sea-based and land-based categories in a ceremony held recently at the Max’s Restaurant, San Fernando City, this province.

OWWA Regional Welfare Office 1 labor communications officer Amapola Z. Villar, said that for the land-based category, Engineer Orlando R. Bartolome of Tonton, Lingayen, Pangasinan bested eight other nominees scoring of 96 percent, while for the sea-based category, Captain Manolo T. Gacutan of Ketegan, Bautista, Pangasinan grabbed the award among the three nominees with 94.75 percent.



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:banana::banana::banana::banana::banana:

kapigan kasi may buffet lunch ditan?

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SEXY FRIGHT NIGHT featuring Male and Female models on OCTOBER 29, Saturday. SEE YOU!

Come join the fun and experience THE NIGHTLIFE in Dagupan City! Visit our Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/PadisPointDagupan

Oct. 28 - SMB,GSM and LGU-ALAMINOS' continuation of concert for ALAMINIAN OKTOBERFEST '11!... PARTY!PARTY!PARTY!

Oct 29 AM - "BAN-OITAN ED ALAMINOS" HINP 6TH TURN-OVER ANNIV (Legal Fishing Consciousness Day) features BINGWITAN COMPETITION, FUN-RUN AND ETC!(Prizes at Stake)!

Oct. 29 PM - "Huling Hirit" Concert/Party of ALAMINIAN OKTOBERFEST 2011...FUN! FUN!FUN!

Oct 30 PM - JCI-ALAMINOS BINGO BONANZA 2!

Oct 31 AM - "KATAKOT TAKOT NA SAYA SA HALLOWEEN BY ALAMINOS ONE HUNDRED! (for more details pls contact any A100 Member)

FUN,FUN, FUN...BALIK ALAMINOS NA PO TAYO AT MAKISALO SA KASIYAHAN!

Additional Pre-Halloween!

LGU Alaminos and Stac Parents Association PRESENTS...!

"The Great Philippines International Acrobatic Show" on October 28, 3PM @ DLSA Alaminos City, Pangasinan.

and CSWD's "Dog Show"

P75 entrance fee for 3yo and up

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salamat ed pan welcome yod siak......no next thread ak la misawsaw tapyan...:):cheers::cheers::cheers:

wadya ak la manaya ed korea lamet pasinsya kila no agko agawaan may kompormisok ed sikayo ..andibale next year end of contract ko la kanyan natuloy tuloy la.....@nightfury....nextime la apo ah ta busy ak nen wala ak ed manila manpapagawaak kasi ya abong....see u na lang sa next thread...:cheers::cheers::cheers:

sy nga pla noong umuwi ako ng bayambang simpre binisita ko ung royal mall..aba nilangaw nga ang savemore...mas maraming tao sa csi...tapos bumili ako ng ulo ng baboy sa montery meat shop sa csi.....murang mura talaga....ung lang hehehe:lol::lol::lol:

salamat ed pan welcome yod siak......no next thread ak la misawsaw tapyan...:):cheers::cheers::cheers:

panoen tayo la yay thread tayo!!!! akaready la ray banner ko! :lol:

wadya ak la manaya ed korea lamet pasinsya kila no agko agawaan may kompormisok ed sikayo ..andibale next year end of contract ko la kanyan natuloy tuloy la.....@nightfury....nextime la apo ah ta busy ak nen wala ak ed manila manpapagawaak kasi ya abong....see u na lang sa next thread...:cheers::cheers::cheers:


:ohno::ohno::ohno::ohno::ohno: balak ko kumon ya imeet kayo ayan sabado . sayang.. :nuts: akaraedy la ray banners ko :lol:

sy nga pla noong umuwi ako ng bayambang simpre binisita ko ung royal mall..aba nilangaw nga ang savemore...mas maraming tao sa csi...tapos bumili ako ng ulo ng baboy sa montery meat shop sa csi.....murang mura talaga....ung lang hehehe:lol::lol::lol:


:lol: mas mura kasi sa csi :D malaki balet yung savemore..singa gawa ton amin may 1st flr.. :D

IBTOR Challenge 2010 - The Best Tourism event in the 12th ATOP convention

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IBTOR Challenge 2010 or the 3rd IBTOR Challenge of Rosales, Pangasinan again bagged the award as the 2010 Best Tourism Event under Sports/Adventure Category, Municipal Level conferred by the Department of Tourism (DOT) and the Association of Tourism Officers of the Philippines (ATOP) given during the 12th ATOP National Convention at Roxas City, Capiz on October 3-6, 2011.
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